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Market 'Plunges' By 0.17%, Worst Drop In Three Weeks

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/15/2013 16:21 -0400

The streak is dead - long live the streak - for the first losing Friday of the year. A sad day among the media though Maria B did proclaim "today was a victory even though we were down," so we can rest assured that all is well. While equities ending off their highs, the week was still positive 1-2% - especially for the Trannies - but rather oddly (well not really anymore) Treasuries are going out at the low yields of the week - down 7bps. The USD lost 0.7% with AUD and GBP strength weighing most and a decent surge higher in JPY today's day session. Oil prices jumped 1.7% on the week back over $93.50 (as RBOB and retail prices start to rise once again). Gold and Silver diverged with the former up 0.8% and the latter -0.7%. Volume today was very heavy (and it was a down day) but the quad-witching is to blame as opening an closing trading was huge as S&P 500 futures tagged new highs overnight but couldn't escape the lows of VWAP at the close. So far 2013 has been a perfect replay of 2012 - Is this it?

Keep Calm and Don't Stop Buying The F$$king Dip...

It was an odd week of divergence as Bonds and Stocks and Gold were bid - sounds like moar QE to us...as 10Y yields close at one-week lows and stocks near the highs...(though strangely in line with gold)...

and a potentially interesting insight - 'most shorted' names were ramped today but it failed and on the week - the Russell and its 'most shorted' close in line... as we warned after yesterday's divergence - is the squeeze over?

March so far in the markets... No Ides Yet...

as Oil jumped and gold and silver diverged...

Overall the TSY strength and FX carry reversal dragged stocks lower in a highly correlated manner as Capital Context's CONTEXT model shows (gap is data from futures roll)...

2013 = 2012 - Is This It?

Charts: Bloomberg and Capital Context

Bonus Chart - what happened the last few times that volume and average trade size surged on an AAPL up day? - oops...

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Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:24 | 3333422 ihedgemyhedges

OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:38 | 3333467 James_Cole

Well, the ads on here I keep getting from Macquarie are telling me consumer confidence is back so reality be damned.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:47 | 3333488 Dr. Richard Head

I have been getting ads for portable toilets camper-style. I have been reading too many Carnival Cruise stories....or maybe the market just needs a portable toilet and Filipeno girls for dating too.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:17 | 3333534 francis_sawyer

Wait!... Does this mean that I'm going to have to CANCEL the juggler I'd planned to hire to perform at Solomon's Bar Mitzvah?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:06 | 3333526 Doomer

RELAX, THIS IS THE BUYING OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME! YOU HAVE TO BUY WHEN THERE IS BLOOD IN THE STREETS!

MAXIMUM LEVERAGE, FULL SPEED AHEAD!

(BULLISH!)

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:06 | 3333542 fuu

Hugo!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:23 | 3333566 Never One Roach

"There's never been a better time to buy....the Dow then now!...Yada, Yada, Yada!!! Buy Now...Don't be priced out!!!"

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:55 | 3333752 Dr. Richard Head

Are you my hot blonde big titted realtor or my scotched up mid-life crisis "wealth" manager. I hope it be the former.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:56 | 3333753 Dr. Richard Head

Are you my hot blonde big titted realtor or my scotched up mid-life crisis "wealth" manager. I hope it be the former.

Sat, 03/16/2013 - 10:51 | 3335042 Randall Cabot

Paulsen predicts S&P 1700 by year end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGZkP4fajMY&feature=youtu.be

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:07 | 3333539 Race Car Driver

> OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!

We don't need no water - let the mutherfucker burn! Burn, mutherfucker! Burn!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:28 | 3333583 francis_sawyer

Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy

I'm not old or new but middle school, fifth grade like junior high
I don't know mofo' if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho 'cause she fly

But I can take the heat 'cause I'm the other white meat known as Kid Funky Fry
Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine

'Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always strokin' my own wookie
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me Cookie

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:01 | 3333630 otto skorzeny

video was as good as the song

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 20:36 | 3334047 Race Car Driver

Ah, young'uns....

The reality that was Wilson B. Goode was better than the song and the video.

'ere.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:50 | 3333740 ImReady

Soo glad I moved everything into cash and PM's! Thank you ZH!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:25 | 3333425 McMolotov

"The streak is dead ... for the first losing Friday of the year."

