‘If Someone Powerful Wanted To Push The VIX Up’: Is This Why China Is ‘Halting’ U.S. Treasury Purchases?

How big of a deal was today's "big" news out of China regarding the future of U.S. Treasury purchases? Well, that depends on who you ask and, to a certain extent, when you ask them. There's something invigorating about a notable story crossing the wires first thing in the morning, so the tone of the early chatter out of U.S.-based commentators might well have reflected that glorious moment when the day's first line of blow, shot of vodka, dose of caffeine starts to work its magic by jogging t