EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 29/100 FEAR
PREVIOUS CLOSE: 16/100 EXTREME FEAR
ONE WEEK AGO: 13/100 EXTREME FEAR
ONE MONTH AGO: 11/100 EXTREME FEAR
ONE YEAR AGO: 41/100 FEAR
Put and Call Options: FEAR During the last five trading days, volume in put options has lagged volume in call options by 25.25% as investors make bullish bets in their portfolios. However, this is still among the highest levels of put buying seen during the last two years, indicating fear on the part of investors.
Market Volatility: NEUTRAL The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is at 20.14. This is a neutral reading and indicates that market risks appear low.
Stock Price Strength: FEAR The number of stocks hitting 52-week lows exceeds the number hitting highs and is at the lower end of its range, indicating fear.
PIVOT POINTS
EURUSD [27] | GBPUSD [28] | USDJPY [29] | USDCAD [30] | AUDUSD [31] | EURJPY [32] | EURCHF [33] | EURGBP [34]| GBPJPY [35] | NZDUSD [36] | USDCHF [37] | EURAUD [38] | AUDJPY
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S&P 500 (ES) [40] | NASDAQ 100 (NQ) [41] | DOW 30 (YM) [42] | RUSSELL 2000 (TF) [43]| Euro (6E) [44] |Pound (6B) [45]
EUROSTOXX 50 (FESX) [46] | DAX 30 (FDAX) [47] | BOBL (FGBM) [48] | SCHATZ (FGBS) [49] | BUND (FGBL) [50]
CRUDE OIL (CL) [51] | GOLD (GC) [52]
MEME OF THE DAY – I JUST LOVE MY NEW SWEATER…. [53]
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
POT [54] OCT 23.5 PUT Activity
1500+ @$.86 on offer
SNDK [55] SEP WEEKLY4 53 CALL
Activity 1400+ @$.97
ETSY [56] OCT 17.5 CALL
Activity 3448 @$.55
SAEX [57] 10% Owner P 23,756
A $ 3.02 P
7,361 A $ 3.01
SSB [58] Director P 740
A $ 75.3503
HEADLINES
Fed's Lockhart favours 2015 US rate rise
Fed's Bullard: I Would Have Dissented On Rate Hold
US Existing Home Sales Aug: 5.31m (Est 5.50m; Rev Prev 5.58m)
ECB's Nowotny: Interest rates to stay low as long as growth is low
ECB's Praet: Environment difficult, not out of the woods yet
ECB's Linde: QE will continue until inflation targets have been achieved
EU expects Greek review to happen this Autumn Following Tsipras' Victory
BoE's Cunliffe: Interest Rates Likely To Rise
Volkswagen Shares Tumble Following Emissions Allegations
Zurich Insurance Ends Takeover Talks With RSA
Apple to finalize engineering on first electric car by 2019: sources
Lennar Tops Expectations as Housing Market Continues to Improve
Mexico Keeps Rate at Record Low 3% After Fed Waits to Increase
GOVERNMENTS/CENTRAL BANKS
Fed Lockhart favours 2015 US rate rise --FT [60]
Fed Bullard: I Would Have Dissented On Rate Hold --CNBC [61]
ECB Nowotny: Interest rates to stay low as long as growth is low --RTRS [62]
ECB Praet: Environment difficult, not out of the woods yet --ForexLive [63]
ECB Linde: ECB programme will continue until inflation targets have been achieved --RTRS [64]
BoE Cunliffe: Interest Rates Likely To Rise --Chronicle [65]
Bundesbank: Economic Momentum In Germany Continued Over The Summer --RTRS [66]
BoC's Poloz: Lower CAD is cushioning the damage from oil price declines --Globe & Mail [67]
Tsipras win tests Greece bailout monitors --FT [68]
EU expects Greek review to happen this Autumn --ForexLive [69]
Syriza Party Source: Greek Debt Relief Talks At Top Of Tsipras Agenda [70]
Fitch: Greek Election Broadly Credit Neutral, Risks Still High [71]
Spanish main parties hold lead ahead of Podemos: Poll --RTRS [72]
FIXED INCOME
US bond prices fall on stock gains, Fed officials' remarks --RTRS [73]
Greek yields fall after Syriza win; Spain, Portugal underperform --Rtrs [74]
ECB PSPP: EUR 326.718bln, +EUR 12.249bln (Prev +EUR 13.022bln To EUR 314.469bln) [75]
ECB CBPP: EUR 118.262bln, +EUR 2.155blnn (Prev +EUR 3.892bln to EUR 116.107bln) [75]
ECB ABSPP: EUR 12.006bln +EUR 146mln (Prev +EUR 366mln to EUR 11.86bln) [75]
FX
USD: Dollar climbs as Fed still seen as first central bank to hike rates --MktWatch [76]
EUR: EUR/USD hovers below 1.1200 --FXStreet [77]
MXN: USD/MXN rises to 6-day high as Banxico leaves rates unchanged --FXStreet [78]
HKMA back in selling HKD 2.3bln to maintain trading band --ForexLive [79]
ENERGY/COMMODITIES
US crude futures surge 4%, amid signals of reduced drilling activity --Investing.com [80]
Oil Speculators Most Bullish on U.S. Crude Price in Two Months --BBG [81]
Gold retreats from 3-week high as dollar, equities rise --RTRS [82]
Copper recovers from two-week low, but China doubts persist --RTRS [83]
EQUITIES
US Stocks gain, led by financial shares; drugmakers drop --Yahoo [84]
Biotech selloff dents Wall Street rally --MktWatch [85]
FTSE 100 ends flat as miners weigh --Proactive Investors [86]
VW, RSA hammered as Europe ends mostly higher --CNBC [87]
EARNINGS: Lennar Tops Expectations as Housing Market Continues to Improve --WSJ [88]
M&A: Zurich Insurance Ends Takeover Talks With RSA --WSJ [89]
M&A: Dialog Semiconductor to buy US peer Atmel for $4.6bln --RTRS [90]
M&A: Deutsche Wohnen offers to buy peer LEG Immobilien in $5.2bln deal --RTRS [91]
AUTOS: Volkswagen Shares Tumble Following Emissions Allegations --WSJ [92]
AUTOS: Fitch Says Deepening Emission Test Crisis Could Pressure VW Ratings [93]
TECH: Apple to finalize engineering on its first electric car by 2019, sources say --WSJ [94]
TECH: Apple cleaning up iOS App Store after first major attack --RTRS [95]
INDUSTRIALS: Caterpillar Rolling 3-Month Sales To Aug -11% Globally --247 Wall St [96]
ENERGY: Denbury Resources Suspends Dividend --WSJ [97]
ENERGY: UK competition watchdog extends energy market probe by six months --RTRS [98]
CONS GOODS: Tesco Close To Pulling GBP 700mln Data Unit Sale --Sky News [99]
EMERGING MARKETS
China Premier Li Says There Is No Basis For More CNY Depreciation --ForexLive [100]
Britain, China eye stock connect, nuclear and rail deals --RTRS [101]
Mexico Keeps Rate at Record Low 3% After Fed Waits to Increase --BBG [102]

