Last week, Wall Street’s so-called ‘fear indicator,’ the VIX (Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index), set a new low since just prior to the 2008 financial crisis. The only time in the past two decades that this indicator was so low was in 2007, right before markets started to decline. Many are wondering aloud if this means that the market has again become too complacent, and that a recession and subsequent market decline are just around the corner. This is the subject of today’s recommended reading, “The VIX Tells Us Very Little About Tomorrow,” in which Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz takes a deeper look into why this indicator is no “canary in the coalmine.”