* Growing Pessimism: Here's a five-minute chart of the CBOE put/call ratio for Fed day on Tuesday. Note how the ratio expanded going into the announcement, but really took off as the afternoon progressed, reflecting growing bearishness. This was a nice tell for the afternoon price weakness across the stock indexes. Combining the intraday put/call ratio with the TICK provides a helpful view of sentiment shifts.
* Reaction to Fed Decision: Charles Kirk has compiled a variety of views. See also his most recent links post, including Fed perspectives.
* Trading Sentiment: Jeff has some interesting ideas regarding sentiment-based trading.
* Recap: Trader Mike recaps the wild Fed day and finds trendline breaks and violations of moving average lines.
* Tuesday Insights: Abnormal Returns finds worthy posts on sovereign wealth funds, momentum trading strategies, and a longer-term variant of the VIX.
* Gratitude: Nice to see Alvaro's thoughtful post on gratitude and happiness picked up by Huffington.
* Online Filing Systems: Interesting compendium of resources for organizing your files. I use Mozy for backup; love it.
* E*Trade Insight: Todd Chalem offers a unique view of Citadel's rescue of the online broker.
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