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All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge
All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge Update (1800ET): As expected – all hell breaks loose in global markets as futures open… US equity futures are down 3% at the open – erasing all of Friday’s melt-up… The Euro is plunging… Bitcoin was already sliding into the open… Treasuries […]
Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack
Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack U.S. stock index futures crashed along with global markets on Thursday as Russia’s assault on Ukraine sent investors fleeing risky assets, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 were down […]
Weekly Commentary: Global Markets’ Plumbing Problem
Weekly Commentary: Global Markets’ Plumbing Problem “Goldilocks with a capital ‘J’,” exclaimed an enthusiastic Bloomberg Television analyst. The Dow was up 747 points in Friday trading (more than erasing Thursday’s 660-point drubbing) on the back of a stellar jobs report and market-soothing comments from Fed Chairman “Jay” Powell. December non-farm payrolls surged 312,000. The strongest […]
“The Outlook For The Global Economy Has Deteriorated”: Oil, Copper And Lumber Are All Telling Us The Next Economic Downturn Is Here
“The Outlook For The Global Economy Has Deteriorated”: Oil, Copper And Lumber Are All Telling Us The Next Economic Downturn Is Here Oil, copper and lumber are all telling us the exact same thing, and it isn’t good news for the global economy. When economic activity is booming, demand for commodities such as oil, copper […]
“Drowning In A Sea Of Red”: Global Markets Plunge As European Tech Stocks Crash; Chinese Rout Returns
“Drowning In A Sea Of Red”: Global Markets Plunge As European Tech Stocks Crash; Chinese Rout Returns Yesterday morning, Morgan Stanley declared that the “dead cat bounce is over. One day later, the bank’s thesis was confirmed with global markets a sea of red on Tuesday, as a violent rout in Asia carried over into […]
“Past Point Of No Return”: World Markets Tumble Amid Global Trade War Shockwaves
“Past Point Of No Return”: World Markets Tumble Amid Global Trade War Shockwaves In almost every way, the overnight trading action has been a mirror image of the ramp observed on Monday morning, when trade tensions – inexplicably, one trading day after trade war started – were said to have “gone away” leading to a […]
Global Stocks Dive On Fears Of “Irreversible” Trade War; Italian Bonds, Turkish Lira Tumble
Global Stocks Dive On Fears Of “Irreversible” Trade War; Italian Bonds, Turkish Lira Tumble Bulletin Headline Summary from RanSquawk: Trump is said to be planning new restrictions on tech exports to China PBoC says they are to cut the re-lending rate for SME loans by 50bps, following the RRR cut over the weekend Looking ahead, […]
Global Markets Descend Into Contagious Panic As Italy Implodes
Global Markets Descend Into Contagious Panic As Italy Implodes Commenting on today’s sheer market chaos as the US and UK return from holiday, Bloomberg writes that “fixed-income markets have descended into panic amid mounting concern over the risk of Italy leaving the euro or leading to its break-up” and while Italy is suffering the biggest […]
Dow Plunges 600, Global Markets Tank After China Retaliates In All-Out Trade War
Dow Plunges 600, Global Markets Tank After China Retaliates In All-Out Trade War So much for yesterday’s Amazon bounce. Just before 4AM EDT, a Bloomberg headline hit which has not only unleashed a furious global selling wave, sending the S&P lower by nearly 2% and the Dow 600 lower, but may have changed the course […]
Global Market Rout Resumes: Asian Bloodbath Spills Over Into Europe, US Sharply Lower
Global Market Rout Resumes: Asian Bloodbath Spills Over Into Europe, US Sharply Lower Global markets were routed for the second day in a row on Monday, with Asian and European indexes opening lower and bond yields rising as resurgent U.S. inflation raised the possibility central banks would tighten policy more aggressively than had been expected. […]
The Real Risk to the Global Economy
THE REAL RISK TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WASHINGTON, DC – One of the great mysteries of today’s global markets is their irrepressible enthusiasm, even as the world around them appears on the verge of chaos or collapse. And yet, investors may be more rational than they appear when it comes to pricing in political risks. […]
PBOC’s Zhou Warns Of “Sudden, Complex, Hidden, Contagious, Hazardous” Risks In Global Markets
PBOC’s Zhou Warns Of “Sudden, Complex, Hidden, Contagious, Hazardous” Risks In Global Markets Just two weeks after warning of the potential for an imminent ‘Minsky Moment’, Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan has penned a lengthy article on The PBOC’s website that warns ominously of latent risks accumulating, including some that are “hidden, complex, sudden, […]
Moscow And Beijing Join Forces To Bypass US Dollar In Global Markets, Shift To Gold Trade
Moscow And Beijing Join Forces To Bypass US Dollar In Global Markets, Shift To Gold Trade The Russian central bank opened its first overseas office in Beijing on March 14, marking a step forward in forging a Beijing-Moscow alliance to bypass the US dollar in the global monetary system, and to phase-in a gold-backed standard […]
Why Government Cannot Create Inflation
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I have listened to the gold propaganda and believed in it initially but with time they always say the same thing and nothing happens. One would think that this helicopter money should have produced inflation. This effort has failed as Japan and Europe keep moving negative punishing people for not spending. Now it […]
