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Nasdaq Futures Limit-Down, Crude Crashes After Trump Announces EU Travel Ban
Nasdaq Futures Limit-Down, Crude Crashes After Trump Announces EU Travel Ban Shortly after President Trump began his address to the nation, enacting a full travel ban from European nations for the next 30 days, the markets started to get upset. S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow futures fall 4-4.5% Both Brent and WTI futures down more […]
Funding Markets Are Freezing: Global Dollar Shortage Hits Alarming Levels
Funding Markets Are Freezing: Global Dollar Shortage Hits Alarming Levels The surging demand for repo liquidity – and massively expanded bailout facility size by the New York Fed – suggests there is a major global scramble for USD funding, and today’s price action in the archaic money markets exposes it has now reached extremely alarming […]
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates Summary: WHO declares Covid-19 is a pandemic President Trump declares a travel ban from all European countries (not UK) Tom Hanks, wife announce they have the Coronavirus NBA suspends all games until further notice Utah Jazz player Rudy […]
US Not Prepared For “Coronavirus Winter” As Containment Window Passes
US Not Prepared For “Coronavirus Winter” As Containment Window Passes Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, told CNBC on Tuesday morning that the US is not prepared for a Covid-19 outbreak and warns the health crisis will get much worse in the weeks ahead. “Right now, […]
Bank Of Japan Buys Record Amount Of ETFs, Admits ‘Paper Losses’, Plans Program Expansion
Bank Of Japan Buys Record Amount Of ETFs, Admits ‘Paper Losses’, Plans Program Expansion Having blown over two trillion yen since October in purchasing stocks (ETFs) in the open market to “support Japan’s economy,” markets are rife with speculation the Band of Japan (BoJ) could pledge next week to buy ETFs at a faster pace than […]
As Stocks & Oil Surge, Credit Market Carnage Continues
As Stocks & Oil Surge, Credit Market Carnage Continues Everything must be awesome again, right? Stocks are up. Oil is up. Bond yields are up… and no one has said the word “bloodbath” on CNBC yet this morning. However, those pesky kids in the credit markets won’t let stocks get away with it as HY […]
Coronavirus Can Stay In Air For 30 Minutes, Travel Twice ‘Safe Distance’ According To Study
Coronavirus Can Stay In Air For 30 Minutes, Travel Twice ‘Safe Distance’ According To Study Aerosolized coronavirus can hang in the air for at least 30 minutes and travel up to 14 feet – approximately twice the “safe distance” recommended by health officials, according to SCMP. The study, conducted by a team of Chinese government epidemiologists from Hunan province, also found […]
Global Recession “Appears Inevitable” – Guggenheim’s Minerd Fears Cascading ‘Butterfly Effect’
Global Recession “Appears Inevitable” – Guggenheim’s Minerd Fears Cascading ‘Butterfly Effect’ In January, Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd warned that ultimately, markets will need to reprice for this rising risk with increased bond spreads relative to Treasury securities. However, that day of reckoning when spreads rise is being held off by the flood of central bank liquidity and international […]
$2.5 Trillion Wiped Out As World Stocks Crash Most Since 2008
$2.5 Trillion Wiped Out As World Stocks Crash Most Since 2008 As we previously noted, S&P futures triggered a “level one circuit breaker” after falling 7%, which means trading will be halted for 15 mins. The movement of US equity futures today is likely crash, then halt, crash then halt. It’s only a matter of time […]
S&P Opens Down 7%, Triggers Circuit-Breaker – Halted For 15 Mins
S&P Opens Down 7%, Triggers Circuit-Breaker – Halted For 15 Mins As we noted pre-open, S&P futures were locked limit-down 5%, but as we noted SPY was trading down 7.5% in the pre-open and now that the cash S&P 500 has opened and tumbled 7%… it is now halted for 15mins as the first major circuit-breaker […]
Markets Implode, Coronavirus Cases In Europe & US Explode, As Outbreak Slows In South Korea: Live Updates
Markets Implode, Coronavirus Cases In Europe & US Explode, As Outbreak Slows In South Korea: Live Updates Update (0650ET): As case counts explode across Europe, it looks like Spain – conveniently, Europe’s fourth-largest economy – will be next to cross the 1,000-confirmed-case threshold. SPANISH CORONAVIRUS CASES JUMP TO 999: HEALTH MINISTRY The health ministry has also […]
Dual Coronavirus, Oil Shocks Crash World Markets, 10Y Yield Craters, Futures Pinned Limit Down
Dual Coronavirus, Oil Shocks Crash World Markets, 10Y Yield Craters, Futures Pinned Limit Down Global stocks plunged with the Emini locked limit down for the longest period on record, crude oil tumbled as much as 33% as WTI plunged as low as $27.34, and the yield on the 10Y Treasury crashed to an all time […]
Assume Crash Positions: Goldman Cuts Brent Price Target To $30 “With Possible Dips Near $20”
Assume Crash Positions: Goldman Cuts Brent Price Target To $30 “With Possible Dips Near $20” When we discussed Saudi Arabia’s shocking decision on Saturday to reverse on years of prudent oil policy following Friday’s stunning collapse of OPEC+, with the kingdom now set to obliterate the OPEC cartel by flooding the market with heavily discounted oil in […]
Coronavirus – The Catalyst For System Failure?
Coronavirus – The Catalyst For System Failure? Overview Today’s global economic system is more intertwined than at any point in history. For the past 30 years in particular, globalization and the Theory of Comparative Advantage have been alive and well. Technological advancements and transportation improvements have truly ‘shrunk the world’, allowing more countries to participate […]
Italy Reports Surge In News Cases, Deaths; Israel Weighs Ban On Foreigners: Live Updates
Italy Reports Surge In News Cases, Deaths; Israel Weighs Ban On Foreigners: Live Updates Summary: Italy reports 2nd straight 1,000+ jump in cases, deaths jump 60%; mortality rate in Italy hits 5% New York State confirms 16 new cases bringing total north of 100 Oregon declares state of emergency 16 million Italians wake up under […]
