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Media placements

Traditional Library

Selected press coverage

August 6, 2026: The Stock Market Just Hit a Record. 'The Big Short' Investor Michael Burry Says That's a Warning Sign, Inc.

July 7, 2025: How worried are we about the future? Let’s quantify it. News-decoder.com/.

April 1, 2021: Looking To Hedge Your Portfolio? Consider Inverse and Leveraged ETFs, Investing.com.

 

December 14, 2020: The Power of Volatility-Informed Strategies, Advisor Perspectives.

October 9, 2020: Father of VIX Warns Options Glitch Is Costing Investors Millions, Bloomberg.

September 2020: Tools of the Trade: Gauging Fear, Opto Magazine.

May 15, 2020: The Father of the Fear Gauge Says He Feels Reassured by the VIX, Bloomberg.

October 13, 2018: With Risky Bets Back in Play, Stock Selloff Revives 'Volmageddon' Memories, International Business Times.

February 10, 2018: Where Volatility Goes to Die, Barron's.

September 11, 2017: The Creator of Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge' Says People Don't Understand It As Well As They Should, Business Insider.

August 28, 2017: Day Trading in Wall Street's Complex 'Fear Gauge' Proliferates, The New York Times.

May 4, 2017: Trading Volatility: Good Luck Catching That Sharp Knife, The Financial Times.

June 21, 2017: Academics Clash Over VIX Bragging Rights, Wall Street Journal.

April 18, 2017: The Fearless Market Ignores Perils Ahead, The Financial Times.

July 26, 2016: Exploring Volatility With the Inventor of the VIX, ThinkAdvisor.

September 18, 2015: 'Fear Index' Grabs Headlines as Stocks Swing, Wall Street Journal.

 

November 1, 2010: Nasdaq, VIX Creator Plan Alpha Indexes, Wall Street Journal.

 

October 19, 2008: On Wall Street, Eyes Turn to the Fear Index, The New York Times.​​

          Related: October 20, 2008: And So I Bring You An Options Pricing Index - Adam Warner post.

July 26, 2006: How to Value Stock Options? Bear Stearns Weighs In, Wall Street Journal.

December 31, 2005: Options Volume Breaks Record Again i n 2005, Wall Street Journal.

 

March 15, 2005: Swapping Rates to Save on Debt - Maybe, Wall Street Journal.

November 4, 2002: CBOE Publishes First Buy-Write Index, BXM, Monde Visione.

June 4, 1998: Savvy Confidential / A Briefing for Investors, LA Times.

December 24, 1996: Maintenance of S&P; Helps Investors Clean Up, LA Times.

Selected interviews

April 2024: Bob Whaley Discusses Options Volatility and Volatility Indexes, John Lothian New interview with Alex Teng.

April 2015: Industry Voices: An interview with Robert E. Whaley.

 

April 10, 2014: CNBC Mad Money.

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