The Buzz:

• Looking back at one of the craziest weeks in market history.
• What are everyone's thought on the historic developments in the market last week? Specifically the VIX surge and SPX selloff.
• What was the outlook in the Swan offices last week? How did the DRS perform?
• What were ORATS clients asking about last week?
• Some thought about the value of hedging in these market environments?
• This week we all were reminded about the value of proper risk management.
• The great inverse Vol ETP debate continues.
• What are your thought about the XIV meltdown and the place of inverse VIX ETFs in the marketplace? Should they exist? Should retail be using these products?
• VIX Inventor Discusses the Dangers of Inverse, Leveraged VIX Indexes
• Did VIX Manipulation Cause the Massive Surge Last Week - as Alleged by Bloomberg?
• Last Week's Volatility Cost Options Traders Over a Billion in Slippage