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Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... sit, this is just the normal (well, abnormal given current coronavirus conditions) day-to-day volatility on Wall Street. The VIX index - the fear gauge - may have risen by 6.8% overnight, but at a reading of 35.28, it's waaay down from the record ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... there were even more workers out of work that month - 870K versus the initial estimate of 701K. To top these all, the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - has fallen to a reading of 27.98 on the day which is the lowest reading since 26 February this year ...

Volatility continues to drive investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... hit 1.6% in April, compared to just 0.4% last April. Further, expected future volatility - as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX - is also up, registering an average of 31.4 in April. Last year, it averaged 11.4 in April. Additionally, secondary capital ...

Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... and falling equity market conditions. "The current trades include options on the S&P 500, options on volatility contracts (VIX and VXX) and a Statistical Basket Arbitrage (long/short equity indices)." The fund currently has four strategies, all of which ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... currency markets has pushed investors to take on more risk. "As we progress into the second quarter of the year, the high in the VIX ('the fear index") is likely behind us," he said. "However, despite the VIX being down 30% from its highs, the overall ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... 5.4% in the month of March - the steepest monthly decline since January 1946. Still, there's reason for optimism. The VIX index - the fear gauge - has come down from a record high of 82.69 in March (higher than its GFC peak) to around 45.41 (lower ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... bear territory." The S&P/ASX 200 posted its worst-ever daily decline, falling 10% on March 16 and shortly after, Australia's VIX spiked up to 53, its highest reading since 2008. "As governments and central banks, including Australia and New Zealand's ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... place to hide. Everywhere you look, there's gloom and... there's doom. Financial markets are running scared - the VIX index jumped by 40% overnight to a reading of 75.47 - the highest since the 80.86 reading way back in November 2008 in the aftermath ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... from other media organisations by printing the gloomiest and doomiest headline of them all. But it's working. The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped to a reading of 40.1 at the close of last Friday's trading - the highest since 2011. Most ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... and the Dow to minus 5.5%. As the old saying goes: "When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catch a cold". The CBOE VIX index has risen by 100% this year, suggesting that fear has doubled since the opening trade of this year. To put that in perspective ...