Volatility Views 23: Can You Eat Risk-Adjusted Returns?

Published: Sept. 19, 2011, 6:20 p.m.

Volatility Views 23: Can You Eat Risk-Adjusted Returns?

Volatility Review: VIX futures vs. VIX cash -- many long-dated contracts predicted the sell-off in VIX cash that is now materializing. Bond vol has been crazy, and bonds themselves have been very expensive. Implied and realized volatility.
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Volatility Viewpoint: Don takes this viewpoint segment to discuss the ideas and principles behind the Kelly Criterion.

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Crystal Ball: With the VIX in decline, as it moves toward the prediction given by long-term futures, will it dip and then turn back to the upside? An outlook of Euro vol -- with the period of arb availability gone, can we find a new relationship to exploit?