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Flashbacks to 2008

What Goes Up

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The Rise and Fall of Air Churns

The market wasn't ready for a full scale test of credit default swaps in 2008. The logical hedge is to buy long term out of the money puts on equities. People were clamoring for those who just kept ratcheting volatility up and, but as a result, we went into it pretty much on a decent footing.

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