One thing that has been going up — the Chicago chaos barometer – the Vix. It measures volatility amongst S&P 500 stocks and hit an all time high of 48.36 at 3.28 New York time yesterday. That compares with a previous high of 44.28 in August 1998, when Russia default and LTCM was headed for the wall.

You can map it yourself here.

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