Trump’s latest push to acquire Greenland is causing risk assets to sell off globally and pushing volatility higher, with the VIX up nearly 20% as of writing. Geopolitical driven volatility, while likely to be an ongoing feature in markets as the Trump 2.0 admin embraces Monroe doctrine / Roosevelt Corollary policies, is hard to model. How
...Jan 19, 2026
Volatility biased higher for reasons other than geopolitics
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