CBOE VIX options debut

06 Mar 2006

Volume in Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)'s volatility index (VIX) options, launched on 24 February, came in at 9,423 contracts, considerably more than has been trading in the exchange's equivalent futures contract...

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“One of our key predictions for 2011 was that geopolitical tensions will simmer more vigorously this year, particularly in the context of a market in which incremental non-Opec volumes are becoming more difficult to bring on stream and in which Opec spare capacity gets more noticeably stretched.”

BarCap's 2011 oil outlook looks increasingly accurate.