EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 38/100 FEAR
PREVIOUS CLOSE: 44/100 FEAR
ONE WEEK AGO: 30/100 FEAR
ONE MONTH AGO: 14/100 EXTREME FEAR
ONE YEAR AGO: 0/100 EXTREME FEAR
Put and Call Options: FEAR During the last five trading days, volume in put options has lagged volume in call options by 26.86% 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 17.67. 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 [32] | GBPUSD [33] | USDJPY [34] | USDCAD [35] | AUDUSD [36] | EURJPY [37] | EURCHF [38] | EURGBP [39]| GBPJPY [40] | NZDUSD [41] | USDCHF [42] | EURAUD [43] | AUDJPY
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S&P 500 (ES) [45] | NASDAQ 100 (NQ) [46] | DOW 30 (YM) [47] | RUSSELL 2000 (TF) [48]| Euro (6E) [49] |Pound (6B) [50]
EUROSTOXX 50 (FESX) [51] | DAX 30 (FDAX) [52] | BOBL (FGBM) [53] | SCHATZ (FGBS) [54] | BUND (FGBL) [55]
CRUDE OIL (CL) [56] | GOLD (GC) [57] | 10 YR T NOTE [58] | 2 YR T NOTE [59] | 5 YR T NOTE [60] | 30 YR TREASURY BOND [61] | SOYBEANS [62] | CORN [63]
MEME OF THE DAY – WHEN DR. T SPEAKS… [64]
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
VXX [65] OCT WEEKLY4 21.5 CALLS7K+ @$.58
LOCK [66] NOV 8 PUT Activity on the BID side
LULU [67] NOV 55 CALL Activity 2500 block @$1.20 on offer
EDGE [68] SC 13D Filed by NEW LEAF Ventures .. 8.2%
TROX [69] .. SC 13G Filed by Putnam Investments .. 13.2%
HEADLINES
Fed's Bullard: Liftoff is appropriate despite challenges
Fed's Tarullo: US Rate hike likely not appropriate
Ex-Fed's Fisher: FOMC has egg on its face
Fed Discount Rate Mins: 8 votes to hike rate to 1% (vs 5 in July)
NY Fed: Consumers See Lower Inflation, Spending Growth --BBG
US NFIB Small Business Optimism Sep: 96.1 (est 95.5; prev 95.9)
ECB's Mersch: Near-term inflation may continue to hover near zero
BoE new boy Vlieghe says weak inflation may delay rate rise
BoE's McCafferty: Downside pressures in prices seen as transitory
Venezuela: Opec technical meeting to be held 21/Oct in Vienna; non-opec members Brazil, Russia, Norway among invitees
GOVERNMENTS/CENTRAL BANKS
Fed's Bullard: Liftoff is appropriate despite challenges --ForexLive [71]
Ex-Fed's Fisher: FOMC has egg on its face --CNBC [72]
Fed's Tarullo: Rate hike likely not appropriate --CNBC [73]
NY Fed: Consumers See Lower Inflation, Spending Growth --BBG [74]
Fed Discount Rate Mins: 8 votes to hike rate to 1% (vs 5 in July) [75]
Fed Discount Rate Mins: 3 voted to hold discount rate at 0.75% [75]
Fed Discount Rate Mins: Minneapolis again voted to cut discount rate to 0.5% [75]
ECB's Mersch: Near-term inflation may continue to hover near zero --Rtrs [76]
BoE new boy Vlieghe says weak inflation may delay rate rise --MW [77]
BOE's McCafferty wants rates at a level that they can cut again --ForexLive [78]
BoE's McCafferty: Downside pressures in prices seen as transitory --FXstreet [79]
FIXED INCOME
Prices rise on growth fears, bets on later Fed rate hike --Rtrs [80]
Treasuries Wilder Than Ever as Ultrafast Bond Traders Rise Up --BBG [81]
Italian-German Bond Yield Spread Narrows to Least Since April --BBG [82]
China picks London for renminbi debt issue --Eftee [83]
Putin: IMF should provide additional $3 bln loan to Ukraine to repay its debt to Russia --TASS [84]
FX
USD: Dollar bulls vexed by Federal Reserve rate outlook --FT [85]
COMMODITY FX: Weak Chinese data bogs down commodity FX --ET [86]
CNY: PBoC fixed yuan higher for an 8th straight day --FT [87]
GBP: Deflation takes pound down after M&A lift --FT [88]
ENERGY/COMMODITIES
WTI futures settle 0.9% lower at $46.66 per barrel [89]
CRUDE: IEA: Oil market glut will persist through 2016 as demand growth slows --FT [90]
METALS: Copper Prices Fall After Weaker-Than-Expected Chinese Import Data --WSJ [91]
EXCHANGES: China's largest commodities exchange to build intl platform --FT [92]
USDA: NZ milk production seen declining --BBG [89]
EIA Drilling Productivity Report for October [93]
EQUITIES
EARNINGS: J&J got slammed by the strong dollar again --BI [94]
EARNINGS: J&J plans to buy back shares up to $10bn --Yahoo [95]
M&A: GE to sell $30 bln specialty finance business to Wells Fargo --Rtrs [96]
M&A: Diageo to announce sale of wines unit --Sky [97]
M&A: EMC to pay Dell $2 billion as breakup fee in go-shop period --Yahoo [98]
LEGAL: SEC Prepares Civil Charges Against Mondelez in Cadbury Probe --WSJ [99]
AUTOS: Volkswagen announces ?750m spending cuts to fund product revamp --Guradian [100]
AUTOS: VW gloom hits German economic sentiment --FT [101]
PRIVATISATION: UK government sells ?591m stake in Royal Mail --FT [102]
TECH: Twitter Slashing Costs With Workforce Layoffs --Sky [103]
TECH: Bloomberg: U.S. Wants To End Apple E-Book Antitrust Monitoring --Nasdaq [104]
BANKS: Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil --Rtrs [105]
EMERGING MARKETS
Economists gloomier on Brazil's inflation outlook --FT [106]

