VIX "Too Disjointed to Calculate a Value"; Panic Grips Emerging Markets; Biggest VIX Jump on Record
August 24, 2015 0

VIX "Too Disjointed to Calculate a Value"; Panic Grips Emerging Markets; Biggest VIX Jump on Record

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Bloomberg reports Panic Grips Emerging-Market VIX in Biggest Jump on Record The rout in markets from China to South Africa triggered a record jump in a gauge of options prices on developing-nation stocks as investors purchased contracts to protect against future declines. The benchmark — called the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index — more than tripled as trading began at 9:30 a.m

Another Asia-Pacific Equities Bloodbath
August 24, 2015 0

Another Asia-Pacific Equities Bloodbath

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Another Asia-Pacific Equities Bloodbath Posted by Michael Shedlock at 8:57 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.

Open Thread – Meta Climate Division
August 23, 2015 0

Open Thread – Meta Climate Division

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Tweet Some things which caught Eli’s Eye, but, it being summer, only a few comments from the meadow are likely. – Andy Revkin don’t take criticism lightly and is not above manipulating a few words to benefit his self image

Open Thread – Science Division
August 23, 2015 0

Open Thread – Science Division

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Tweet Some things which caught Eli’s Eye, but, it being summer, only a few comments from the meadow are likely. – A really interesting paper in Climate of the Past Discussions, a collaboration between the PAGES2K (turbo proxy reconstructions) and PIMP3 (modeling of the past) groups " Continental-scale temperature variability in PMIP3 simulations and PAGES 2k regional temperature reconstructions over the past millennium " which will not bring smiles in certain quarters.  Warning, it is another Hansen, et al seventy pager

Bangkok Blast: Confronting the West’s "Pundit Investigation"
August 22, 2015 0

Bangkok Blast: Confronting the West’s "Pundit Investigation"

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The objective of the Western media is not truth, but rather to undermine the current government while attempting to exonerate Thaksin Shinawatra –  leader of an ousted client regime groomed by and in the service of Western interests  since as early as the 1990’s. To confront this intentional, politically motivated manipulation, it may be useful to examine several key questions facing any investigation and answer them with what real evidence now stands.