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!1!!!!!

_{*runs around, waving arms and screaming*}

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:48 | 3333489 Dr. Richard Head

he who panics first does indeed panic best.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:39 | 3333596 azzhatter

Did Maria have that Jamie jizm on her rosy cheeks again or did she swallow this time?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:26 | 3333430 random shots

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:32 | 3333448 Martial

LOL!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:32 | 3333453 Gazooks

we leased the children, try; for the love of God

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:35 | 3333455 McMolotov

Greed, for lack of a better word, is God.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:05 | 3333535 Doomer

Blankfein and Co. own the children.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:26 | 3333432 Unprepared

With hedonic seasonal adjustments, the S&P was actually up 20pts.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:26 | 3333435 HD

Last summer (I think) Tyler posted a fantastic commencement address detailing just how hard (and rewarding) it is to fight the market gods. Anyone remember who that was?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:40 | 3333472 Toolshed

I think you are referring to Michael Burry.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:46 | 3333484 HD

You sir are awesome. Thank you.

Here is the ZH link for anyone interested.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-22/michael-burrys-reminder-after-e...

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:26 | 3333436 Everybodys All ...

This con game can last a very long time if people listen to CNBC and Maria for market advice.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:32 | 3333451 FuzzyDunlop21

Seriously how far does Bernanke's dick need to be up their ass before they realize they're getting fucked?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:44 | 3333481 HD

This far maybe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2XrBqhnGo

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:28 | 3333439 trollin4sukrz

Grab a shovel and start digging, that is the only hope.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:31 | 3333444 tenpanhandle

I'm already in so deep the dirt keeps falling back on my head.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:32 | 3333450 trollin4sukrz

Get a conveyor belt.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:49 | 3333494 Dr. Richard Head

At $5 to dig it out of the ground you sir must have a huge find there!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:30 | 3333443 Shizzmoney

It's all JPM's fault.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:31 | 3333445 Devils Advocate

Oh the humanity, I lost money today. I didn't know that was possible.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:38 | 3333461 Obchelli

So BTFD

What is so hard there to understand?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:33 | 3333465 Yen Cross

(financial news) We'll be watching cricket chirping contests on the MSM media tonight.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:40 | 3333471 EclecticParrot

Even so, the Russell ramped from 10:15 (post Confidence figures) to 2:15, then "plunged" to actually end with a VWAP slightly higher than yesterday's vainglorious close (?!). Those sons-of-bitches -- how I'd love to get them in an unpadded room with their supercomputers turned off and sans pocket-protectors, and kick their collective asses, those guttersnipes with Ph.D.s, summa cum laude shitheads, Mensa maggots -- wish they'd focus on more important things, like the Higgs Boson (or was it bison?) and leave my fave trading vehicle alone.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:41 | 3333473 Bear

You may continue to make light of this drop ... but remember that this was the largest POMO of the month and with 4 Billion seeking a bid, an down day is significant ... says the Bear ... short now

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:02 | 3333503 Yen Cross

A smart man you are Bear. I shorted usd/jpy late Wednesday(96.6) for a target of 94.5.(closed the trade @ 95.30) It may touch that level on Sunday, but I cleared the 95.5 handle easily. The DXY needed a retrace before the next leg up. http://imageshack.us/a/img841/5012/usdjpyi.png

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:23 | 3333565 LawsofPhysics

Indeed, only one or two days this month without pomos, should get interesting.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:36 | 3333590 Yen Cross

Next Wednesday is POMO free LoP.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:09 | 3333648 Panafrican Funk...

Fed presser next week, should be all kinds of head fakery and weird shit. I'd love to see today's giant pomo day as a bear signal (esp. with some significant opex), but, shit man, I don't know.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:40 | 3333475 Sach Mahoney

Something sad about streaks ending.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:50 | 3333499 Dr. Richard Head

Like this one? http://www.killsometime.com/videos/8853/Streaker-Tazed-and-Punches-Cop-i...

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:17 | 3333552 IridiumRebel

"This guy's like a ninja, Man!"

