Fernandes, Marcelo; Medeiros, Marcelo C.; Scharth, Marcel - Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP), Fundação … - 2013
This paper performs a thorough statistical examination of the time-series properties of the daily market volatility index (VIX) from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). The motivation lies not only on the widespread consensus that the VIX is a barometer of the overall market sentiment as...