"I listened carefully to yesterday's Bernanke speech. He seemed ill at ease and almost stumbling. I truly believe that Bernanke is confused and even frightened by the results of all his manipulations. But what he's most confused about is the poor results he's been getting from both the economy and the markets. Bernanke appears to me to be a man trapped and confused by his own unorthodox tactics."
Richard Russell July 18, 2013
Bernanke is bewildered by the power of the credibility trap, and the ensuing unresponsiveness and inattentiveness of the Federal government to the problems of the people and the real economy. At least that is my opinion, and I could be wrong.
The divergence between finance and the real economy continued. The SP 500 closed at another new high, even as tech floundered due to poor financial results in the leaders.
VIX has now dropped to levels in which it could once again be a productive hedge against a market decline.
