How Low Can Volatility Go?
Real Vision: Finance & Investing
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The Correlation Between Equity Volatility and Credit Spreads
volatility is a funny thing. We had a big bear market last year and yet the VIX never really got much above 30, right? Whereas during the pandemic, when the market crashed 35%, the VIX got above 80. So there's a lot of dynamics, which I don't think people fully understand about how volatility behaves. But I'm just saying like it could stay low for a really long time, which by the way is bad for the newsletter business. Like my business is kind of correlated with the VIX. When the VIX is high, I get new subscriptions. When theVIX is low, it's really quiet and boring and nobody wants to subscribe to the
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