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Re: Thoughts on Volatility - 3



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At 12:28 PM 5/26/98 -0400, Gitanshu Buch wrote:
>    RTs,   This chart illustrates, for a completely different  market, how 
>  a. using volatility as a stand-alone trigger is myopic,  to quote Dr OEX;
>"" market.   "" of the type recently seen in US internet stocks; collapsed
>when  trading scandals broke out during the summer of 1992, rose and fell
>during a  period when foreign institutions, for the first time, picked up
>about 6% of  market cap (1994-98), securities legislation and
>computerization got  implemented.   "", and the external value of the Rupee
>depreciated from 27  to 41 v/s the USD through controlled devaluation over
>this period.   "" point because - unlike USA, in Bombay there is no 
>program trading, no portfolio insurance, no derivatives market, no
>intermarket  impact (bonds/precious metals/currency) to speak of ---   
>>3%.   Regards Gitanshu  Attachment Converted:
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