Election Risks Are Fading – Here’s What That Means

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The VIX, which had been mostly stuck above 20, is falling fast – 18 and heading south. Inflation looks like it might be ready for a comeback, but that seems like the furthest thing from traders’ minds.

They’re fixated on the election in a little more than two weeks, and they see risk fading there. I’ll explain what that means in a second.

You wouldn’t necessarily know it by the action today – volume was light despite $5 trillion in options expiring and despite the upside break on the S&P 500.

But this week overall has been really interesting, and sets us up for some big moves in the not-too-distant future. We’ll talk about all that.

Here we go…

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