Volatility at World’s End: Two Decades of Movement in Markets

To download the corresponding article to this video please visit The video was first shown in conjunction with Christopher Cole’s speech at the 2012 Global Derivatives and Risk Management Conference in Barcelona, Spain. “Nobody will deny there is roughness everywhere....“ Benoit Mandelbrot The movement of stock prices has been an obsession for generations of speculators and traders. On a higher level mathematicians believe that modern markets are an extension of the same fractal beauty found in nature. Visualized these stock markets may take the shape of a turbulent ocean with waves made of human hopes, dreams, greed, and fear. Merging the world of high-finance and high-art Artemis Capital Management LLC is proud to present a creative visualization of stock market volatility over the last two decades. “Volatility at World’s End“ Two Decades of Movement in Markets is a depiction of real sto