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Q&A: VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Declines, Yet April 20 Calls Rise (VXX)

March 26th, 2012

Bill Luby:  A reader asked earlier today: Can you explain to a newbie why iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX) is down 1.05 today yet the April 20 calls are up .05? Read more…

NYSE:TVIX, NYSE:VXX

Silver Watch: Silver Implied Volatility Rises Over 50 (SLV, AGQ, ZSL)

April 28th, 2011

Bill Luby:  Yesterday, in the awkwardly titled Is Volatility a Better Play for Silver than Direction? I noted that silver implied volatility had managed to push to heretofore unseen heights and argued Read more…

NYSE:SLV

Is Volatility A Better Play For Silver Than Direction? (SLV, ZSL, PSLV, AGQ, SIVR, DBS, SIL)

April 27th, 2011

It seems as if everyone in the world has an opinion about silver. Is it a bubble? Has it topped? Is it just consolidating before it goes to triple digits? Read more…

NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:SIL, NYSE:SIVR, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:ZSL

Investors Beware – The VIX Options Are A Lie (NYSE:VXX)

April 26th, 2011

Jared Levy:  These are strong words, I know. I wouldn’t choose them if I weren’t truly concerned, because apparently not many care about the thousands of investors who have been burnt using Read more…

NYSE:VXX

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