The Short and Long of Recent Volatility
The volatile start to 2021\u2014with some heavily-shorted stocks unexpectedly skyrocketing in late January\u2014seemed to have subsided. But with some of these stocks again on the rise, we ask what factors caused this volatility, how likely it is to repeat, what could prevent this, and what it signals about, or for, markets. Allison Nathan, creator and editor of the firm\u2019s Top of Mind report, turns to former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt, Wellington\u2019s Owen Lamont, and Goldman Sachs\u2019 co-head of Global Prime Services, Kevin Kelly, for answers.