Burgues, Alexander; Signori, Ombretta; Brière, Marie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
This work shows how long-term investors can benefit from adding volatility as an asset class to their portfolio. Two … types of "structural" exposure – long implied volatility and long volatility risk premium – are now simple to implement …. Implied volatility exposure can be used to significantly reduce the risk profile of the portfolio, and especially extreme …