"Unhappy people are better off living in the city. A person can live in the city for a hundred years and not even realize that they are already dead and rotting. They don't have time to realize this on their own; they are too busy."
Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata, 1889
10 August 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Lowest Weekly Volume Since 1995
Quiet trading is an understatement.
This is the quietest week for trading on the NYSE since 1995.
The market action is largely meaningless until volume returns. The markets will be event-driven.