Volatility Bets Jump 14% Premarket as ‘Cliff’ Worries Mount
From Focus on Funds
December 21, 2012 - 8:27am
Investors care about the “fiscal cliff” after all, it turns out! The tone in markets has stayed pretty negative the morning after House Speaker John Boehner shelved a politically unworkable “Plan B” to avert the set of tax increases and spending cuts due in the New Year. One clear piece of evidence for that: The [...]
December 21, 2012 - 8:27am
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