The almost ubiquitous overnight levitation (thanks to JPY - bouncing off 102.00 overnight; and more Pharma M&A exuberance) gave way very quickly to more of the same from Friday as the high-growth, high-hope, high-hype, high-beta stocks get slammed. The dump of US equity indices at the open was then met with a "well, it's Tuesday tomorrow... oh and FOMC" mad panic buying scramble... Then the 'great' news that pendong home sales dropped YoY for the 6th month in a row confirmed the momo spike and sent bond yields spiking and gold prices tumbling because one data point MoM is all that we need to spark the algos into action... If you want to know why this idiocy is happening - look no further than USDJPY...
Momo meltdown to buying panic...
As the overnight levitation stalls and tumbles... then rips higher on JPY
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And this precious metals are monkey-hammered lower...
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And bond yields exploded higher...
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Charts: Bloomberg