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Volatile market? Try zero correlation

A long short strategy may take the edge off the tariff chaos.

Salt Funds Management managing director Matt Goodson.

Tim Hunter Wed, 16 Apr 2025

By a popular measure known as the fear index, this has been the most volatile month on the market for five years.

Only two periods have experienced higher numbers on the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s Volatility Index, or VIX – the Covid peak in March 2020 and the global financial crisis.

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