Good morning. The sell-off was an equity event only

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-selloff-biggest-reasons-not-rates-inflation-2018-2

Duh. This applies to all averages…

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-selloff-2-reasons-why-this-time-is-different-2018-2

In the end, both products turned out to be loss making…

http://ritholtz.com/2018/02/inverse-vix-etfs/

This overview might come in handy one day: deflation in the world

https://www.bis.org/publ/work699.pdf

On the wrong arguments that may have caused the sell-off

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/02/07/2198503/someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-wages-and-the-stock-market-edition/

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