Lead Stories Saga token: Nobel winner Myron Scholes on team launching low-volatility cryptocurrency Eshe Nelson and Joon Ian Wong - Quartz Last year, when the price of bitcoin rose 1,000%, you might have regretted not buying in. Now that it has fallen almost 40% so...
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Lead Stories A pioneer of the VIX says the market is looking at volatility all wrong; VIX pioneer Dan Galai interview Joe Ciolli - Business Insider Stock market volatility — or the lack thereof — has been a hot-button topic on Wall Street of late. jlne.ws/2eM2u3f The...
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Academics Clash Over VIX Bragging Rights; ’50 Cent’ Just Reloaded With a Big Hedge Against a Stock Selloff; CFTC commissioner to depart amid ‘intolerable’ situation
Observations & Insight Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen has had enough. Or more accurately, she can do the math and her best move is to step aside and let the Washington political process proceed. Congress likes to send up paired...
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