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Atash Hagmahani
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« on: February 06, 2010, 12:50:32 AM »
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VXX#symbol=VXX;range=1y
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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 03:27:44 PM »
Odd to see them do so poorly when Goldman Sachs does well.

Tom
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 08:35:26 PM »
and what should one look for if one has not owned any stocks since spring 2000?

besides being able to follow this thread I mean?
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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2010, 09:18:05 PM »
I suspect that Tom is joking.

VIX is the stock volatility index. It's not a stock. It's been trending down for a long time, but it is likely to trend up this year.

BTW, I think we had a negative "January effect" this year. The whole year usually goes up if stocks are up in January, and down if stocks go down in January.
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2010, 04:08:22 AM »
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$vix&p=D&st=2007-01-01&id=p484655090701

a longer term chart.

The crisis became obvious in mid August '08.  Volatility followed. 

Can we say "everything is under control?"

Since Atash has been posting some rather scary news, I would say  that the apparent decrease in volatility is about to revert to what one would expect when nothing is under control.
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