It's fascinating to me what passes for financial reporting these days. This morning I came across a little jewel by Mark Ackerman who once again blames the big bad Market Bogeyman for the fact that equities have not crashed and burned this fall. I guess it's that time of the year again - and no I'm not talking about Halloween. After all October is high SKEW month and how dare equities NOT fall off the plate six years and counting! Be this as it may - we are used to seeing our daily dose of dooms…