
Richard Bookstaber on Fintech, Diversification and the Volatility Paradox
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The Volatility Paradox
The volatility paradox: periods of low volatility, where markets are running up, are actually the periods where vulnerabilities are greatest. Financial engineering can connect risk s in unrelated markets through leverage and margin calls. Strong signals act noise: even when we have correctly identified a source of value creation, that very fact makes managing risk more difficult. And this lesson ends where i began with rick, the volatility paradox.
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