Another Lesson In Volatility

Recently, I happened across an article that claimed that the local markets was going up because volatility had gone up this year. After careful consideration I thought…BULLSHIT. This touches on a topic that always irritates the living daylights out of me – volatility and trend are not the same thing and only people who have…

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Volatility

I came across this interesting little graphic in the NYT at the weekend and thought interesting little picture might see what the underlying article has to say.  To save you the trouble of reading it, the article is a little piece regarding volatility and the lack of movement in the S&P500. The concluding paragraph of…

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Volatility

I came across this interesting little graphic in the NYT at the weekend and thought interesting little picture might see what the underlying article has to say.  To save you the trouble of reading it, the article is a little piece regarding volatility and the lack of movement in the S&P500. The concluding paragraph of the article is as…

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Are Markets More Volatile Today?

When analyzing markets, we often make pronouncements based on our experience and observations, rather than collected evidence. Recently, a fund manager suggested in an interview I saw on Twitter that due to the high market volatility caused by the increase in information flow that investors are subjected to, the market should only be open for…

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