Institutional portfolios are being rebuilt for a market regime where liquidity can disappear quickly and correlations can spike. That is why many allocators are moving away from a “set-and-forget” ...

What is volatility in a slot machine? This is the question that we’ll be answering today. In a nutshell, the degree of volatility will tell you a bit about the game you are playing and the risk versus ...

As searing cross-asset turbulence threatens to end an epic bull run in equities, fast-money asset managers are reducing risk and getting out. “De-risking” is the buzzword du jour on Wall Street, where ...

Before the financial crisis that began in 2007/08, the world’s central banks’ principal, and often sole, responsibility was price stability. However, since then their remits have broadened out to ...

(Bloomberg) -- A new ETF wants to tap into the fear of missing out among investors desperately chasing the everything rally. A filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeks ...

With investments, volatility refers to changes in an asset's or market's price — especially as measured against its usual behavior or a benchmark. Volatility is often expressed as a percentage: If a ...

One of the most important risk factors when trading financial assets and their derivatives is the actual and historical volatility of the underlying asset that impacts the implied volatility used to ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Claire Boyte-White is the lead writer for NapkinFinance.com, co-author of I Am Net Worthy, and an Investopedia contributor. Claire's expertise lies in corporate finance & accounting, mutual funds, ...