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Safe-Havens Sought As Stocks Stumble To Worst Run In 4 Months
The small-cap-dominated Russell 2000 fell for the 2nd week in a row for its worst performance in 4 months (though bounced modestly off its 50DMA today). Stocks traded in a relatively tight range today - swinging around VWAP - following their only driver - JPY crosses, most of the day. NASDAQ 4000 was rescued to ensure the headline-writers do not panic. Treasuries were flat to modestly better on the day but end the week mixed with 30Y -1bp and 5Y +5bps - collapsing the term structure to 6 week lows. Precious metals bounced to end the week +1%, which with the USD closing unchanged on the week, made them the outperformer across asset classes. VIX closed higher for the 4th day in a row (with the curve now its flattest in 28 months).
The S&P 500 is down 4 days in a row for the biggest drop in over 2 months and lowest close in a month but today was a VWAP dance...
Aside from a mid-afternoon, seemingly vol-driven dump and pump, stocks hugged VWAP and the flatline today (with Russell modestly outperforming and NASDAQ underperforming)...
Gold and Silver were bid today (as WTI slipped)...
FX markets were volatile but JPY strength today dragged the USD back to unchanged on the week...
VIX closed at 2 month highs and with short term risk the highest relative to medium term risk since August 2011...
With protection well bid into the close..
The Treasury term structure has flattened dramatically in the last week or so... to 6-week lows (and critical support)...
as it appears the bond market's "belief" in the recovery is fading...
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Bonus Chart: The Nikkei and The Dow are fighting it out down here...
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MOAR PRINTING!!!
It is simply that easy...
Yeah and they can then use it to push twatter upto $100 next week!!!!
Exactly. This is nothing but an attempt to make some room for the end of year run. Don't forget. It's end of year ramp time boys and girls!
The only "safe haven" left is in Bitcoin.
BUY NOW!!
PM's my friend are the only safe haven - PM's.
Stocks are dropping because they think big Daddy is going to take away some of their allowance to drive this bubble ever higher into the stratosphere.
You just know they'll soft-pedal on the "Taper" talk again to get the green bar they want. How many times is it by now?
I'm bored with the new norm. Can't we have something more exciting like another crash?
Where's safe-heaven when monetary base goes parabolic and derivatives, leverage and lies just keep everything going in the direction chosen by TPTB?
Where's safe-heaven when failing is no longer permitted (TBTF)? Do we even need a safe heaven?
Where's safe-heaven when the gov write confiscation provisions into law?
Bear trap.
"Safe-Havens Sought As Stocks Stumble To Worst Run In 4 Months"
"Russell 2000 fell for the 2nd week in a row for its worst performance in 4 month"
If you bought the R2K in 2009, you are in a safe haven, up far more than those on fixed income, who wear many hats.
Yeah gold and silver were bid nicely towards the close. I'm hoping/guessing that fear is kicking in and PMs are starting to diverge from stawks.
This week PM miners behaved better compared to before, and even diverged from say SPX.
Anyone seen......Hugh know who..
I thought a hobby farm was a safe haven.
dont be fooled, fomc next week, no taper, sp's back to 1800
What happened to Jack n his beanstalk...keep calm...2014 BAnner year!
It was obvious that the taper wasn't priced into the markets when the usd continued to sell off thru Thursday. It looked like the textbook get long usd after the Fed. announces "no taper" next week. (Most would think the usd would sell off on a no taper decision.)
Actually, the spike in the markets from extended liquidity would cause the usd to strengthen. (usd/jpy) risk leading the way. I'm not sure what to expect next week, and I suspect the recent usd strength is due to traders moving into cash ahead of the Fed. Bonds were marginally lower in yield, so I suspect a long dollar trade into the Fed. is a reasonable play.
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Safe havens like TWTR (+6.63%) and FB (+2.87%) LOL - actually the biggest red flag for this market is TWTR's vertical ascent over the past 5 days. That's beyond even .com idiocy - they're pumping twitter like an OTC pink sheet special.
Don't worry... there will be one more upward thrust until that roughly January 14th tipping point illustrated below.
http://tinyurl.com/kzoc9na