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 …

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2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for iShares’ IFEU, IFAS, DVYE, IFGL, IFNA, DVYA, IDV, WPS

2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for IFEU, IFAS, DVYE, IFGL, IFNA, DVYA, IDV, WPS International FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Funds, Dow Jones International Select Dividend, S&P Developed ex-U.S. Property Funds Based on Ishares’ distribution schedule, I expect the next ex-Dividend, pay dates for these ETFs to be:   2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 23-March 7-June 26-Sept 20-Dec 28-Dec Pay / Distribution Dates 29-March 13-June 2-Oct 27-Dec 4-Jan-2024 …

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https://www.sixfigureinvesting.com/2014/02/2014-ex-dividend-and-pay-date-information-for-amlp/

Apparently  Alerian likes to keep their future ETF ex-dividend and distribution dates a secret. As a result, the dates below are just guesses, based on this and previous year’s ex-dividend and distribution dates.   For historic ex-dividend, pay dates, and dividend amounts see this Alerian link for getting the confirmed dates and amounts. 2014 Estimated Alerian AMLP  ETF Quarterly Ex-dividend & Distributions Dates:  2014 Ex-Dividend Dates …

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What is the Arbitrage Driven Range for VIX Futures?

The VIX style calculation for the March 22nd SPX options closed today at 17.06.  The data is from the CBOE’s VIX Term Structure website. The CBOE will use the March SPX options to compute the settlement value for the February VIX Futures when they expire on February 19th. February VIX futures, on the other hand closed at 16.25, a 5% discount to the March SPX …

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2023 Ex-div. & Pay Dates: QQQ, EWEM, EWMC, EWRE, EWSC, OEW, RCD, RFG, RFV, RGI, RHS, RPG, RPV, RZG, RZV, RSP, RTM, RYE, RYF, RYH, RYT, RYU, XLG

I was unable to find any distribution schedules of the Invesco products, so these dates are just estimates. Invesco Quarterly Equity ETFs for Invesco’s QQQ and ADRE 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates (estimates) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 22-March 21-June 20-Sept 20-Dec Pay / Distribution Dates (estimates) 31-March 3-July 2-Oct 29-Dec Ex-Dividend Dates for Invesco’s:  EWEM, EWMC, EWRE, EWSC, OEW, RCD, RFG, RFV, RGI, RHS, RPG, RPV, RZG, …

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