Volatility control funds near record equity exposure, raising selloff risk
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- ✓Volatility control funds reached record equity exposure on Oct 1, raising risks of a market selloff.
- ✓These strategies bought stocks as the S&P 500 rose, but now face limited room to grow.
- ✓Stefano Pascale said, "Even a mild rise in volatility would theoretically cause a significant exposure unwind," potentially hurting markets.
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NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The recent stock market rally has left some systematic trading strategies so heavily exposed to equities that even a modest market pullback could force them to dump billions of dollars of shares, amplifying any potential selloff.
Volatility control funds – systematic investment strategies that typically buy equities when markets are calm and sell when they grow turbulent – bought up stocks as the S&P 500 rose 12% for the year.
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As stocks have rallied on robust earnings performance, propelled by spending to build out AI infrastructure, volatility has petered out, meaning these strategies needed to ramp up risk-taking.
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