First it was Dropbox.

In late October ago we reported that one of the numerous "unicorns" prancing around Silicon Valley was about to have a very rude wake up call when Dropbox was warned by its investment bankers that it would be unable to go public at a valuation anywhere near close to what its last private round (which had most recently risen to $10 billion from $4 billion a year ago) valued it at.

Than it was Jack Dorsey's "other" company, Square (which soon may have a higher valuation than Twitter).

BofAML's Economics of Volatility framework has been anticipating the 2015 starting point to a turn in volatility for the last two years. From here on we expect to see a rising trend in equity volatility levels, a trend that could last 1-2 years, transporting us from the low volatility regime of the last 3 years towards a sustained high volatility regime.

The Economics of Volatility framework – a quick refresher

 

'Keep It Simple Stupid' is the underlying narrative of the "two cows explain economics" meme... but, in light of the 'new normal' reality unleashed by ever-intervening central planners, some of the key political, economic, and corporate systems needed a re-work...

Productivity 'increases'... or slave labor?

It's not a cow, it's a unicorn...

It's not easy being Greek...

Manipulation and lies...

China or America?

Venezuela or America?

The selling off of the Republic, piece by piece. What was it Mark Twain said? "There is no distinctive native American criminal class except Congress." Can we at least face the truth? The plutocrats and oligarchs are winning. The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people at large.

Submitted by Claire Bernish via TheAntiMedia.org,