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S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Risk & Volatility Feb 18, 2016

Date 18/02/2016

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  • After a record-breakingly poor start to 2016, the past few days have hosted a minor recovery in U.S. equities.  The VIX® closed last night at 22.31.
  • U.S. High Yield spreads remain highly elevated; sovereign and U.S. Investment Grade spreads have increased since our previous report.
  • urrency volatilities have increased while the commodity markets continue to show signs of relatively acute distress.
  • In a contrast to recent norms, the turmoil has been distinguished by a wide range of competing sources for concern or optimism.  Correlations are lower than might be expected and dispersion has been increasing.