MI206: Options, Derivatives, & Volatility w/ Kevin Davitt
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:03.2 | But long-term investors generally benefit from low volatility markets. |
| 0:08.4 | And so when volatility is high, they're seeing that drawdown. |
| 0:13.1 | And so by extension, they are implicitly short volatility. |
| 0:19.9 | On today's episode, I'm joined by Kevin Davitt. |
| 0:23.4 | Kevin is the head of NASDAX index options content and has spent years focused on options |
| 0:28.6 | education. |
| 0:29.7 | Prior to his exchange work, Kevin traded index, equity, and commodity futures and options |
| 0:35.0 | as a market maker at a variety of well-known firms. During this episode, |
| 0:39.3 | Kevin and I cover all things related to options, derivatives, and volatility in today's markets. |
| 0:45.2 | We also dive into tips for new investors wanting to utilize options in their investment strategies, |
| 0:50.7 | how leaps can supercharge your investment returns for long-term investors, why color |
| 0:55.3 | spreads are potentially attractive to investors, what the VIX and VALQ are and why they're |
| 1:00.9 | important, and so much more. With that, I really hope you enjoy today's conversation with Kevin |
| 1:05.8 | Davitt. You're listening to Millennial Investing by the Investors Podcast Network, where your hosts, Robert Leonard and Clay Fink, interview successful entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors to help educate and inspire the millennial generation. |
| 1:27.2 | Welcome to the Money Investing Podcast. I'm your host, Clay Fink. And today, I'm joined by Kevin |
| 1:32.8 | Davitt from NASDAQ. Kevin, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me on Clay. I'm |
| 1:38.9 | really pumped about this conversation. I'm looking forward to it. I am as well. To get us kicked off, let's talk a |
| 1:45.9 | little bit about your background. Tell us about what you do at NASDAQ and what you've been working on |
| 1:52.2 | in 2022. So I am part of NASDAQ's index options team. From a title standpoint, I'm head of content, which means I |
| 2:02.4 | create written and visual content with an emphasis on NASDAQ index products. I've worked |
| 2:08.7 | in and around the derivative products for my entire career. I started in the derivatives business |
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