Dynamic Volatility Funds During a Correction
During a significant market correction everyone knows that the long volatility funds like VXX, TVIX, and UVXY soar, while inverse funds like XIV and SVXY get crushed—no subtlety there. However, there are a class of volatility funds that attempt to finesse their way through market downturns. They change their allocations based on market conditions or use periodically rebalanced mixes of VIX futures in an attempt …