The stock market is ping-ponging right now, and VIX diverged from the sell off today.
The economic data is very disappointing, and event risk in Europe remains elevated.
Let's see how long this coiling can go on before the markets start to move.
“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
20 July 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Interesting Divergences
The stock market is ping-ponging right now, and VIX diverged from the sell off today.
The economic data is very disappointing, and event risk in Europe remains elevated.
Let's see how long this coiling can go on before the markets start to move.