PortfolioScience Launches VolatilityWatch.com to Track Volatility of Crude Oil, Gold and other Crucial Assets

PortfolioScience launches VolatilityWatch.com, a site that tracks the volatility of major economically crucial assets such as oil, gold, and the dollar.

(PRWEB) May 11, 2006 -- PortfolioScience, a leading risk management service provider, has launched VolatilityWatch.com, a site that monitors the volatility of Energy, Metals, Currency, Commodity, and Equity markets. Using the company’s RiskAPI® distributed risk application interface, the site keeps track of several different historical volatility measurements of key, economically crucial assets. “The entire world is watching the price action of assets like oil and gold - literally tick by tick”, said Ittai Korin, founder and president of PortfolioScience. “With VolatilityWatch.com, investors, portfolio managers, and traders can quickly quantify the price action of these and other important commodities”.

Visitors to the site can view 1-month through 12-month volatility measurements for a sampling of each major asset group. Additionally, the site provides volatility-over-time and performance charts, giving users a unique ability to compare trends in price to trends in volatility. Registered users can enter thousands of tradable financial instruments available via the RiskAPI global financial database.

“With many of the world’s most important markets at or near all-time highs, understanding and anticipating volatility is crucial. VolatilityWatch.com reduces this task to something surprisingly manageable.”, Korin said.

About VolatilityWatch.com

VolatilityWatch.com is a RiskAPI-powered online application which monitors the volatility of major economic markets. Users can measure multiple types of volatility of financial instruments across multiple assets and markets, both domestic and international. The site can be reached at www.volatilitywatch.com.

About PortfolioScience

PortfolioScience specializes in risk management technology for financial institutions and investment services. The company's products allow fund managers, traders, and investors alike to access powerful risk analysis capabilities on-demand. In addition, PortfolioScience creates turn-key risk management systems for institutional financial services, allowing them to provide their clients with portfolio risk analysis services virtually overnight. For additional information on Portfolio Science visit www.portfolioscience.com.

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