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Since presidential elections can bring widespread changes to economic policy, regulations, and spending, the consensus is that the financial markets will react accordingly, and often significantly. But...
Continuous futures price series are often used in backtesting, trading strategies, portfolio risk and trading limits assessment. But these series can also vary between sources and cause misleading analysis...
So far, Verizon Communications (VZ) stock has consistently traded at a premium to realized yields (in a stark contrast to typical patterns). What is the options market indicating when it comes to potential...
Similar to the VIX index, crude oil, gold, and copper implied volatility can act as an uncertainty or fear index. Learn more, in this article from Brett Friedman, Winhall Risk Analytics, OptionMetrics...
How do investors price dividend uncertainty, known as the dividend risk premium, into equities and ETFs? The options market can often provide valuable information on sentiment for, and potential movement...
We take a look back at the single biggest daily increase of the VIX, commonly known as Volmageddon.
Looking back over the past 25 years in risk management and trading, I recently considered which market-related event had the most influence on me. 25 years is a long time, and we have seen 09/11, the Gulf...
After a prolonged period of unconventional monetary policy, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has embarked on a significant shift, moving away from negative interest rates—a decision that marks the end of the...
Short-term commodity price developments are in disagreement with longer term market-based narratives, at a disparity that seems glaringly large and could have important implications. Brett Friedman, Winhall...
What trades were behind the recent GameStop stock rally? OptionMetrics’ Head Quant Garrett DeSimone and Junior Modeling Quant Oscar Shih analyze options market activity and deconstruct trades made by...
