Bi-Modality
Thursday, May 4th, 2017 Categories: Tail Risk, United States, Volatility
US volatility has a split personality
The frequency distribution of realised volatility for US equities is bi-modal, which suggests there are two overlapping risk-regimes, rather than one continuous one. This would make the US different from the rest of the world and increase the potential for a non-linear market response to an incremental policy action by the Fed.