Market Soapbox 10/27/08
MON, late plunge, DJIA -203 on lower volume with ugly internals. All DOWN BIG cept SOXX.
Bonds up 10yr -1bps 3.6%. $ up huge vs 1.251 & vs 93.065y, WTI -3% $62.15, gold down $731.15; TED Spread up +9bps 2.76%; Libor down -1bps 3.51
SP500 874, rise to 893, plunge to close 848. NDX 1202, gap down 1182, rise to 1227, plunge to close 1169.
FRI: preopening stock index futures plunged to daily limit; which halts trading; Vix hit an all time high 89.
This trainwreck has flipped over 3 times and is about to strike a tree and burst into flames.
Overnight, Phillipines & Romania -6%; Hungary -11%...
Iceland; Ukraine & Hungary taking IMF handouts, Pakistan and Belarus also panhandling.
Hong Kong -12.7%; Nikkei -6.4% to its lowest closing level since 1982.
More panhandling... 18 regional U.S. banks, including SunTrust & Capital One accepted $35 billion in government cash.
Worse yet... State Street the world's largest money manager for institutions, selling a $2 billion stake.
Northern Trust, a custody bank that oversees $3.53 trillion, sold a $1.5 billion stake.
Treasury working on $5 billion GM/Chrysler bailout. Multi-line insurers -18% today...
Sept New Home Sales +2.7%; however... Yoy median price -9.1%; sales -33%; inventory 10.4 months. Pulte Homes #3 U.S. builder, a Q3 net loss of $280.4 million.
Wal Mart said its percent of sales of credit have declined 7.4% YTD, noting that its customers are starting to max out their credit cards. DOH!
Often wrong, but never in doubt, this is the Nattering Naybob and you're not.
Bonds up 10yr -1bps 3.6%. $ up huge vs 1.251 & vs 93.065y, WTI -3% $62.15, gold down $731.15; TED Spread up +9bps 2.76%; Libor down -1bps 3.51
SP500 874, rise to 893, plunge to close 848. NDX 1202, gap down 1182, rise to 1227, plunge to close 1169.
FRI: preopening stock index futures plunged to daily limit; which halts trading; Vix hit an all time high 89.
This trainwreck has flipped over 3 times and is about to strike a tree and burst into flames.
Overnight, Phillipines & Romania -6%; Hungary -11%...
Iceland; Ukraine & Hungary taking IMF handouts, Pakistan and Belarus also panhandling.
Hong Kong -12.7%; Nikkei -6.4% to its lowest closing level since 1982.
More panhandling... 18 regional U.S. banks, including SunTrust & Capital One accepted $35 billion in government cash.
Worse yet... State Street the world's largest money manager for institutions, selling a $2 billion stake.
Northern Trust, a custody bank that oversees $3.53 trillion, sold a $1.5 billion stake.
Treasury working on $5 billion GM/Chrysler bailout. Multi-line insurers -18% today...
Sept New Home Sales +2.7%; however... Yoy median price -9.1%; sales -33%; inventory 10.4 months. Pulte Homes #3 U.S. builder, a Q3 net loss of $280.4 million.
Wal Mart said its percent of sales of credit have declined 7.4% YTD, noting that its customers are starting to max out their credit cards. DOH!
Often wrong, but never in doubt, this is the Nattering Naybob and you're not.
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