VIX Is at 10 and What Does Everyone Want? Low-Volatility ETFs
- Money flowing to low-volatility exchange-traded fund this year
- Correlation shows closer relationship to bond market than VIX
Three Charts Show Investors Are Avoiding Volatility
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To find a low-volatility stock in the U.S. market this year, throw a rock. And yet plenty of people are still paying for the privilege.
Flows into the biggest exchange-traded fund tracking the companies have been positive for six of the last seven weeks and totaled $238 million last month, the most since July, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Investors withdrew money in the five months through February after a yearlong buying bonanza that added almost $9 billion to the fund.