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- On Wednesday, the storm that welcomed us into 2016 ended. The S&P 500 finished less than 1% away from positive year-to-date territory. The VIX achieved at its lowest level of 2016, closing just below 15.
- Every equity volatility measure we track has declined since our last report. The largest decreases were for Australia, the U.S., Hong Kong and Europe.
- The hoped-for stability in oil prices has provided a balm to many markets. The largest percentage decrease across all volatility indicators this report was in Oil; the U.S. high yield credit market in particular was reassured by the change in energy price trends.
- While it seems early to sound the all clear, the levels of our volatility indices at this report suggest a material reduction in volatility expectations for the near term.
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