IC&R: What does the crisis of 2008 imply for 2009 and beyond?

realized intra-year volatility of monthlytotal returns in the S&P 500 Index. Figure 2 illustrates that this annual volatility series, which extends back to 1871, is very highly correlated (at 90%) with a similar annual intra-year volatility series based on daily returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (daily data available since 1929). ................
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