Selloff Accelerates As Trump Fears Mount: “The Market Will Revert To Much Higher Volatility”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
May 18, 2017
European and Asian stocks slumped on Thursday following the worst one-day drop in US stocks in 8 months, while S&P futures tumbled to session lows, down 0.3% to 2,350 after initially posting a modest rebound, following a new Reuters report alleging that Trump campaign members communication with Russians on at least 18 occasions, and which prompted today’s risk off mood sending the USDJPY crashing by 100 pips from overnight highs of 111.40.
As stocks fells, yields dropped to the lowest in a month, while volatility, artificially subdued for the past month, exploded higher. Should vol continue to rise rapidly, there is a threat that vol-neutral and directional systematic funds such as CTAs and risk-parity will be forced to liquidate positions, as explained yesterday.
“The market will revert to much higher volatility and this could be the start of it,” said Richard Haworth, chief investment officer of 36 South Capital Advisors, a London-based hedge fund which bets on rising price swings. “The sharp move this week reflects how short volatility the market was – how complacent.”
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