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ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to launch a VIX futures contract, with a launch date earmarked for later this year - possibly as early as July. The ASX will provide a media teach-in to coincide with the launch. Known widely as the 'fear ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... announcement of the deposit levy) appear not too bothered. Don't believe me? Let's have a look at that fear index - the CBOE VIX index. It soared from 11.3 at the end of last week to 14.6 last night - that's a 29.2% jump. But cast your brains back to ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Australia's equity market volatility benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200 VIX (VIX), will be made available in real-time, the ASX has announced. This will provide the market with intra-day volatility information and importantly, enables ASX to create derivative ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... gold's 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 ...

Unloved equities to be re-rated along with risk appetite in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... indicated by a major volatility index - infamously known as the 'fear index'. "The recurrent curse of equity markets since 2008, VIX volatility has often spiked above the 20% level. I have always believed a reduction in volatility is a prerequisite to ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... Washington, 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 ...

Investors warned on VIX futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Investors should stay away from VIX futures as a passive standalone strategy, one manager has warned, saying that a flexible approach to buying volatility is necessary to avoid suffering high carry and rolling costs. When volatility hit the headlines ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... shares up 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 ...

Buying volatility a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
Futures on the VIX exchange can allow funds to diversify portfolios by buying volatility, said Chris Thompson, Portfolio Manager, Advance Asset Management. Thompson said that a lot of alternative investment strategies involve "going long" on volatility ...

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 ...