by Despite considerably weaker than expected Services PMI, an assassination in Turkey, a terrorist attack in Zurich, and a bloodbath in Berlin, stocks rallied... As a reminder - Chinese bonds crashed overnight again.. Hong Kong stocks tumbled into correction (red for 2016)... And Italian banks all crashed (led by BMPS)... First things first in The US - the market broke today and stocks loved it... The Dow still has not had two down days in a row since before the election (7 weeks)... despite all the turmoil today... (and of course the standard panic-buying into the close) Dow failed its 20k mission again... Leaving all sectors red post-Fed (Energy laggard) Treasury yields tumbled across the curve with the long-end's biggest yield drop since August... (The Turkey headlines and Berlin bloodbath sparked safe-haven buying) Best day for the long-bond since August... Bond yields suddenly seem attractive to stocks... Post-Fed, the long-end is now down 2bps (with the rest of the curve notably higher in yield... And the yield curve continues to flatten "policy-error-like"... But it appears financial stocks love flatter yield curves... The USD Index ended the day unchanged (rallying back on the Turkey-Russia headlines)... Gold was the only major that managed gains today as copper crumbled amid China fears...
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Despite considerably weaker than expected Services PMI, an assassination in Turkey, a terrorist attack in Zurich, and a bloodbath in Berlin, stocks rallied...
As a reminder - Chinese bonds crashed overnight again..
Hong Kong stocks tumbled into correction (red for 2016)...
And Italian banks all crashed (led by BMPS)...
First things first in The US - the market broke today and stocks loved it...
The Dow still has not had two down days in a row since before the election (7 weeks)... despite all the turmoil today... (and of course the standard panic-buying into the close)
Dow failed its 20k mission again...
Leaving all sectors red post-Fed (Energy laggard)
Treasury yields tumbled across the curve with the long-end's biggest yield drop since August... (The Turkey headlines and Berlin bloodbath sparked safe-haven buying)
Best day for the long-bond since August...
Bond yields suddenly seem attractive to stocks...
Post-Fed, the long-end is now down 2bps (with the rest of the curve notably higher in yield...
And the yield curve continues to flatten "policy-error-like"...
But it appears financial stocks love flatter yield curves...
The USD Index ended the day unchanged (rallying back on the Turkey-Russia headlines)...
Gold was the only major that managed gains today as copper crumbled amid China fears...
Gold prices rose for the 2nd day in a row - the first time since the election...
Financial Conditions are worsening once again...
And Commercial Paper market yields are at their highest since Jan 2009...
