Posted on 05/06/2010 4:23:24 PM PDT by blam
Stock Market Panic Dow Crash 1000 Points Before Fed Steps in to Buy
Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
May 06, 2010 - 02:56 PM
By: Nadeem Walayat
The sovereign debt crisis shock waves emanating out of Greece triggered a stock market Free fall crash today as the Dow sliced through support after support to all the way below Dow 10k, hitting a low of 9,872 before the Fed as part of the Plunge Protection Team (PPT) stepped in to halt the panic selling and triggering an equally phenomenal a 700 point reversal less than half an hour from today's close.
The imbecilic banking sector led the collapse in stock prices as a consequence of the sectors huge exposure to subprime government bonds such as the Euro Zones PIIGS that continue to slump in the face of a defacto Greece Debt Default.
The stock market rally has been in an increasingly weakened state as it entered the window for a significant correction that was forecast to occur between early and Mid May (23 Mar 2010 - Stocks Stealth Bull Market Trend Forecast Into May 2010 ).
My weekend analysis (02 May 2010 - Greece Debt Crisis Storm Cripples Stock Market Rally Resulting Stock Price Churn ) concluded that the crippled rally which just managing to hang onto support at 10,974 at the time was less than 40 points from the SELL trigger of 10,970 (there had been NO Sell trigger triggered since late Feb 2010) which would initial target a trend to 10,750 and then 10,550. Both of those levels went up smoke in today's panic stock market price action which demands in depth technical analysis that will follow this weekend, preceded by yesterdays fundamental analysis on the sovereign debt crisis emanating out of Europe's Achilles Heel (05 May 2010 - Greece Economic Depression Resulting in INFLATION NOT DEFLATION Surge ).
Your Analyst hitting the Buy Button on BP Stock and looking for other bargains.
It will be interesting to see what the foreign markets do tonight.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A spine-chilling slide of nearly 1,000 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its biggest intraday points drop ever, led to heightened calls for a crackdown on computer-driven high-frequency trading.
Yup it was one guy pushing a B rather than an M that did it.
Yesiree Bob.
I agree. I have to admit I am in somewhat of a quandary watching the markets though. If find myself almost wishing for a big crash, so Obama would have to take the blame.
I actually try to stay away from situations like this. I don’t like rooting for something very negative to afflict our nation.
It’s effecting the World!
Obama may not own it, but the world is watching.
I expect parlor tricks from the bastard. He is the king og street corner 3 card monte.
Its on his resume as community Arrghhaniser.
We should have let it crash BEFORE the looting with bailouts
Once again, we’re in agreement. I do like the Three Card Monte reference though. Good one.
He is purposefully painting the west black under the guise of caring.
Liberals suck...
"Europe and the Vichy Syndrome" Explains how European intelligentsia turned on Western civilisation and paved the way for hedonism and Islamism to run roughshod over a once proud European culture.
Now we are going vichy.
He is a charlatan!
He promises to be a river to his people, but where do we find ourselves?
Sold down the river.
I’ll admit to having some mixed thoughts on that. I will definitely agree that this open ended spend-a-thon at our nation’s expense is absurd. Hopefully the Republican Congress can reign in the spending after they take over next January.
Well you better rouse the troops because the people I talk to daily here in Texas just shrug their shoulders to ALL this BS.
They dont feel the hurt yet so it must be OK.
I keep trying to explain to them that when yo get the bill...
Obama will be gone.
JUst happening to be the day that pictures broke of firebombed banks in greece with people inside dead? I call bull.
They gave you democracy you owe them.
Exactly.
Yes, I know what you mean.
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