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Markets So Spicy You Can Eat Them
January 31, 2025From AI and DeepSeek to gold, coffee, and uranium—this week’s Futures Rundown covers it all! Join host Mark Longo and Winhall Risk Analytics/OptionMetrics contributor Brett Friedman as they break down the latest market movers, the Fed’s recent actions, and key ...
Read moreThe European (non?) discount
January 14, 2025Large-cap U.S. stocks now trade at a 65% premium to their European counterparts in P/E ratio terms—far beyond historical norms. Opinions are split: some argue for mean reversion, while others point to U.S. growth and innovation as enduring drivers of ...
Read moreOptionMetrics and CRSP Announce Partnership Giving Academic Researchers Increased Integration of U.S. Equities and Options Data in Research
January 9, 2025OptionMetrics is thrilled to announce our partnership with CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices), a global leader in historical equity pricing databases. This collaboration enables academic researchers to seamlessly connect OptionMetrics’ IvyDB US options data with CRSP’s comprehensive stock ...
Read moreOptionMetrics Announces IvyDB Futures 3.0 Database Covering European and US Futures Options
December 20, 2024OptionMetrics is thrilled to announce the release of IvyDB Futures 3.0. IvyDB Futures 3.0 offers clean, historical data on 100+ of the most liquid optionable futures from CME, ICE, and Eurex global exchanges across eight sectors for US and European ...
Read moreTraders dredge 0DTE data for intraday gamma insights
December 19, 20240DTE options are reshaping market dynamics, now accounting for over half of S&P 500 options trading. Head Quant at OptionMetrics, Garrett DeSimone, notes: “A lot of intraday moves have a relationship to the gamma profile... The focus is really on intraday.” Banks ...
Read moreStock Volatility in 2024 Hasn’t Been This Low in Five Years
November 26, 2024Market volatility in 2024 has remained surprisingly low despite global tensions and economic shifts, with the VIX averaging just 15.5 points—the lowest since 2019. “The VIX reflects the macroeconomic uncertainty embedded in the economy,” says Garrett DeSimone, Ph.D., Head of ...
Read moreCan sustainable divesting pressure companies to improve their environmental profiles?
November 12, 2024In his latest research, Dr. George Skiadopoulos, Professor of Finance at the University of Piraeus and Queen Mary University of London, presents a pioneering study on how institutional investors' climate considerations influence firms' financial and environmental profiles. Leveraging advanced data ...
Read moreBuybacks, FOMO, ‘Vanna Tailwind’ Prime Stocks for Year-End Rally
October 31, 2024"The vanna effect may play a similar role in propelling the market post-elections as it did in 2020, says Garrett DeSimone, head of quantitative research at OptionMetrics. 'The idea is that volatility has been priced higher due to hedging against ...
Read moreAmerican Election: The Role of Tariffs
October 30, 2024Tariffs have been a key tool in U.S. economic policy since the 18th century, originally used to protect American industries and fund the government. Their role diminished after WWII with the rise of free trade, but tariffs have recently resurfaced ...
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