Dynamics of Interest Rate Swap and Equity Volatilities

Antonio Mele, Yoshiki Obayashi and Catherine Shalen
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Yoshiki Obayashi: Applied Academics LLC
Catherine Shalen: Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)

No 13-23, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: While CBOE's VIX index is widely acknowledged as a broad-based investor “fear gauge” for its strong inverse relationship with major equity indexes, one cannot necessarily expect it to translate to the level of future turbulence or investor risk aversion in fixed-income markets. Indeed, expected volatilities in equity and interest rate markets as measured respectively by CBOE's VIX and their newly-launched swap rate volatility index -- SRVX -- exhibit significantly distinct behaviors. The two indexes react to different events and risk factors, thereby providing investors with complementary diversification, hedging, and risk-taking tools.

Keywords: Interest Rate Volatility; Interest Rate Variance Swaps; Model-Free Pricing; VIX Index; SRVX Index; Basis Point Variance; Variance Risk-Premiums (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E4 G11 G12 G13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2013-04
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