(Reuters) Hedge funds and other speculators are making their biggest ever short-term bet on higher U.S. interest rates, a clear sign that the “vol-mageddon” bout of market turbulence earlier this month has almost completely fizzled out. Speculators are also slowly beginning to rebuild their bets on lower U.S. stock market volatility, according to the latest positioning data from the Chicago futures exchanges, potentially offering another source of support to risky assets globally.
Speculators Take Record Bet Fed Will Pull Rate Trigger Soon
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