"When rates are increasing at the rate they are and the geopolitical situation is what it is, now you are getting a bid to volatility," said Brent Kochuba, founder of options analytics service SpotGamma.
Amid increasing market volatility, investors have turned defensive in their investment choices. Some brokerages have launched new products to meet demand for low-risk products.
by Callum Thomas
The end of 2020 is fast approaching! (what a year it s been.) Following on from the original 10 Charts to Watch in 2020 , the Q1 Update, the Half-Time Update, and Q3 Check-In, here s the final update to the 10 charts to watch in 2020. The key purpose of this article is to update the charts and see how things are tracking relative to where I saw things at the start of the year.
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It also serves as a bit of a preview to the 2020 End of Year Special Edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report, which I will be publishing next week. Part of that report is what I consider a really important discipline of taking stock of my past work and seeing what worked well and what didn t (and therefore where I can maintain a high standard, as well as improve and enhance what I m doing).