Who is responsible for all this? Janet - what say you?
And why she needs to pull an emergency rate hike to calm anxious markets...
Before we start on US markets, a couple of under the surface things that happened... There has been a bloodbath in Greek banks this week that has been underway...
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The Brazilian Real is collapsing-er...
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With a total meltdown after the close...
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The late-day plunge appears to due to impeachment comments:
- Brazil’s lower house President Eduardo Cunha will address questions on impeachment procedures in response to opposition request, opposition lawmaker Mendonca Filho says.
- Key to impeachment process is whether Cunha accepts or denies impeachment request: Mendonca Filho
- Opposition needs to consider its next steps very carefully, should meet on the matter: Mendonca Filho
- Lawmakers have up to 5 sessions to appeal if he denies impeachment request: Mendonca Filho
- Congress will kill govt request to re-introduce CPMF tax: Mendonca Filho
The Nasdaq Biotech index broke key support today...
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Meanwhile, The S&P 500 Put/Call Ratio has surged 12% in the last 5 days - the biggest such surge since 2009... (after which the S&P fell 9%)...
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Quite a rollercoaster day today, as futures show, a big dump on China PMI disappointment, a ramp on weak EU data and Q€ chatter, and a drop on Draghi dreariness...
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Cash indices all closed lower as Nasdaq tumbled in th elast few seconds to red...
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Leaving indices all red on the week...
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And down hard since The Post-FOMC Peak...
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Materials are the weakest post-FOMC, Utes the best (thought still red) and Financials down around 4%...
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And ahead fo Yellens peaking tomorrow, VIX term striucture slid lower...
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Credit continues to tumble...
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Treasury yields trod water in a very narrow 2bps range today...
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But The US Dollar tumbled after Europe closed (having held in steady until then).. JPY strength and AUD weakness (biggest 3-day drop since January) most notable...
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As is clear AUDJPY was the overnight driver of equity correlation algos, then EURJPY took over to the EU close, then USDJPY was back in charge...
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Commodities generally drifted higher on the day as USD limped lower... apart from crude's collapse...(which oddly retraced perfectly to gold for the week)
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Crude has been moronically algorithmic this week (once again)...
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Perhaps this is why...
Crude inventories fall → oil prices jump → cash-strapped producers ramp production → crude inventories rise → oil prices drop → repeat ?.
— Mark Constantine (@vexmark) September 16, 2015 [23]
Charts: Bloomberg