Damage to the hippocampus does not affect some types of memory, such as the ability to learn new skills (playing a musical instrument or solving certain types of puzzles, for example). This fact suggests that such abilities depend on different types of memory (procedural memory) and different brain regions.
How To Bet On Volatility Rising. The most popular measure of options prices is the average implied volatility of puts and calls of the S&P 500 tracking stock (SPY). (Only monthly options are included in this measure, and the increasingly-popular Weekly options are excluded, a serious mistake in my opinion.).
up vote 8 down vote favorite. 3. I've noticed that stocks/ETFs that measure volatility (TVIX, VXX, UVXY, XVZ) are all trending down massively (eg VXX going from $7000/share on 3/09 and on 6/16 it is around $16/share) in the long-term even after accounting for stock splits. Why is that? This does not correlate with the VIX according to the charts.