Cross-Asset Volatilities Rise As Treasury Endeavors To Avert Yield Contagion

Cross-asset implied volatilities rose across the board as Treasury market concerns trickled into equities and the other major asset classes. The VIX Index underperformed skew last week, bouncing off its YTD low and rising 0.9 pts w/w to 15.1 on the -1.4% SPX pullback.