Though the main gauges closed only moderately lower than they had on Monday, the final numbers do not convey the volatility, nor the pain and psychological damage inflicted on investors.
Luciano uses price, volume, big block trades, volatility, short sales, along with psychological factors including fear, safety and greed.
The Dow Jones industrial average, a closely watched barometer of the economy's health, dipped below the 10,000 threshold on Monday, delivering a psychological setback as investors braced for more market volatility.
Though many suicidal persons engage in extensive planning for their own deaths, the final determination to end one's life is often impulsive, reflecting the intense psychological vulnerability of suicidal persons and their proclivity toward volatility and agitation (Cholbi 2002, Joiner 2010, 70 84).
In particular, what I increasingly wonder about is whether volatility feeds on itself, both in an institutional sense — as quantitative, automatic trading strategies incorporate massive volatility into their algorithms — and in a psychological sense.
The result is volatility.
Volatility analysts, volatility salesmen, and derivatives based on the volatility of volatility?
