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Great stuff here by Dylan Ratigan on the Lehman fraud, with assist from Eliot Spitzer. Hat tip Clusterstock.

Don't forget though, it was the fault of the shorts and the elimination of the plus tick rule.

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So hard to believe, but LEH was full of it, and it wasn't actually a cabal of shorts that brought them down. And Barry Ritholtz wants an apology.

In the early days pre-meltdown, there were a handful of skeptics pointing to problems at firms like AIG, Fannie Mae, Bear Stearns and most especially Lehman Brothers.

It was not the media or the analyst community that identified the frauds, but the short sellers. In this sad tale of criminality and corruption, the shorts were the...

Bespoke yesterday noted an increase in VXX volume, so figured we'd take a look at it in 3D here.

First off, the real spike was back in January, and was well-timed. For the buyers at least. However it reached a crescendo in early February right at what looks like a pretty distinct high. Those bars coming out of the left compare net volume at varying price levels, and as you can see, the low 30's remains the most popular price level here over the past half year. You can also see that reflected...

Getting some low put/call readings as of late. Mean much? Well, we go over it a bit on Options Zone.

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is certainly the most popular market gauge investor fear, but it's not the only one. Let's not forget the put/call ratio, which is simply a ratio of put options to call options that have traded over a given time period.

The put/call ratio is used to measure investor sentiment. The theory is that the more puts that trade, the more bearish the sentiment and,...