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Traders writing (i.e., selling) put options are, therefore, the insurers. But why should their opinions affect the most (mis)quoted measure of volatility, the VIX? Many justify using options pricing because options traders are supposedly more sophisticated investors; options are considered more complex than their underlying stocks. But these are the same "sophisticated" investors who suffered enormous losses over mortgage-based securities. Can we really trust an index derived from their (mis)pricings...
...July 20, 2007, memo, which cites a CIA summary of the discussions. "In those classified and private conversations, none of the Members expressed the view that the CIA detention and interrogation program should be stopped, or that the techniques at issue were inappropriate." (See TIME's photos: "The (Mis)Adventures...
...true Harvard fashion of over-intensity, this round of Assassins brought out the best in Harvard students—a bizarre combination of creepiness and mis-directed ingenuity. And FlyBy has your rundown of some of the more outrageous kills, characters, and shoot-outs—after the jump...
...stories that others couldn’t,” she said, later explaining that she “was always drawn to stories about people who beat expectations, especially when those expectations were low...my favorite politicians are the underdogs, the underestimated, and even the ‘mis-underestimated?...
...should cover up her arms. This is nothing new. Women in the public eye have always faced reduction to a single symbolic body part, especially when they make an effort to appear both strong and feminine. Beyoncé—she of the reflective fabrics, hair extensions, and mis-accented given name and, of course, The Booty—knows a thing or two about navigating the waters between independence and the expected level of feminine passivity. For Beyoncé (at least publicly) being a woman is a complicated charge, so difficult to navigate that it is often easier...