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Bloomberg: Global Stock Sell-Off Deepens, Yen Gains Haven Bid: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks plunged for a second day and U.S. stock futures continued to decline after a frantic sell-off in equity markets. Investors fled to havens, lifting the yen and Treasuries. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here's Who Owned Those Crumbling VIX Notes as of Last Filing
The collapse of two inverse exchange-traded products tied to the Cboe Volatility Index, which soared Monday by the most on record, is making many wonder who the holders of these instruments are. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ex-Goldman Volatility Trader Sees More Blood Before Rout Ends
Makoto Yamada, who traded index-linked derivatives including volatility at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. before joining a Japanese brokerage, sees more pain before the stock rout ends. [more...]
Bloomberg: Commodities Dragged Into Global Selloff as Oil to Copper Get Hit
Commodities from crude oil to metals and iron ore dropped as the global equity rout and surge in market volatility spurred investors to pare risk, cutting positions in raw materials even as banks and analysts stood by the asset class given the backdrop of solid global growth. [more...]
Bloomberg: These Charts Show Just How Bad the Selloff in Risk Assets Is
The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are both down more than 5 percent from their Jan. 26 record closes. The Cboe Volatility Index, commonly known as the fear gauge, has spiked to its highest level since February 2016. [more...]
Reuters: Stocks crumble in vicious sell-off as 'goldilocks' trade unravels
A rout in global equities deepened in Asia on Tuesday as inflation worries gripped financial markets, sending U.S. stock futures sinking further into the red after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011. [more...]
Reuters: Wall Street plunges, S&P 500 erases 2018's gains
U.S. stocks plunged in highly volatile trading on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials indices slumping more than 4.0 percent, as the Dow notched its biggest intraday decline in history with a nearly 1,600-point drop and Wall Street erased its gains for the year. [more...]
Reuters: Stock sell-off overdue, investors lick their wounds and hunt
The speed of Monday’s jaw-dropping sell-off on Wall Street had traders and investors bumped and bruised. But few seemed surprised that a pullback had actually happened. Some were looking for the right time and opportunity to wade back in - but wary of catching a falling knife. [more...]
CNBC: Bitcoin continues to tumble, briefly breaking below $6,000
Bitcoin dropped to its lowest in more than two months. The digital currency fell to a low of $5,995.58, its lowest since mid November, according to CoinDesk, whose bitcoin price index tracks prices from four major exchanges. [more...]
CNBC: Global markets may be a sea of red, but experts say solid economies lie below
It wasn't that long ago that the prediction of a lasting "synchronized global growth" was made. The ongoing widespread sell-off in global markets may lead some to question that narrative, but it's a story that still rings true underneath the sea of red, analysts and investors said. [more...] |
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