Nations Large Cap Volatility Indexes are a significant improvement over existing volatility indexes. Nations volatility indexes deconstruct option skew to help traders and investors understand what’s really happening in option markets.
Nations QQQ Volatility Indexes provide a full range of measures on one of the most important asset classes. VolDex measures precisely at-the-money volatility in QQQ options and the other Nations methodologies measure other important elements of the QQQ option market.
Treasury bonds are the benchmark for fixed income markets. They are also a preferred instrument for diversifying an equity portfolio so implied volatility of treasury bond option markets is an important consideration for all investors. Nations Indexes deconstruct skew for treasury bond options, providing more insight.
Nations Large Cap Volatility Indexes are a significant improvement over existing volatility indexes. Nations volatility indexes deconstruct option skew to help traders and investors understand what’s really happening in option markets.
Technology stocks offer unique exposure to the most interesting stocks in the American market. The Nations suite of option strategy indexes augments this unique exposure by taking advantage of the synergy of option overlay strategies.
Small cap stocks can be an important part of an investment portfolio but Nations option enhanced strategies combined with a small cap portfolio can generate superior absolute and/or risk-adjusted returns.
Global equity markets often respond to different catalysts than domestic indexes, offering opportunities for diversification. Nations strategy indexes can maintain that diversification while improving absolute and/or risk-adjusted performance.
U.S. treasury bonds generally displayer lower implied volatility than U.S. equity indexes and respond differently to market shocks but adding systematic option strategies can increase returns and reduce risk, increasing the diversification value.
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