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February 6 – Wall Street Journal (Spencer Jakab): “Only very rarely has a trade gone from being so good to being so bad so quickly. Among the most profitable trades during the bull market has been to short volatility, essentially betting the market would get calmer and stay calm. An exchange-traded instrument, the VelocityShares Daily […]
[Bloomberg] Global Stocks Selloff Deepens; Treasuries Steady: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Chinese stocks crushed as ‘bulls kill bulls’ in exit stampede [Bloomberg] U.S. Stock-Index Futures Fluctuate as Week of Woe Draws to Close [Bloomberg] Oil Drops Toward $60 as Risk-Asset Rout Inflames Supply Fears [Bloomberg] Congress Passes Delayed Budget Deal Ending Hours-Long Shutdown [CNBC] US stock […]
What’s next for the stock market and how will gold & silver react? We’ll cover the turbulent movements of the equities markets this week, seeing the largest intra-day point drop in stock market history. How did gold and silver perform this week and what is their correlation to the US Dollar? The Euro officially turns […]
[Bloomberg] Stocks Hunt for Direction Amid Turmoil; Yuan Drops: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Oil Extends Biggest Drop in Two Months as Dollar and Shale Weigh [AP] Senate leaders’ budget deal faces opposition in both parties [Reuters] Fed likely to continue raising rates: Kaplan [AP] Senate celebrates budget deal _ but shutdown still possible [Bloomberg] Bank of […]
[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Waver as Jitters Linger; Europe Rises: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Fed’s Kaplan says market correction healthy, sees no economic impact [Bloomberg] Congress Seeking Bigger Budget Deal While Avoiding Shutdown [Bloomberg] World’s Largest ETF Hit by Biggest Four-Day Outflow on Record [Bloomberg] Volatility Inc.: Inside Wall Street’s $8 Billion Mess [Bloomberg] How Two Tiny […]
Volatility (VIX) Has Largest Move In History 117%! Nomura Bank Offers 4 Cents On The Dollar To Those Who Bet On No Volatility Sentiment Changes: Once Complacent Investors Now Jumpy And Nervous The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “I say balderdash. The price absolutely matters. The price you pay determines what […]
[Bloomberg] Stocks Slump as Selloff Deepens; Treasuries Steady: Markets Wrap [CNBC] Global stocks plunge as sell-off spreads around the world [CNBC] Key measure of market volatility — the VIX — jumps above 50, highest level since Aug 2015 [Bloomberg] U.S. Trade Deficit Is Wider Than Any Month or Year Since 2008 [Reuters] BlackRock warns of risk […]
[Bloomberg] Stock Selloff Deepens; Dollar Steady as Gold Gains: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar steadies as U.S. jobs data fan inflation expectations, send bond yields up [Bloomberg] Global Rout Takes Hold of Junk-Bond and Emerging-Market Funds [Reuters] China’s service sector grows at fastest pace in nearly six years in January: Caixin PMI [Reuters] Japan PM Abe […]
