By: Oscar Shih Volatility skew serves as a widely recognized measure of investor perception of downside jump risk. It reflects the market’s directional bias - ...
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The latest hostilities in the Middle East between Israel and Iran have obvious and significant implications for crude oil futures and implied volatility. Although Israel’s initial strike was anticipated before the attack, it came as a surprise to the market ...
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As Europe accelerates toward a carbon-neutral future, the continent’s utility giants are at the forefront of clean energy. Governments from Brussels to Berlin are mandating aggressive renewable energy targets, while investors continue to demand stable dividends in a turbulent global ...
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The VIX was tailor-made for the financial panic that swept through the markets in early April. After languishing at relatively low levels for most of 2023 and 2024, the VIX exploded to a high of 60.13 on April 7th, a ...
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Fears of retaliatory trade wars have sparked concern of an impending recession in the U.S. A renewed tariff war could raise the risk of higher input costs, disrupted supply chains, and weaker corporate margins—factors that can pressure earnings and dividend ...
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Gold is in the spotlight, and for good reason. Economic and political disorder, instability, and general uncertainty are dominating the markets this year, and they are tailor-made to support gold. Few assets have escaped the current market turmoil, but gold ...
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Narendra Modi’s re-election in 2024 for a historic third term marks a continuation of India’s decade-long push toward economic reform and political stability. His government’s ongoing focus on privatizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), ramping up infrastructure investment, maintaining macroeconomic discipline, and ...
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Garrett DeSimone, PhD The “Trump Tariff Wars 2.0” have given rise to increased market volatility and broad fears regarding stagflation. This has placed the Fed in a precarious position, as it must balance the risks between declining future growth and ...
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– Santander has cancelled its 2020 interim (paid in November 2020) choosing instead to make a single payment in May 2021. Declared dividends unaffected. – Mortgage Advice Bureau was going to declare 12.8p, but instead has declared 6.4p now with ...
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Although the VIX is often cited as the market’s fear or anxiety gauge, the shape of its futures curve is often overlooked. The futures term structure, or the curve displaying the relationship of different contracts and maturities to one another, ...
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