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‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the
guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?
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“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of
investments.”
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TROUBLES Spread ''volatility'' ; ...Investors need to keep in mind that these ETFs are designed to track CBOE Volatility Index futures contracts, not the VIX spot price. It’s a very important difference.
ReplyDeleteVolatility products are designed to “roll” the contracts over periodically to maintain exposure to VIX futures. They can lose money on this trade when longer-dated contracts are more expensive than the front-month contract, or when markets are said to be in “contango.”
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN