The machines are patting each other on the back this morning. After crushing VIX into the close, to get the S&P back to even - proving that North Korea is a storm in a teacup - stuff is hitting the fan again overnight as Asian anxiety spreads into US markets with VIX spiking above 13 for the first time in over a month and yesterday's dead cat bounce in stocks eviscerated...

Another dead cat bounce just died...

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VIX is exploding... Will Gundlach be right in his forecast for a 20 VIX?

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And stocks are testing yesterday's lows...

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