VIX Note Volume Proving Prescient as Volatility Surges
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Turbulence is reappearing in the stock market. For traders in exchange-traded notes that rise and fall with market volatility, it’s like it never went away.
Three of the most popular securities that appreciate when swings in equities increase are poised to post record volume in 2014, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The latest flurry of trading began when markets buckled in October and failed to subside even as markets calmed down in November.