there it goes, right on cue. 2:00 EST. up to 107 already. ::)
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there it goes, right on cue. 2:00 EST. up to 107 already. ::)
so it looks like the PPT goes out to lunch, then comes back to the office & starts buying Dow stocks & S&P stocks & NASDAQ stocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by chad
what a job.
I wish there was a way to know how much money the govt has in the stock market. My feeling is that the market will stampede over the herders if the wind turns just right. The bulls have to be sacred before that happens.
VIX is still pretty low.... no fear.
Just think of how many herders it takes to control one dumb herd.
it is interesting how a high VIX (volatility) correlates to a falling market... How come a rising market isn't associated with high volatility?
some definitions-Quote:
Originally Posted by Neuro
VIX. An index designed to track market volatility as an independent entity. The Market Volatility Index is calculated based on option activity and is used as an indicator of investor sentiment, with high values implying pessimism and low values implying optimism. There are three volatility indexes in the Chicago Board Options Exchange which track the three main stock indexes: the VIX is the most widely used, tracking the S&P 500, but there also is the VXN which tracks the Nasdaq and the VXD which tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Created in 1993 by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) the Market Volatility Index (VIX) measures the volatility of the market and is used to determine risk. Traders use the VIX as a general inverse indicator of market volatility and sentiment. The VIX is the implied volatility on the S&P 100 (OEX) option, calculated from both calls and puts that are near the money. Normally the VIX has an inverse relationship to the market, which means that a rising stock market carries less risk and a declining stock market carries more risk.
The first VIX Index was introduced by the CBOE in 1993 and was a weighted measure of the implied volatility of eight S&P 100 at-themoney put and call options. In 2003, it was expanded to use options that were based on a broader index, the S&P 500 Index, which provides a more accurate picture of investors' expectations of future market volatility. VIX values that are greater than 30 generally are associated with a large amount of volatility as well as greater investor fear and uncertainty. VIX values below 20 generally signal less volatile times for the market.
Although none of the definitions come right out and say it, my guess is that there is a ratio of puts to calls (at same strike prices) in that calculation. Higher puts means higher ratio==> higher VIX
Are we ready for a plunge beast to start making tracks, or is the bull scaring the monster away? We seem to be hitting a resistance level. If this holds and we close lower today, this weakness could push us lower.... or just bounce around in the channel.
I don't think we're done with the reflation theme.
It seems there's enough money to bail out all the too bigs and line their pockets in the process. TPTB print fiat money, I don't think there's a limit to that. With taxes and fiat money machines - what more could you ask for? Nominal asset prices should rise prior to general prices in an inflationary theme.
could today be a good day to plunge?
11,027.28 -97.64 (-0.88%)
Real-time: 9:41AM EDT
This game is being played by the Goldman Sachs thieves. The chop up and down allows them to profit on every trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by gunny highway
I have to wonder how much taxpayer-funded money is in the market right now.
i think the only way the market has gone up is because of taxpayer money. i just wonder how long they will maintain control. sooner or later the point of no return will be reached and we will see a plunge. what really gets me though is that we are dealing in fiction, fictional money, fictional interest and fictional debt. it was all just made up from nothing. the laws of nature say that it's impossible to create something from nothing. yet, here we are on the precipice of financial ruin because of something we just made up. worse yet most Americans are so lazy, ignorant and distracted by pointless sensationalism (as i was for a long time) that they don't even know what they should really be worried about, or what they should be downright upset about. it drives me crazy.
sometimes i can relate to Cypher in the matrix, "ignorance is bliss". then i come to my senses, of course. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BuQFUhsRM