Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Calm Before the Storm

Equity investors getting complacent.  This looks like the calm before the storm.

From The Big Picture:


VIX Pullbacks

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By Barry Ritholtz - August 16th, 2012, 5:24AM




On Monday, we showed Dick Arms’ chart correlating this level of VIX with subsequent market tops (The Disappearing Market).
Since then, Market Tech Reports noted the percentage drops associated with the VIX at this level — from 6-19%. Its noteworthy that each of these falls have been arrested and reversed by Fed actions involving QE or Operation Twist.

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Source:  Market Tech Reports







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