HAPPENING: Judge rules that all documents from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's investigation of 1 October must be released within 30 days.

Judge rules that all documents from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation of 1 October must be released within 30 days. https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-shooting/judge-1-october-police-evidence-body-cam-footage-must-be-released Now watch how all the files “get lost” over the next month. Or, they’ll be so redacted that they’re …

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The Shale Boom Might Not Last Long

By Nick Cunningham U.S. shale is growing at a scorching rate, but will the shale industry be around for the long haul? A new study calls into question the heady projections for shale oil and gas, arguing that expectations of huge …

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#VIX was seen as sure thing — until it suddenly wasn’t anymore: Inside Wall Street's $8bn VIX time bomb.

  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-02-07/a-crash-course-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-hottest-trade-video   Before whirlwind, banks turned volatility into the hot item VIX was seen as sure thing — until it suddenly wasn’t anymore https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/volatility-inc-inside-wall-street-s-8-billion-vix-time-bomb?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=180207&utm_campaign=ritholtz L O L $VIX pic.twitter.com/QQXjX3bd1i — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 7, 2018 h/t @Schuldensuehner

Did Rare Event Signal Capitulation?

by Dana Lyons This week’s epic selloff included back-to-back 90% Down Days on the NYSE; was it the usual sign of capitulation? Waterfall-type declines like we’ve seen in the stock market this past week typically end when the last holdouts give …

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Bottom's In—Not!

By David Stockman Flush. Rinse. Repeat. BTFD! Well, you could also give a good whack to the weak hands, burn the over-boughts, call in the sideline cash and get giddy about the fundur…mentals! After all, the man on bubblevision said nothing has changed since the January …

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