Saturday, December 29, 2012

The Scylla and Charybdis Called Reality

Hedge fund redemptions, a failed Santa Claus rally, inexplicable bullish sentiment, the ongoing fiscal cliff clusterfuck, leverage at multi-year highs, punk holiday sales, weakening consumer confidence, rising VIX (see below), an Elliot 3rd Wave (down) at multiple degrees of trend, all packaged in a candy-coated suppository administered by HFT bots, courtesy of Central Banks.

Prepare the Escape Pod for Evacuation
Meanwhile, the smart money has ignored its own advice (to buy stocks) and instead increased their holdings of U.S. Treasuries to a record level.

For the Idiocracy - Your Bus Is Now Loading...Faux News On Every Station... 
Lastly, as we see below, the jaws of reality are at three year wides, to lure as many oblivious fools as possible onto the bus ride into the abyss...