{"id":22269,"date":"2012-12-02T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=22269"},"modified":"2016-09-20T19:45:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T23:45:51","slug":"tdi-podcast-understanding-the-vix-and-trading-themes-291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/tdi-podcast-understanding-the-vix-and-trading-themes-291\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: Understanding The VIX and Trading Themes (#291)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/itunes_subscribe3-7.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Guest Sid Oberoi from S&amp;P Research\/Vix Views helps us better understand the important details of the VIX and how it is best utilized. ETFs and ETNs are discussed and ones that could be very dangerous to your portfolio. In this episode, we also discuss the world economy, trading themes for December as well as the recent European downgrade.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggerpointresearch.com\/freetrial\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22271 aligncenter\" title=\"flashing_new\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/flashing_new-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggerpointresearch.com\/freetrial\"><strong>TPR Commodity ALERTS! &#8211; 14 Day Free Trial !<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/clk;243117703;65808005;z\">Hold your meetings online for just $49\/mo.<br \/>\nTry GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @andrewhorowitz<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"#podcast\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/a> | LISTEN @ <a title=\"Zune Subscribe\" href=\"zune:\/\/subscribe\/?The%20Disciplined%20Investor=http:\/\/feeds.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/tdicasts\" target=\"_blank\">ZUNE<\/a> &#8211; @<a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/_d_improd_\/Oberoi-Siddhartha_f_improf_120x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"167\" data-mce-height=\"60\" data-mce-width=\"43\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spvixviews.com\/author\/siddhartha_oberoi\/\"><strong>Siddhartha Oberoi<\/strong> <\/a>is Senior Director, Exchange Traded Products at S&amp;P Indices. Sid leads the ETP effort for S&amp;P Indices for the Americas. He works closely with exchanges and exchange traded product sponsors to help them with their index needs and to successfully implement their strategy. Sid also manages the VIX product line for S&amp;P Indices.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Sid has held roles within S&amp;P Indices including managing ETF licensing relationship for Americas and in the Index Innovation Group where he developed various indices including S&amp;P Municipal Bond Indices, S&amp;P\u2018s Shariah Indices and helped to expand other equity index offerings. Prior to joining S&amp;P in 2007, Sid worked at Calyx Financial and Prudential Financial where he helped develop and manage fund of funds focused on global asset allocation, including a product focused on the Shariah market. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spvixviews.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/_d_improd_\/2-1-2012-10-21-02-AM_f_improf_174x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"89\" data-mce-height=\"41\" data-mce-width=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sid is a charter holder from the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association and has been a member of their Curriculum Committee. He holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a B.A. from Delhi University. Sid has been a regular speaker at conferences, talking about ETP landscape and indexing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Get the list of VIX ETFs <a href=\"http:\/\/img.en25.com\/Web\/StandardandPoors\/SP_ChannelAndTheme_Batch2_v1%202%204.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggerpointresearch.com\/an-introduction-to-tpr-alerts\/\"><strong> \u00a0Click to see a video introduction to TPR ALERTS!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggerpointresearch.com\/freetrial\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"flashing_new\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/flashing_new-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggerpointresearch.com\/freetrial\"><strong><br \/>\nTPR Commodity ALERTS! &#8211; 14 Day Free Trial !<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/TDIMG-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6409\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6409','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=22269-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode291.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:00:04 &#8212; 33.9MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Sid Oberoi from S&amp;P Research\/Vix Views helps us better understand the important details of the VIX and how it is best utilized. ETFs and ETNs are discussed and ones that could be very dangerous to your portfolio. In this episode, we also discuss the world economy, trading themes for December as well as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6410\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6410','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=22269-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode291.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode291.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:00:04 &#8212; 33.9MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,186,12,9,296,42],"tags":[481,482,297],"class_list":["post-22269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-marketmash","category-markets","category-podcasts","category-shownotes","category-stocks","tag-economy","tag-podcasts","tag-show-notes","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}