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ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... class. Popularly referred to as 'the fear index', the new real-time S&P/ASX 200 VIX will replace the current end-of-day VIX index providing the market with intra-day volatility information. Market turmoil in the wake of the GFC, ongoing European sovereign ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... 3.4% loss so far this year. And why should they? There is relatively no fear being picked up by that fear gauge - the VIX index - in the market. It has dropped by 45.2% to 12.46 as at last Friday's closing. The only fear there is are punters afraid of ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... America will eventually jump over the cliff. It's not fooling me a second time. This, I say because if you look at the VIX index - yes, that index of fear in the financial markets - there's relatively none. The VIX index closed at 18.61 last Friday ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... 4.9% and Italians up 4.35); Yields on 10-year Spanish and Italian bonds sank by 38 bps and 25 bps, respectively; the VIX index dropped by 12.1% to 15.60 - they liked what they heard. For unlike his July "whatever it takes" announcement, this one has ...

Buying volatility a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... to achieve this buying futures on the exchange - which measures volatility for the S & P 500. Introduced in 1993, the VIX index is considered by many as the best barometer of investor sentiment and market volatility. By buying into the VIX curve with ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... crisis, the limping growth in America and/or a hard landing in China, the indicator of fear in the financial markets - the VIX index - has actually fallen from a high of 26.66 on the 1st of June this year to a 62-month low of 13.7 this month. It settled ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... fiscal and monetary authorities produce another one of those bag of goodies. While there's little measurable fear - the VIX index had been below 20 since the end of last month - investors remain on wait mode. Last Friday, it was the US - and its disappointing ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... and Frau Angie proposed allowing members to exit the eurozone without losing EU membership. That was a scare. Even the VIX index reflected this. It jumped to 36.2 on that day. The index jumped to 26.7 last Friday - rising but still not quite there. So ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... to go all in while the coin is still up in the air. There's little confidence but neither is there extreme fear. The VIX index tells us so. It closed 14.8% higher overnight to 24.1 - high but not as high as the 40 plus readings seen last August and October. ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... more and investors invest more. Sadly, the opposite is happening now. There's fear in the air and it's rising - the VIX index closed above 25 last week from a low of 14.26 barely two months ago. An ominous sign that markets may be getting what they're ...

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