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Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... a-coming. More time for Facebooking. But this lacklustre activity ain't no good for traders. How? With volatility so low? The VIX index was at 13.3 last night compared with 21.4 three months ago and how could anyone forget the 48 VIX reading three years ...

New fund to give retail investors access to volatility index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... and Triple3 will launch the Triple3 Volatility Advantage Fund, which will give retail investors exposure to options on the VIX Index. The fund to launch next week and requires a minimum investment of $25,000. "We are hoping that it will have a broad ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... that despite the latest wave of sell-offs, there still appears to be no sense of panic in the markets. The fear gauge - the VIX index - remains at a low 15.89. It hasn't even reach the fear level of 21.44 of early Feb following concerns over emerging ...

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

ASX launches S&P/ASX200 VIX futures

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The ASX today commenced trading of S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures, a new exchange traded product that allows users to trade, hedge and arbitrage anticipated volatility in the Australian equity market. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index is an Australian equity market ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... equities, currencies and bonds reached minus 0.74 last week, the lowest since May 21." A fact confirmed by our "fear gauge". The VIX index closed at a reading of 18.6 overnight. Ho-hum. That isn't fear! Fear was the reading of 48 back in August of 2011. ...

There is fear in the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... relatively little fear in the market. The headlines can put up neon signs with trumpets trumpeting the overnight "jump" in the VIX index - the 'fear gauge' - to its highest reading this year but I'm not sure (nay, I'm certain) that a reading of 20.62 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... finally have a good day, especially mining stocks that recently have been battered. "We should see blanket pick-ups, but the VIX (volatility) index is still quite high suggesting the massive gyrations are still there weighing us down," he said. Resources ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... but it appears that equities remain the place to be. It's now become less risky than bonds - i.e. less volatile. Sure, the VIX index has nearly doubled to 20.49 from this year's low of 11.05 (March), but this is way, way lower than the near 90 reading ...