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Biotechs Battered Most In Over A Year; Bullion Bid As Stocks Skid

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What every Biotech bubble-owner, Greek FinMin, and Chinese housewife is asking right now... it seems everybody is shaking down everybody, creditors shaking down Greece, Greece shaking down local governments; and "markets" shaking down their central planners with these brief reminders of what happens if they don't get their money...

 

It all started early...with a pump off the China QE news and a dump seemingly triggered on USD weakness post-Greek FinMin Varoufakis "containement"...

 

The cash indices just could not hold any BTFD ramps... 7 Dips bought and failed... Dow outperformed (AAPL), Small Caps underperformed...

 

Nasdaq was Knackered by a breakdown in Biotechs... down 7.5% from Friday highs and back below its 50DMA...

 

This is the first close below the 50DMA since October...and worst day in over a year... when Janet Yellen warned! (not we mnade a lower high before this dip for the first time)

 

And The Dow was saved by AAPL.. ahead of earnings...

 

Treasury yields held a fairly narrow range - higher yields into the US open, then a rip lower as the dollar dropped.. then weakness again after Europe closed...

 

The Dollar dumped when news of Varoufakis 'containment' hit but bounced a little after Europe closed... (note CAD and AUD strength around 10ET... as commodities soared)

 

The Dollar Index touch ed a one-month low before bouncing...

 

Commodities surged as the dollar dumped then stabilized...

 

Notice the pattern in silver around the US open.... didn't quite worj that way today...

 

Whether the catalyst was Varoufakis knock on efgfects into the dollar or this was driven by a realization that China QE means hard assets get bought next as China's Mo> suggests is unclear... but for sure the flows were heavy and aggressive.

 

Charts: Bloomberg

 

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Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:13 | 6035165 dcohen
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I thought today would be the day when Nasdaq proved it could go all the way, and then some. Will have to wait for tomorrow, surely there is a central banker down there (somewhere) to bounce me up.

 

This is also interesting "Container Store shares down nearly 20% after results"

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:13 | 6035172 Rainman
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I can't figure out how Varoufakis efgfects the dollar ...

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:16 | 6035182 dcohen
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If Greece goes (gives the finger to its creditors), that may give dirty ideas to Spain, Italy and others, whose debt are still held by banks (unlike the greece debt, which is held by the Troika). That cannot be good, so better be safe than sorry.

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:22 | 6035224 Toolshed
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Stoopid internets, made me duplicitous.

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:21 | 6035225 Toolshed
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It's obvious Rainman, he fires up his wererfkj and then sticks it in his kjwatejh. And viola, the dollar is efgfected!!!

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 18:06 | 6035658 Gohigher
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UP VOT   We efgfected sum floks ......

Best of the day TS !

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:16 | 6035192 Keltner Channel Surf
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“Stairway to Hell”    by Led Zeppelin

There’s a Fed Chair who’s sure all that craters is gold
And she’s printing a stairway to Hell
When she gets there she knows if our stocks have been sold
With a word she can get us to buy more
And she’s printing a stairway to Hell

There are signs in the market, but she wants to be sure
‘Cause she knows some Fed words have dual meanings
In a trade by the book we’d be long through next spring
Some think all of their ‘dots’ are misleading

Ooh, it makes me wonder

There’s a ceiling, I guess, as I look for a rest
And I fear it is ripe for retreating
In my charts I have seen annual bars, tall and green
All the choices for those in cash, looking

Ooh, is that thunder?  Really makes me wonder

And bears whimper that soon if they lift-off in June
Then the snipers will shoot the Bull’s knees out
And blue days will dawn for those who stay long
And the poorest will bellow with laughter

If they add muscle to your hedge fund, don’t be alarmed now
It’s just a spring squeeze in the making
Yes there are two paths we can go by, but in this bull run
Still a strange one-way road we’re on

Your clock is running and it won’t slow, in case you don’t know
The bulls keep calling you to buoy them
Dear lady, can you see the fund flows?  Well, they should all know:
Your Chair relies on the market’s whim

... and she’s printing a stairway to Hell

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:29 | 6035261 disabledvet
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"Competitive devaluations" is the road to economic hell.

 

Have the Muni's in the US will go bankrupt if Jewmer gets his way here.

 

The fact that what must happen (charging .25% interest to Banks instead of free money) only means that.

 

With election season now well underway...

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 16:41 | 6035317 CarpetShag
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Wankers, the whole effing crowd.

Mon, 04/27/2015 - 18:32 | 6035746 fockewulf190
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Stop giving wankers a bad name!

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