vix at 36 (20% spike today) in jan march july lows it was at 32-33, the market is in extreme panic mode, EXTREME volatility is being priced in, Gold goes up 70$ in one day when the dollar barely moved, the market is irrational right now.
Vix may spike to 40 but that would be the ultimate signal to load up, i have bought some stuff today as well.
SEC may put in new rules, because the problem now is ppl have figured out the common share holder always gets screwed and goes to 0 as is the case with the last 3 finical firms, therefore they short the other ones at will expecting the same.
Along anything and absolutely everything related to insurance today selling off aswell this is hilarious.
take a look at a chart of the vix over last 20 years and you will clearly see where the bottoms occurred you will also note that it was never like "ok we have reached a bottom it is all up from here" the bottom was a process as seen on the vix chart by multiple spikes to extreme levels 30+, once selling is done short term (it may end tmrw or in a 1-2 days) it will be followed by a rally how high? i don't know but my guess 1250-1300 followed by another shoe drop and that may occur several times before this "credit crisis" is over.