Institutional investors have ravenous demand for index puts, since they offer cheap protection against a market crash, Mr. Parker says.
Given the steady demand for index and ETF put options that have accompanied the rally, put premiums have risen considerably relative to call premiums, driving the VIX to a substantial premium relative to SPX historical volatility.
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The higher index, in theory, indicates higher demand for commodities and therefore higher prices for those raw materials being shipped, mostly, to emerging markets.
The U.S. dollar index has benefited on fresh safe-haven demand due to the EU situation.
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The U.S. dollar index has benefited recently on fresh safe-haven demand due to the EU situation.
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The U.S. dollar index is higher Monday on perceived safe-have demand amid the EU debt crisis flare-up.
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Demand for a better pan-European index is also coming from derivatives traders.
However, a closer look at the individual components of the index suggests that this time supply constraints, not rising demand, are the biggest explanation of rising prices.
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Chinese prices of steel have risen by 20% since November, and the Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates and hence the demand for commodities, has more than doubled, although it is still 84% below its 2008 peak.
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The U.S. dollar index traded firmer again Tuesday on perceived safe-haven investment demand due to the European Union debt crisis.
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Seasonal, environmental and demand-side factors have combined to accelerate the index's decline in recent months and could tip it further into the red.
The U.S. dollar index traded sharply higher Wednesday, on perceived safe-haven demand for the greenback and U.S. Treasuries, amid the EU debt crisis escalation.
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The bearish forces of a firmer U.S. dollar index and lower crude oil prices trumped safe-haven investor demand due to weaker world stock markets Tuesday.
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The U.S. dollar index traded solidly higher Tuesday, on some perceived safe-haven demand and on short covering.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading higher Tuesday morning, on some perceived safe-haven demand.
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The U.S. dollar index traded slightly higher Tuesday, on its own safe-haven buying demand and on short covering.
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However, an escalation in the EU debt crisis could also prompt fresh safe-haven demand for gold even if the U.S. dollar index also rallies.
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An escalation in the EU debt crisis in the coming days could also prompt fresh safe-haven demand for gold even if the U.S. dollar index also rallies, and even if gold has not recently rallied on the EU crisis up to this point.
The U.S. dollar index is higher again Monday morning, supported by some fresh safe-haven demand and short covering.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading slightly higher Monday morning, also on safe-haven investment demand amid the EU debt crisis.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading firmer again Tuesday morning, on perceived safe-haven investment demand due to the EU debt crisis.
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But is the recent gyration in oil prices a function of supply and demand or is it a sudden rush in or out of commodity index funds?
The U.S. dollar index is trading higher again Tuesday morning, on its own safe-haven buying demand.
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The U.S. dollar index extended its early losses as the day progressed, which also added to investor demand for the safe-haven precious metals.
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Investor demand has pushed the average yield for corporate bonds in the iBoxx Dollar Emerging Markets index for Europe, the Middle East and Africa down by a third since the start of 2012 to 4.23%.
The U.S. dollar index is higher and hit a fresh seven-week high Wednesday, on safe-haven investor demand.
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The U.S. dollar index is higher and hit a fresh seven-week high Friday, on safe-haven investor demand.
The U.S. dollar index is sharply higher in early trading Wednesday, on more short covering and perceived safe-haven demand for the greenback.
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The U.S. dollar index traded firmer Wednesday and hit a fresh five-week high, on perceived safe-haven demand due to the EU debt crisis.
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