The VIX continues to languish close to 10, as fading political risk from elections, the improving global economy, solid corporate profitability and ample central bank stimulus -- even as US interest rates are rising -- all exert downward pressure on market volatility more generally. Economic data have tended to be better than expected which, together with long positioning and crude oil bouncing of its lows, have pushed US yields and those of other developed markets slightly higher during the wee ....