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Check Out Today's Incredible Spike In FEAR
TBI ^ | 2-25-2013 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 02/25/2013 1:42:42 PM PST by blam

Check Out Today's Incredible Spike In FEAR

Joe Weisenthal
February 25, 2013

If you wanted to digest it all in one chart, it might be this one: A chart of the VIX -- aka "The Fear Index" -- which measures how much people are trying to buy protection against a big downside drop using options.

It went ballistic today. This is raw fear, as people buy protection against a big drop.

Via Stockcharts.com

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: currency; economy; italy; stockmarket; vix

1 posted on 02/25/2013 1:42:51 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
MARKETS FREAK OUT (-217), YEN SURGES AFTER SHOCK SPLIT VOTE IN ITALY: Here's What You Need To Know
2 posted on 02/25/2013 1:47:24 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
It could be fear. It could also be someone trying to capitalize on impending bad news. Including bad news of their own making such as another 9/11. Somehow I doubt an election in Italy can cause that much fear. It's got to be something else.
3 posted on 02/25/2013 2:09:23 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
•North Korea? Hard to take them serious.

And now, its hard to take you seriously.
4 posted on 02/25/2013 2:16:07 PM PST by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgus)
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To: blam

Looks like about the same vertical delta (but in the opposite direction) as the DJ +318 day in early January.

What the market giveth, the market can take away. We had four years to fix the fundamental problems underlying our economy and squandered it.

There will come a day when neither Bernanko’s mouth nor his mouse will be able to paper over this festering wound.

Beware of buying this dip.


5 posted on 02/25/2013 2:18:52 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: DannyTN

With the price of gasoline continuing to climb, my bet is that something bad is brewing in MENA.


6 posted on 02/25/2013 5:30:35 PM PST by darth
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