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Equity volatility as the next whack-a-mole pop
The thesis argued is that suppressed bond market volatility (MOVE index at multi-year lows) could lead to a 'whack-a-mole' effect, with excessive liquidity and high equity valuations causing the next volatility spike in stocks.
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The story so far
CONTESTED · 44 MENTIONS · 32 EPISODES · 12 SHOWS
18 JUL 2025 — 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
15 SUPPORT · 6 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 21 MENTIONED
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
9 EPISODES BETWEEN · 11 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE MEB FABER SHOW
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- THE DERIVATIVE
- Equity volatility as the next whack-a-mole pop · THIS IDEA
15 EPISODES BETWEEN · 21 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
- MACROVOICES
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- WHAT BITCOIN DID
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- FORWARD GUIDANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 3 MENTIONS
- CNBC FAST MONEY
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 4 MENTIONS
- The speaker argued that near-zero correlation among stocks is holding index volatility (VIX) down to the mid-teens, even as single-stock volatility (VIX EQ) screams higher, creating a historically wide spread.
- Record-low stock correlation underpricing index vol risk
- Integrated risk: correlation, single-stock vol, and cheap insurance
- AI trade circularity hides true correlation risk
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- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- CNBC FAST MONEY
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD