Warren Buffett famously suggested that successful investors should “Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” That leaves investors asking, "how can we know whether others are fearful or greedy?"
In his article, Tariq Dennison of GFM Asset Management, takes a closer look at one of the “fear barometers” – the VSTOXX® volatility index, and explains how this benchmark is calculated and how the Eurex-listed VSTOXX® Futures contracts can be used to trade short-term volatility or harvest yield.
Tariq Dennison TEP is a wealth manager based in Hong Kong, helping individual clients own world-class investment portfolios. His firm is GFM Asset Management. Prior to GFM, he served in the wealth management divisions of Societe Generale in Hong Kong, CIBC in Toronto and London, and at Commerzbank, Bear Stearns and JP Morgan in New York.
Read the whole blog post here.