This Low Volatility is Dangerous for the Markets

I was invited to speak at a conference recently. As I was presenting my ideas about generating alpha, some folks were nodding their heads gently in approval, some were doing their BlackBerry prayer, and some were simply “not present”. Typically that’s how it would end: some exchange of ideas, a nice conversation, but no more. But I had more to say. I started talking about volatility and how it effects …

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What the Fear Gauge Says

The volatility index, climbing until Greece’s vote Sunday  favoring the pro-austerity party, is back down. Popularly known as the fear  index, it roughly measures investors’ anxieties. When it climbs, it’s a bearish  signal. But look for the index to rise again. The troubles in Greece – and Europe – are far from over. Europe  will go through what we went through after 2008. The U.S. economy is still not  healthy, …

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