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Happy Saturday, Slopers.
I'm going to just make one giant mombo post this morning and leave it up until Sunday's sunrise service. As a side note, I briefly tried a different ad publisher earlier this month, and the ad revenue was, shall we say, tres petite, so I'm back to Google. I have some "catching up" to do on the revenue side, so if there's ever a time to have your curiousity piqued by some of the ads on the site, this is it.
Higher vol, higher hedging costs
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) declined 6.77%, to 36.36 on Friday. To illustrate how this level of volatilty affects hedging costs, I've included the two tables below — one showing the hedging costs of a basket of ADRs and ETFs on Friday, August 12, and another showing the hedging costs of the same basket on August 2nd, with the VIX under 25. Before that, though, a quick note of thanks to Tim and my fellow Slopers.
