The Debts of the Lenders: (CHIX) Chinese Volatility Index

Something to watch for the future. Developed by Alphashares and debuted earlier this summer in July, the CHIX tracks the Hang Seng and Shanghai exchanges.

To see the CHIX (be sure to bookmark this link on bloomberg). This is only a static picture file, if you click on the bloomberg flash link July/August volatility can be seen more dynamically:


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
quote?ticker=ASCNCHIX%3AIND


Other sources:

http://www.bigtrends.com/articles/
dailytrendwatch/1171-global-volatilty-.html

All questions on the CHIX calculation should be directed at alphashares which developed the index:

http://www.alphashares.com/