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Jared Cummans: After the best opening quarter in 14 years, skepticism is beginning to grow on Wall Street. Many investors fear that we will be unable to maintain the growth that equity markets have enjoyed, as a number of factors combine to give a cautious outlook. For starters, the Fed’s commentary that the Read more…
BNP Paribas has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “BNP Paribas Enhanced Volatility Fund.” The Fund will seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index, over time. The Shares are designed for investors who want a convenient way to gain a long exposure to forward implied equity market volatility of the S&P 500® Index. They plan to trade this fund on the NYSE under the Read more…
Shah Gilani: In the early ‘80s, when I was running a hedge fund from the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE), I was a market maker in OEX options. The OEX is the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index. The CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) was born from trading options on the OEX and Read more…
As the lineup of ETFs approaches the 1,300 mark, a growing pool of issuers continue to deliver innovative new products that tap into strategies and asset classes that have never before been accessible through the exchange-traded structure. One relatively new area that has attracted Read more…
The graphic below is part of my ongoing effort not only to maintain a list of all the volatility-based exchange-traded products, but present them in a manner which helps to highlight the distinctions Read more…
iPath has launched another exchange-traded note offering inverse exposure to an index comprised of VIX-related futures contracts, rolling out the January 2021 Inverse S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Read more…
The Year in VIX and Volatility was such a huge hit two weeks ago that I thought it would be appropriate to address all the angst about low readings in the VIX with a chart of the CBOE Read more…
Given the low realized volatility experienced by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) in recent weeks, suppose a trader was convinced we see a rise in volatility in the near future. What type of Read more…
If you are interested in the VIX and related options and futures products, 2010 saw the arrival of an excellent new blog which is all over that space: Volatility Futures & Options. Read more…
VelocityShares LLC, a new exchange-traded product sponsor, introduced six new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) today (November 30, 2010). Issued by Credit Suisse, these unsecured notes offer Read more…
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VelocityShares, a newcomer to the ETF industry, is planning to jump into the world of volatility exchange-traded notes, recently detailing six new ETNs designed primarily for short-term Read more…
Less than two weeks after I mapped out the various VIX exchange-traded products (ETNs + ETFs) in The Evolving VIX ETN Landscape, that landscape has has already changed dramatically. Read more…
Many ask … what makes gold a valuable investment; and note that it is falling lower in price. Historical research shows that monetization of debt by a central bank, such as the US Federal Read more…
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VelocityShares has filed paperwork with the SEC for six new ETNS linked to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ Index due December 4, 2030 (the “Inverse VIX Short Term ETNs”), the 
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