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title: "The S&P 500 Is Accumulating A Volatility Deficit"
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description: "Authored by Frank Monkam via Bloomberg,The VIX term structure features a front end that has materially downshifted since the start of the Iran war while the back end remains elevated,steepening the curve and spawning a volatility deficit that suggests a reckoning will eventually arrive for stocks."
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# The S&P 500 Is Accumulating A Volatility Deficit

*Authored by Frank Monkam via Bloomberg,*

The VIX term structure features a front end that has materially downshifted since the start of the Iran war while the back end remains elevated,**steepening the curve and spawning a volatility deficit that suggests a reckoning will eventually arrive for stocks.**

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