Equities Ignore Trump Chaos – Q1 Was The Calmest Market In A Decade

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One glance at the shocking headlines over the first quarter of 2017 and one would imagine intense volatility in the world’s capital markets – from the leader of the free world being ‘managed’ by Putin to North Korean Nukes; and from Fed rate hikes to the rise of populism in Europe. But that would be entirely wrong – Q1 2017 was the calmest for US stocks since 2006…
Just a week ago, it looked as if the dormant CBOE Volatility Index was awakening.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Apr 1, 2017.