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Sep 2024
15m 5s

Lessons from the Rowdy VIX

Dean Curnutt
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Three hundred odd years ago, Sir Isaac Newton told us that “no great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.” My sense is he didn’t have the order book in Emini futures in mind, but his words do translate well to our world of financial instruments. In this short pod, I revisit the events of August 5th, a day when prices normally well discovered went da ... Show More
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