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Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... would have the will and the ways to resuscitate growth and confidence. We didn't know back then. That's why we witnessed the VIX "fear" index shoot up to an all-time high of 80.06 back in October 2008. Last night, the VIX closed at a reading of 15.32 ...

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Strategies for Portfolio Construction, looks at the range of asset protection strategies for volatile markets that are based on the VIX volatility index and assesses their suitability for Australian investors. It found that a portfolio which uses a specific ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... lest 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 ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... elections 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 ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... want 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 ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... spend 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 ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... to pounce if it gets too much for comfort. This is the thing - it's not that spooky yet. Despite the scary headlines, the VIX "fear" index is less than a tick above 20 points. That's not fear. It jumped to 45.5 in October last year. That was scary. That ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... starting to take effect? And Virginia, you'll know there's really no surprise in all these surprises when you look at the VIX "fear" index. It closed at 18.97 last night - below the plus 21 reading when speculations of a default in small country Greece ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... slowing. But as we've seen overnight, these have not prevented the dip buyers from buying the dips. And why should they when the VIX index - the fear gauge - has not sounded the alarm bells? The index closed at 19.6 last night, still lower than 2012's ...