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ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... of exotic Exchange Traded Notes is raising fears in the US, following a price crash in a popular ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of unsecured structured ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... rising inflation there. But has the market suddenly become so fearful again? Don't think so. Not when the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - closed at just 16.44 overnight - that's not fear. Even it's intra-day high of 17.74 is lower than the plus 20 posted ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... most of this year. And it still hasn't come. And as if to mock me even more, that measure of volatility and/or fear - the VIX index - dropped to 13.99 points in intra-day trade the other day. This level is the lowest since June 2007. Get that? This was ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... only a recycling of old spooks. And in spite of the headline-grabbing drops in many equity indices, that index of fear - the VIX index - rose to only 20.87 points last night, lower than the 23.40 points it registered at the start of 2012 and less than ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... gyrated only between down 0.4% and up 0.32% before closing 0.15% overnight. Ouch! The official measure of volatility -- the VIX index -- closed below 20 overnight. This is down from above 20 reading at the start of the year and down, down from last year's ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high of 20.33 overnight - a 9.7% increase from the previous day's level - before settling down 4.7% on the ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... Still, it won't hurt to start thinking about those low hanging fruits to add to your portfolio. Especially given that the VIX index - my other fave contrarian indicator -- is ascending to heights of maximum fear. Equity markets bottomed four months after ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... top executive from the Chicago Board Options Exchange said yesterday. Volatility as measured by the CBOE volatility index (VIX) surged more than it ever has in history from below 28 to a two-year high of 48. The VIX falls as markets trade in a smaller ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... remain the masters of the universe. There's certainly fear in the financial markets now as reflected by the 22.6% jump in the VIX index to 42.99 last night. Chances are there'll be more to volatility in store given the current edgy state of financial ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... better than the sage of Omaha. " Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." The jump in the VIX "fear" index overnight to 35.4 certainly shows that the market is fearful - it was the biggest one-day spike since February ...