Clearly, investors aren't taking their cues from the real economy, at least in the UK. Nor do they seem to paying much attention to governments.

BBC: On markets and helicopters

Nor are they all targeted at the poor: many of the world's poorest people live neither in the 50 least developed countries nor in Europe's ex-colonies.

ECONOMIST: Weighed in the balance

In reality, neither the ECB nor anyone else can credibly take responsibility for the single currency in the markets, or at least not yet.

BBC: Bank worries bring echoes of 2008

If people have started to increase short positions in bonds this at the very least represents growing concern that prices may not rise forever, nor yields keep on falling.

FORBES: It Started With Tulips, Now Bubble-Watchers Are Looking To The Bond Market

Unlike VHS, neither the Blu-ray nor HD DVD format is a recordable medium at least, not in their present guise.

ECONOMIST: The battle to succeed the DVD has only just begun