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:42 | 3333478 B2u

Oh no, what am I going to tell my parents?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:44 | 3333482 IridiumRebel

THE HORROR
THE HORROR

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:53 | 3333506 syntaxterror

Cheer up. There's $4,000,000,000 more in new FED asset purchases on Monday that will magically become $120,000,000,000 for equities traders. Still bullish!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:01 | 3333524 realtick

The Real (Fake) Mila Kunis Top

http://chartistfriendfrompittsburgh.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-real-fake-mila-kunis-top.html

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:51 | 3333742 Bam_Man

I've got bigger tits than her - and I'm in shape.

Sat, 03/16/2013 - 08:43 | 3334883 Downtoolong

Wow Mila, what a coincidence. I just quit my job as a successful contractor for 30 years and at the age of 57 decided to become an actor and spokesmodel. Wish me luck.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:18 | 3333553 LawsofPhysics

Yields on the ten year must never be allowed to get too much greater the 2.0 % for the foreseeable future. Print print print, occasional drop to keep that bid on t-bills and make things look "honest". LMFAO. BTFD.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:24 | 3333570 Never One Roach

With the GGWA, namely, the 'Gore's Global Warming Adjustment', the market actaully up by 32 points.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:46 | 3333606 sudzee

I'd like to see a dow/gasoline chart for the last 10years.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:47 | 3333609 Falconsixone

Doji the abandoned baby

hammers atop a ladder

building for the hangman

but without his Tristar belthold

he soon becomes inverted

and thus his neck doth breakaway

and through the dark cloud cover shown

poor Dojis gravestone

with hammer right beside

three white soldiers cried.

(They wanted to hang someone?)

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 17:52 | 3333617 falak pema

the Mila Kunis Topless!

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 21:24 | 3334170 SKY85hawk

I met a magic genie today, and he said he would grant me one wish.

"I want to live forever," I said.

"Sorry," said the genie, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that!"

"Fine," I said, "then I want to die right after Congress gets their heads out of their asses!"

"You crafty bastard," said the genie.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:21 | 3333676 U4 eee aaa

OPEX took precedence today. They had to deliver max pain to the front month option suckers. That should set up an interesting week next week

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:30 | 3333698 adr

2012/2013 looks just like 2011/2012, which looked just like 2010/2011, which was a carbon copy of 2009/2010.

So the market is a video game being played over and over. You might kill a different guy at a different time, or walk down a different alley this play-through, but the game unfolds the same way in roughly the same period of time. Any which way you put it, the market is being driven exclusively by a computer that has been programmed to goal seek the exact same rate of return over the exact same time period year after year.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 19:07 | 3333784 Shizzmoney

Maria here sounds like a Casino Hostess:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000154861&play=1#eyJ2aWQiOiIzMDAwM...

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 20:31 | 3334028 DowTheorist

Volume readings are bearish for 5 reasons:

http://www.dowtheoryinvestment.com/2013/03/dow-theory-update-for-march-5...

and updated here:

http://www.dowtheoryinvestment.com/2013/03/dow-theory-update-for-march-1...

thus, the odds favor a correction

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 21:55 | 3334249 disabledvet

March has already arrived Tylers Durden. LIKE A LION. As for Maria B gettin' us all hot under the collar (whew!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdjlOPBBGXE

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 22:28 | 3334325 slightlyskeptical

You would think that one of these years someone would actually teach her how to put on her lipstick. She has ho written all over her.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 23:25 | 3334434 Joe moneybags

How about a ZH Headline like "Bull Market Celebrates it's fourth birthday!" or "All major indices more than double in four years". Rather, we get grasping at bear straws articles explaining why the markets really should have gone down, had the Fed not been printing. But, the Fed has been printing, so why no "Don't fight the Fed articles"?

Sun, 03/17/2013 - 11:05 | 3334879 Downtoolong

Shouldn't there be a rock concert or something to raise awareness and net $1500 to fight this horrible disease?

Maybe they could do a special tribute to Dow Jones at the Emmy's, or Maria B. could be a contestant on Dancing With The Stars.

Poor Lil Wayne was sooo upset over the news that he had a seizure and had to be hospitalized.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/music/lil-wayne-recovering-in-hospital-after-seizure-1740248.story

Sorry Lil, that's what happens when you get your financial advice from a Mila Kunis interview on CNBS.

In other CNBS news, parishioners at the Cavalry Church outside of Detroit claim they have found a shroud in their catacombs with stains which portray images of Michael Jackson buying stocks.

Market 'Plunges' By 0.17%, Worst Drop In Three Weeks

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