The absolute volume of loans many banks are adding in a year now is often bigger than the entire bank was a decade ago.

ECONOMIST: Cross your fingers

Although the absolute volume of short sales is touching a record high, the confidence level of the short-sellers must be near a record low.

FORBES: Clipped Hedges

While the absolute volume of cash and carry transactions is high the aggregate dollar value of cash purchases is low, estimated at less than 1% of the total.

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