For years this newspaper has been reporting financial markets as a rollercoaster. It was refreshing, then, to find the summer ushered in with a series of stories about how low volatility had become by early June. Yet the general tone in the financial press has been far from soothing. “It’s quiet?.?.?.?too quiet”, goes the refrain, followed by the pointed observation that the last time volatility was so low, it was just before the financial crisis began.
多年來,《金融時(shí)報(bào)》一直將金融市場(chǎng)當(dāng)成過山車來報(bào)道。讓人耳目一新的是,隨著夏天的來臨,出現(xiàn)了一系列關(guān)于市場(chǎng)波動(dòng)性早在六月初時(shí)就已變得極為低落的報(bào)道。但財(cái)經(jīng)媒體的整體論調(diào)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)談不上令人寬慰。常常出現(xiàn)的評(píng)論是:“安靜……太安靜了”,緊接著是一針見血地指出,上一次波動(dòng)性如此低下的時(shí)期,正是金融危機(jī)爆發(fā)前夕。