S&P concentration risk dampens realized volatility
The speaker argued that the extreme concentration in the S&P 500 is hiding a risk, as the high-flying stocks are moving idiosyncratically, which paradoxically dampens index-level volatility.
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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
12 EPISODES BETWEEN · 16 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
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
- MACROVOICES
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- S&P concentration risk dampens realized volatility · THIS IDEA
12 EPISODES BETWEEN · 16 MENTIONS
- 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.
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- Integrated risk: correlation, single-stock vol, and cheap insurance
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- CNBC FAST MONEY
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
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