Well, I have been tracking VIX in the recent months. VIX is Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, if VIX is Low, means the market is non-volatile. In a bull market, low VIX means all people think the market would go ever higher, and in a bear market, all people left the market… Therefore, VIX is also the fear index.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIX

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=^VIX

I plotted the graph in Yahoo:

http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart6:symbol=^vix;range=my;indicator=volume+roc(2);charttype=line;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined

It’s crazy that yesterday VIX jumped 64%, people are waking up…

However, it is not that bad, and I read something interesting which you maybe interested to know as well.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/27/crash-vix-starbucks-pf-ii-in_ja_0227soapbox_inl.html?partner=yahootix

It’s about what to buy in a crash market~ :O 

All are statistics, but because the opening of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />India market this year, I also would recommend a close look on Starbucks.

Eric