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Stocks Have Worst Week In 9 Month; Gold Hits 6 Month Highs
We started the week exuberant wearing the cleanest dirty shirt scoffing at the weakness of 'foreign' markets. By the end of the week, the Dow has dropped 5 days in a row in a week for the first time since May 2012 and the Nasdaq had its worst week in 9 months. The S&P dropped back into the red for 2014 - despite a late-day ramp effort - tracking AUDJPY all day long once again (and financials also red for 2014). VIX surged above 18% (and its term structure steepest since US downgrade) as credit spreads blew wider. Treasury yields tumbled 10-14bps on the week - the biggest drop since June 2012. Gold prices rose over 3% on the week to 6-month highs. Copper saw its biggest 2-week drop in 30 months. The USD slipped lower on EUR and JPY strength (JPY +1.9% - biggest surge in 7 months). YTD Gold +14.7%, S&P 500 -0.07%.
AUDJPY was in charge once again..
The S&P joins the Dow back in the red for 2014...
As All but Trannies and Russell lose post-Putin gains
Financials are now red for 2014 and Biotech is slamming Healthcare lower - leaving Ites the big winner for the year so far...
Seems like credit markets were right - whocouldanode?
Treasuries soared
Gold ripped as copper plunged...
Protection was in big demand in the afternoon into the event-risk-prone weekend...
VIX surged and the term structure steepened to its highest since the US downgrade...
Gold is the easy winner year-to-date with HY credit worst followed by the S&P 500...
Charts: Bloomberg
Bonus Chart: Gold nears the golden cross (50DMA >> 200DMA)...
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Ok...Let me check the playbook.....yep....Just a setup for new highs next week. Ok buy the dip.
"And many happy returns!" --> that means, let's hope this week is the start of a trend.
Gold ticking up a bit after the equity market close:
Live: http://www.pmbull.com/gold-price/
We'll have to see. You could be right. What's the playbook?
If WWIII doesn't break out over the weekend, the S&P shoots to new highs and gold gets slammed back down Sunday night.
Sarcasitic! CNBC guest all have the same playbook "Buy any and all dips"
>> "Buy any and all dips"
I've not participated but that has been a pretty profitable trade for the last few years.
Nah.. Not this Time..
This looks and feels like the year 2000 all over again. Up, down, and really only sideways at the top for a while before the will to buy the bubble collapses.
You could ask yourself a question.. "Do I feel lucky?"
Well... DO YA PUNK!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Nci-GVuHE
Me likey!
Nice to see the "stack" take a bit of a front row seat.
Look at the close number of the Dow
16 067.65
Look like Satan is here... .
Whadafuck? Hell everyone knows US stawks can only go up and it's free money 4eva from 2008 till the sun burns out.
Put me on record. This btfd will backfire. I don't know why. I feel it in my balls.
with that said, make sure to btfd
Buying some Facebook couldn't hurt either...
Dogbert sez: all schtocks go up!!
It's the WEATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I clipped my aud/jpy short trade too early yesterday (91.90 area) It looks like it could take another leg lower if the usd/jpy opens under the 101.20 area Sunday and tests the 101.00 barrier that's probably highly optioned.
I have yet to meet a successful trader who didn't leave more money on the table than they've pulled out. Put this trade in your knowledge base, it's over, don't obssess about it, be patient - wait for the next low risk set up.
Well said. I learned that lesson 12 years ago
It's no biggie fellas. It was a good week, and I like to square things up before the W/E. Especially with the current geopolitical climate. Thanks for the encouragement. :-)
Sunday night into next week we'll be in the hot zone . So anticipate US. weakness to follow through.... ? Things are likely to become more tensioned looking out next few weeks.
Just thoughts.
it's a RECOVERY!!!!!!
the more they print the more of a Recovery we have!!!!!! YES WE CAN!!!!!!
I wonder how much the Fed and BOJ printed today to keep this turd afloat. The option boys are drinking top shelf tonight
The simultaneous, correct trajectories of both asset classes is deeply disorienting.
Win enough battles and you win the war... all the way to $1900 and beyond!
Anything short of ICBMs and we will skyrocket Monday in "relief" of a non-probable outcome. Plus, futures expire Friday
Yea. I see a fat 30 pt Monday relief rally right around the corner. No way Mrs. Debtfire lets the SPOOs go any lower. Anyone short over the weekend. . . I wish you luck
I'm short the markets the next 2 years. Thankfully I can't get a margin call: I'm doing it the smart way. HVU. Have some VXX as well but HVU far outperforms VXX.
I used to get tired of this phrase here, but it's been months since I've seen it, and if only for a short time, I felt like celebrating (before the next monkey-hammering): GOLD BITCHEZ!
Lost & Found: 1 monkey hammer, please claim within 30 days.
so silver is an ugly duck? what happened, why nobody wants it as much as preccious one?
It's may be a good time for the
Missing plane to show up with some nuclear devise inside it
And crash it somewhere...
Da plane.. Da plane...
My favorite part of ZH. "World War III...how'd the market do today?"
Crazy KGB Colonel is in charge "and everyone and everything is finally going right with the world."
Wonder if Goldman has that "total annihilation trade" of Cliff's Natural Resources still on? Long copper? You'd think that would be The Trade if we're talking Brass and ammo here.
Very confusing.
I do have one question...if all "paper promises" are now worthless why would I be buying gold? Shouldn't I be buying food? No, I don't think I'll be buying Puerto Rican debt here.
Lowville School District bonds look good though.
And if the Russians can cut off natural gas "going South" (where it is warm) why can't the same thing happen "going North" (where it is cold)?
From the last chart, the previous golden cross in Q3 2012 didn't work out too well.
When the missiles fly gold should be a moon shot.
BTFD
The best part about reading zerohedge comments is catching people spelling simple words like precious and device incorrectly.
No wonder you fucktards don't understand bitcoin.
And if there was the possibility of putting you on "ignore" I would have just done it.
Its the wed. I mean veed.
Those are the bitcoin users.
You had no friends in school and volunteered as the hall monitor, didn't ya?
No one likes a comment spell nazi.
This new "normal" is fun now that I am out of Wall Street.
Planted lettuce today. Cut off the tops and rooted the bottoms. Faster way to grow and continious harvest. I harvest off of the same plant at least five times or more per season.
Four eggs today from five hens. Someone is a slacker. Oh, yeah. Death, by law, to banksters.
Cheers for the lettuce tips ! My hens came back on lay few weeks back. So all is good.
Only $335,055,000,000 in reverse repos this week. Suddenly there is less cash sloshing around.