Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
Vix and VStoxx indices show expectations of volatility around prospective Biden-Trump rematch
And other financial market monsters
Once more unto the Vix discourse
‘No one is really worried about small downturns,’ say investors
Whodunnit?
It’s covered calls wut done it, says BIS
There are plenty of reasons to believe things are going to get more turbulent
Eternal verities in investment and finance are often counterintuitive
Everyone at Davos thinks so — they are half right
After a surprise surge in shares in recent weeks, there is uncertainty ahead in the next year
Esma’s Verena Ross says efforts to monitor and curb bets that use borrowed money need to go further
Sofr’s brief divergence from Fed’s repo rate has rattled investors
It’s fine to ignore the US bond market, right?
Vix is trading close to a four-year low as stocks surge
Catching up with Wall Street’s most wired analyst
Central bank’s exercise aimed at understanding how ‘severe stress scenario’ could affect financial sector
US Federal Reserve forecasts suggesting ‘higher for longer’ interest rates have caused bond yields to soar — and bondholders to sell. Borrowers on floating rates are also feeling pain. But money market funds and catastrophe bonds still have fans
Investors and policymakers face another type of higher-for-longer uncertainty
Vix trading is headed for a record amid uncertainty over rally and the impact of rising rates on economic growth
Vixtravaganza
Short positions in 2-year Treasury futures reached record highs in August
Surge in use of zero-day-to-expiry instruments creates disconnect from fundamental value
Very short-dated options account for 43% of volume in S&P 500 options
Commodity trading advisers aim to catch up after missing out
Revenues from group’s three UK entities jumped 68% last year
International Edition