10-28-2015, 10:11 PM
Is your paperweight made of too few elements? Do you even have a paperweight? (No, not this.) We'd excuse you if you didn't, frankly. If you're in the market, though, the Element Cube is likely the one you want. As the name suggests, this is no vanilla flowers-in-glass affair. The maker claims it contains every "collectible" element on the planet (not the same as the 90-plus "natural" ones, many aren't available in practical quantities). That's 62 in total, distilled into an alloy.
A paperweight made from every 'collectible' element on Earth
Whole body cryotherapy is a quick-and-easy spa experience that exposes the body to temperatures anywhere from minus 150 to minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit. That's incredibly cold. For comparison, the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was minus 135 degrees Fahrenheit in Antarctica in 2010. The chamber that Ake-Salvacion was found in reached temperatures as low as minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit.
24-year-old found dead in cryotherapy chamber - Business Insider
As I see it, the Fed’s open-market operations have produced more spending–hence higher capacity utilization–and lower interest rates–has more advantageous costs of finance–and we are supposed to believe that its policies “have hurt business investment”?!?!
Department of "Huh!?!?": QE Has Retarded Business Investment!? - Equitable Growth
Buying VIX calls seems to be an even better hedge against drops in the market (S&P) than buying SPX puts. The chart in Figure 1 shows how the VIX moves in opposition to the SPX in big moves down in the SPX. In 2008, the VIX reached its highest close at 80.86.
Another factor enhancing the effectiveness of VIX options for speculators is their volatility. According to the CBOE, the volatility for the VIX itself was more than 80% for 2005, compared to about 10% for SPX, 14% for the Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) and about 32% for Google. The value of the options is not direct from the "spot" VIX, rather, it is the forward value using current and next month options; volatility for the forward VIX is lower than that of the spot VIX (about 46% for 2005). However, this is still higher than most stock options out there. An instrument that trades within a range, cannot go to zero and has high volatility, can provide outstanding trading opportunities.