Volatility Views 101: Buying Vol at Any Price

Volatility Viewpoint: The team is joined by special guest Jared Woodard, Founder Clinamen Financial Group and Condor Options.

• He gives an overview of the Vol Tracker and global map of implied volatility.
• Goes over some of the interesting findings you pulled out of your piece "Buying Volatility at any Price".
• Discusses his your take on what we have been seeing recently out there in the world of natural gas volatility
• What he’s been seeing in the realm of currency.

• Reviews how the premium levels in different emerging markets have changed since he wrote your piece "Emerging Market Confusion".

Volatility Review: Vol in the 20 range. Is this a long-term average? Will realized volatility catch another tail wind? The plethora of VIX products - Is it still a reliable index?

Crystal Ball: An outlook of VIX, RVX and other vol products/indexes.