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REUTERS / Mike Hutchings Asset manager Ruffer LLP uses 50 cent options contracts to bet on rising market volatility as a hedging instrument. The fund says February’s stock selloff is likely to be a tremor and a bigger financial “earthquake” is only months away. Ruffer remains positioned to profit from an increase in volatility. The […]
OUR experts give you an early shot at finding a winner as they look at the major races around the nation this weekend. Last week … Three winners. Ray Thomas and Stephen Zammit continued their good form, steering punters into Osborne Bulls ($ 3.30). Matt Jones stuck solid with Cellarman ($ 6.30) and was rewarded […]
TRAINER Gabrielle Englebrecht says her two fillies racing at Gosford on Thursday will give a good account of themselves as they attempt to turn themselves into city-class runners. Mileage is almost there while Iva Lilo is on debut in the opening event for three-year-olds. She only has to beat home four rivals and the Tickets […]
TRAINER David Pfieffer is hoping stable star I Am Excited’s winning habit rubs off on the well-bred Xaarfoxylady at Hawkesbury on Tuesday. I Am Excited scored her third win from as many starts this autumn when she took out the Listed Darby Munro Stakes at last Saturday’s Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill Gardens. This feature […]
Ethan Miller/Getty Images March Madness is upon us and with it all the chaos that brackets bring. Whether you’re building your bracket for the first time, or are a veteran of NCAA Tournament pools merely looking for an edge with the help of Las Vegas or Nate Silver, there is no wrong way to fill […]
Come with us and explore the I.D. Buzz concept. Video shot and edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link) After seriously tarnishing its reputation with the diesel scandal, Volkswagen Group has changed strategy. As we reported last September, the company is now heavily committed to electrifying all of its brands by 2030, with 30 new plug-in […]
OUR experts give you an early shot at finding a winner as they look at the major races around the nation this weekend. Last week … Eight winners. Matt Jones, Chris Vernuccio and Nick Quinn were all over boom colt Kementari ($ 3.20), while Ray Thomas got the day off to a flyer with Try […]
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) The initial coin offering market is off to a red-hot start in 2018, according to new data from Autonomous NEXT. RBC analyst Mitch Steves outlines a way to value the network of ICOs in a note to clients. Bitcoin may be down nearly 50% from its all-time high set in December, […]
THE Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, known as the “fear gauge”, spikes when markets are most jittery. When Sandy Rattray, now at Man Group, an asset manager, worked on the Vix in the early 2000s, he and his team considered launching an exchange-traded product (ETP) linked to it, but concluded that it would be a […]
Elsa/Getty Images After months of enthralling football action and a postseason filled with solid games, we’ve finally made it to the Super Bowl. On Sunday the Philadelphia Eagles will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. One team is looking to further cement its legacy as the greatest dynasty in football […]
