A survey of fund managers by Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, found 82% expected volatility to rise this year.

投资银行美林对基金经理做了个调查，其中82%认为今年的波动率会提高。

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The expected volatility of the Japanese stockmarket increased by 224% in the days following the quake, according to the VXJ index (see chart 1), before falling back somewhat.

根据VXJ指数，在地震过后，日本股市在稍有平复之前其预期波动增加了224%。

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This high volatility is expected to continue and the negative impacts will accumulate at country and household levels as the macroeconomic impact of the present financial crisis unfolds.

这种强烈的动荡有可能会持续下去，随着当前的金融危机对宏观经济的影响不断展现，它对国家和家庭的负面影响会不断增加。

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Their methodology is based on a generally accepted stock price evolution, along with its expected volatility ranges, and an extrapolation as to how that volatility should behave.

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At the same time, I do think there are some individuals who, frankly, hold a smaller percentage of equities today than they did historically for quite good reasons, which is just, namely, that the volatility in the markets and the expected volatility in markets is greater.

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As could have been expected, volatility spiked on the news.

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