How can the SVXY doubled when the VIX itself remains around 11… it’s earning that roll cost (by being short).
Category: Investing Insight
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Nov
2017
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Nov
2017
Weekend Reads: Taxes, Plinko, and Bitcoin
Only one thing is certain: the randomness. That’s why we pray. And that’s why we watch.
08
Nov
2017
VIX & Volatility Trading and Investing Resources
If you follow our blog closely, you know we have a thing or two or twelve to say about VIX and volatility investing. We even put some of that information together into an easily digestible whitepaper. But that still didn’t cover it all. In light of the VIX and volatility investing hype, here’s every article […]
01
Nov
2017
Welcome to Future(s), Bitcoin
Now, just who wins between the CBOE and CME in the race to be the exchange of choice to house all those possible billions in exchange traded Bitcoin tracking product, remains to be seen
01
Nov
2017
How Morningstar can Fix their Rankings
The entire premise of the Wall Street Journal Investigation is to say that Morningstar’s system is bad at predicting how mutual funds will perform in the future. To that, we say duh. They can only rank funds based on past performance.
27
Oct
2017
Weekend Reads: Cheese and Butter Futures
Open interest, or outstanding contracts, for cash-settled cheese options climbed to a record 41,832 on Wednesday
27
Sep
2017
Alternative Links: Impact of Managed Futures
Therefore, when it comes to deciding which, if any, CTA to add to a portfolio, there is no single question to ask. There is no simple approach, and it usually involves a combination of factors. Some investors focus entirely on the quantitative aspects of the CTA and these cannot be ignored.
15
Sep
2017
Weekend Reads: Risk Tolerance
Questions financial advisers ask clients to get at the answer actually measure something completely different—often leading to misguided investment strategies
24
Aug
2017
The White Moose
But what if the Black Swan we all knew was coming wasn’t China, or QE, or flash crashes, or Trump, or any of the rest of it? What if the Black Swan we were/have been all worried about was the absence of a black swan, creating a black swan itself?
21
Aug
2017
What’s All the Fuss About Bitcoin Anyway?
Cryptology, decentralized ledger, theoretically tamper-proof? Before our imaginations run rampant, here’s our best attempt at explaining Bitcoin:
