All publications by tag «VOLATILITY»
2020, February, 7, 10:00:00
THE VOLATILITY SMIRK
In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the Japanese stock market plunged by twenty percent over two days, in the least talked about flash-crash in history, triggering margin calls and putting several brokers and investors out of business. What if anything was not as it seemed? “The Volatility Smirk” is a financial thriller inspired by those events and presents a unique conspiracy theory angle whilst encompassing a wide variety of topics from black swans to Mahayana Buddhism.
2015, December, 16, 19:40:00
VOLATILITY OIL PRICES
Flexibility and the ability to survive through the price cycle are more important to oil producers and consumers than flaky forecasts about where prices are going over the next 3, 5 or 10 years.