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Market View Before and After Midterm Election and Quantitative Easing II

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Dan talked the expectation of market reaction before the mid-term election and Fed Quantitative Easing II.
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After the middle term election and Fed to buy extra 600 billion treasuries, Dan explained how its impact of news with respect to VIX.

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