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...TL;DR: The size of funds that directly affect the Vix calculation is too modest, and if they were to blame you’d see a very different pattern in options prices. So what is to blame?...
...To be fair to Kenny G, his position is more nuanced than this quote would suggest (even if we think there’s an element of Rorschach’s “you’re locked in here with me” vibe here)....
...This in turn drives buying of stocks by funds that mechanically increase exposure when volatility declines (e.g. volatility targeting and risk parity funds)....
...Dr Martens is down 70 per cent. You get the idea. No one, it seems, wants to be the fund manager hauled up in front of an investment committee to explain why they took a punt on this latest offering....
...There are several G-funk throwbacks, the signature sound of west coast rap in the 1990s. Its architect, Dr Dre, has a fleeting vocal cameo in “Too Big”....
...Also: Magic sales nearly doubled over the course of the pandemic and secondary market prices skyrocketed (e.g., Reserved List cards more than tripled)....
...Although Coty is one of its oldest investments, it has been the weak spot in its roughly $34bn portfolio, which includes beverage group Keurig Dr Pepper, coffee specialist JDE Peets, and eateries Panera...
...She’s now playing tennis four times a week, he says, “and not drinking G&Ts”....
...Sticklers for tradition often prefer Dr Adam Elmegirab’s Boker’s Bitters, a reformulation of a widely used 19th-century brand....
...That has increased concerns in DR Congo about the use of child labour and working conditions....
...A search of it might turn up paintbrushes, coloured pencils, LGRWorld sunglasses, my Smythson G Spots diary, or double-sided Scotch tape. mystylebags.it In my fridge you’ll always find... a lot!...
...Volunteers listened to Bach’s Air on a G String several times daily and recorded their emotional responses and states of mind. They mostly recorded positive effects....
...Dr Alex May Manchester, UK...
...Von Clemm fundedthe flamboyant American developer G Ware Travelstead to plan a vast office scheme for Canary Wharf....
...Mr Biden celebrated the nomination from a middle school library in Delaware where his wife Dr Jill Biden later spoke....
...M&G chairman Mike Evans has taken a temporary leave of absence from the £339bn asset manager due to a stress-related illness....
...: Chris Todd-Davies, Reading; Elaine Chance, Tamworth, Staffordshire; M Rennie, Aberdour Polymath 1022: Elayne Murphy, France Crossword 16,164: Robert Langston, Somerset; Allen Boxer, Berlin; Anthony G...
...Kate.burgess@ft.com Oil explorers: Cat.rutterpooley@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Diverse parents can breed vigorous hybrids / From Dr Alex May, Manchester, UK...
...Dr Niccolo Caldararo Dept of Anthropology,San Francisco State University, US...
...Dr Mark G Brennan New York, NY, US Letter in response to this letter: Inheritance tax is just a tax like any other / From Robert G Henke, Montclair, NJ, US...
...“There has been a heroic effort by the conservation sector to keep rangers working,” says Dr Johnson, “but the picture is not clear....
...Dr Mark G Brennan dislikes inheritance tax (Letters, July 20). Instead of worrying about “demagogues past” and confusing the FT with Das Kapital, Dr Brennan should lighten up. It’s just a tax....
...M&G chief executive John Foley said earlier this year that the group was reviewing its value house style, which underpins its former blockbuster Recovery fund....
...Dr R G Beddows Kingsbridge, Devon, UK Letter in response to this letter: British Steel is a £1.2bn business with long-run profit potential / From Dr Jonathan Aylen, Salford, UK...
...We’d also note that the company’s US CEO (Dr. Wolfgang Baiker) will be retiring effective 1st August 2020 (announcement made on 15th June 2020)....
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