In Praise of Folly

(1) Folly speaks. (2) A famous essay. (3) Central banks get top billing today. (4) Doing more of the same including inflating bubbles. (5) Counterfactual praise. (6) From brief meltdown back to melt-up. (7) Japan: From aw-shucks to shock & awe. (8) Draghi’s low-key shock & awe. (9) Fed policy is also market dependent. (10) Biggest fool may be Pouting Putin. (11) Pool of fools in Washington. (12) Mid-term election rally almost a sure thing? (13) Risk On is back on. (14) “Nightcrawler” (+ +).