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George Bonne
Executive Director of Equity Factor Research
About the Contributor
George Bonne is Executive Director in the Equity Factor Research team, which develops new factors for MSCI’s analytics and index products. Previously, George was Director of Quantitative Research at Thomson Reuters StarMine, where he created alpha signals and quantitative. He also has worked at Applied Materials and KLA-Tencor. George received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of California, Irvine. George is a certified Professional Risk Manager.
Blog posts by George Bonne
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It’s been widely reported that equity-market volatility, outside of a mid-May spike, has been oddly low given investor concerns that range from North Korean saber-rattling to the fate of tax cuts proposed by the Trump Administration.
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Although global uncertainties remain high, the CBOE VIX Index — also known as the “fear index,” recently reached its lowest level since 1993. Some observers have questioned whether VIX remains a reliable indicator.