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One of the hallmarks of the current environment is the continual low level of the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX).  While we have not yet revisited the post-Covid low of 11.52 that was touched on May 23rd<\/sup>, the index remains mired with a 12 handle and has not closed above 15 since May 1st<\/sup>.  It is easy to look at the \u201cfear gauge\u201d in the low teens or tweens and say that this represents complacency.  That\u2019s not necessarily wrong, but there is something even more pernicious underlying the VIX\u2019s torpor \u2013 record low correlations, according to a key measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, a disclaimer.  On several occasions I have noted<\/a> that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIX is not a fear gauge.  It just plays one on TV\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is convenient to relate high levels of VIX with fearful market environments and vice versa, remember that VIX measures uncertainty, not fear\/greed.   Cboe describes VIX<\/a> as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201c\u2026a leading measure of market expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by S&P 500 Index\u00ae (SPX) option prices.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[VIX] provides a reading of constant, 30-day expected volatility of the S&P 500 Index\u2026The VIX Index\u2019s output reading is a non-directional, annualized expectation for the standard deviation of the S&P 500.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher levels of uncertainty are indeed reflected in higher implied volatilities, but notice that there is nothing specific about measuring sentiment.  In practice, I have tended to view VIX as a proxy for the demand for hedging protection from institutional investors.  In a podcast<\/a>, I described it this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIX is the price of parachutes when a plane hits turbulence.  This comes from my experience as a market maker.  Nobody really wants umbrellas when it\u2019s when there\u2019s a drought, nobody really thinks about a parachute if the plane is moving along smoothly at 30,000 feet, but as soon as you hit some turbulence, or as soon as the rain clouds develop, people want them, and they want them in a hurry. And to me, VIX is still the most efficient way for an institutional manager to hedge his or her risks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expanding upon that analogy, the market\u2019s airplane ride has been proceeding at high altitude with almost no turbulence.  Hence we see the apparent lack of demand for protective hedges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not coincidentally, we have quoted from the podcast entitled \u201cMight Correlation be the Key to Understanding VIX?<\/a>\u201d and its follow-up article \u201cMore About Correlation and VIX<\/a>\u201d.  The podcast featured an interview with my friend Mandy Xu, head of derivatives market intelligence at the Cboe.  She did an excellent job explaining why low correlation among an index\u2019 components tends to have a depressing effect on that index\u2019 volatility.  Put simply, if you have two equally<\/em>-weighted stocks in an index, and one goes up substantially while the other falls by a similar amount, the index will be largely unchanged.  There will be a huge dispersion and an inverse correlation of returns, but the daily volatility will be essentially nil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helpfully, Cboe has a suite of correlation indices, available as COR1M, COR3M, COR70D, and the like (the last part refers to the specific time frame).   The Cboe\u2019s description includes<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cboe Implied Correlation index measures correlation market expectations by quantifying the spread between the SPX index implied volatility and the average single-stock basket component implied volatility.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implied Correlation, a gauge of herd behavior, is the market\u2019s expectation of future diversification benefits. It measures the average expected correlation between the top 50 stocks in the SPX index. Cboe calculates COR3M by using ATM delta relative constant maturity SPX index and component option implied volatilities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tend to prefer the 1-month measure, COR1M, since it measures the same general timeframe as VIX.   The chart below shows that both that measure and the 3-month COR3M are at record lows since the exchange began its back calculations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January 2006: Cboe COR1M (blue\/white monthly candles), COR3M (red line)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Since<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we consider how this index is constructed, the issue should be readily apparent.  Even among the top 50 names in SPX, there are clear distinctions between the top few names \u2013 the megacap technology stocks, benefitting from AI enthusiasm \u2013 and pretty much everything else.  We have written at length about the multitude of market divergences<\/a>; this is yet another expression of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really wish the calculations went back further, say to the internet bubble era, or even the go-go era of the 1960\u2019s-early \u201870\u2019s.  Those were perhaps the best precedents for top-heavy markets led by a cadre of leading stocks. We do see that the correlation indices are well below the levels ahead of the global financial crisis and even the complacency that preceded February 2018\u2019s \u201cVolmaggedon<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet as we noted above, VIX is not quite at its lowest pre-Volmaggedon levels.  But it is close.  Here is the same chart as above, except with VIX layered in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January 2006: Cboe COR1M (blue\/white monthly candles, right scale), COR3M (red line, right scale), VIX (green line, left scale)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Since<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the fact that VIX is relatively depressed but plunging along with correlation tells us that there is actually more demand for hedges, and thus less complacency, than the mid-12\u2019s VIX implies.  But if there is indeed a bit less complacency, it\u2019s not readily apparent \u2013 and the divergent returns among the top drivers of the index \u2013 is largely to blame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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