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To some market analysts and fund managers 2018 is beginning to look like the early days of the financial crisis of 2007-2009. They say it’s not the selloff itself that seems ominously familiar but the underlying causes of the selling. “Part of what brought down the stock market [this week] was very symptomatic and very similar to what happened in the financial crisis,” said Aaron Kohli, interest rates strategist at BMO Capital Markets in New York. “Secured products, leverage and complexity combining to form a selloff. When you look at 2008 a lot of it was there.” Much like in...

I'm an investor, and like most here, overwhelmed with the sources to read, the Q Anon stuff, the stimuli, the conspiracies...and now, a few days of stock market drops - including today's 1000 pt drop. I'd like to discuss with anyone who will participate, as to causes, where from here, etc.

Mere days ago, in what feels like a different era now, the biggest thing that people in control of money appeared to fear was complacency. Stock markets in the United States were surging, enthralled by the regulation-slashing, tax-shrinking predilections of President Trump. Every major economy in the world was expanding. The worst that could happen, the money masters averred, was that investors would be lulled into reckless investments, taking on too much risk in the belief that the dangers of the marketplace had been tamed. As it turns out, the dangers were already at work. A decade-long era of easy...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn spoke to CNBC via telephone this morning and had some very ominous warnings after what he has seen in the last few days. Reflecting on the market’s moves recently, Icahn shocked the anchors by saying: “This is something we’ve never seen before… I don’t remember ever seeing a market with this kind of volatility over two weeks.“ “The market has become a much more dangerous place [due to index funds and ETFs]… it’s like 2008 where everyone was buying mortgages and CDS.” Concluding that: “Passive investing is the bubble right now.” “There is going to be...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin addressed a shaky world economic market following Monday’s staggering drop in American stock value. Despite the largest ever single-day loss in terms of total points and the steepest overall dip since 2011, he pointed to evidence he presented as proof of a strong economy. “I’m not overly concerned about the market volatility,” he said Tuesday in a statement to legislators.

Stocks raced sharply downward on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by nearly 1,600, around 6 percent, before recovering to end with a decline of 1,179 points. All the major indexes were down significantly. The S&P 500 fell by around 4 percent, the Nasdaq Composite fell by around 3.8 percent, and the broad Russell 2000 fell by around 2.9 percent. Monday’s sell-off was not only deep but widespread, with all 11 sectors in the S&P 500 index posting declines. Financials, health-care, and energy sectors saw the steepest declines.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged by nearly 1,500 points in a day of volatile trading that has rattled global markets. The leading US stock market index is down more than 5.8% at 24,025.33. It is the worst one day fall in points since September 2008 during the depths of the financial crisis. The decline extends losses on Friday, when strong wage growth data raised the prospect of accelerated interest rate rises. Monday's sell-off surpasses a 777.68 points drop on the Dow Jones on 29 September 2008 when Congress rejected a $700bn bank bailout plan following the collapse of...

An exchange-traded security which is supposed to be a bet on calm markets was collapsing after hours. The VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term exchange-traded note (XIV) is down more than 80 percent in extended trading Monday. The security, issued by Credit Suisse, is supposed to give the opposite return of the Cboe Volatility index (VIX), the market's widely followed turbulence gauge. The VIX doubled during regular market hours Monday, causing obvious havoc for a product seeking to track its inverse return. Though, the XIV dropped just 14 percent during regular trading. But then after hours trading began and the security,...

As I write this, the VIX is down 87%. Termination event occurs at 80%. At 80%, the fund, essentially, goes away. There are two VIX instruments with this sort of clause. One fund is $500B. Are we going to wake up and find out a volatility fund, and all the investor cash, disappeared in a single day?

Monday was a record-setting day on Wall Street. Not in a good way. Dow -- The Dow fell 1,175 points, or 4.6%. -- It was by far the worst point decline ever. The previous record was 777 points on September 29, 2008. -- At its lowest point of the day, the Dow was down 1,597 points, the worst intraday decline ever. The previous record was 1,089.42 on August 24, 2015. -- The Dow briefly fell below 24,000. The last time that happened was January 4. -- The Dow has lost 27% of its gains since Election Day 2016. -- Since...

European stocks tumbled at the start of Tuesday's trading session, on the back of heavy declines seen in Asia and the U.S.

Yesterday, as I sat down from a long day of being disconnected from the electronics of the world, my initial reaction to the market drop was gut wrenching to say the least. Acknowledging the news, I started to ponder why such a devastating drop. While percentage wise, based on the current market value this really appears to be more like a correction, but what exactly is it and why? I am no financial guru, just a little guy on the outside looking in. But a market losing confidence is a key indicator for a crash. Just before the State of...

Is This The Crash? Almost-certainly not. First, it is extremely unlikely for a market to crash from a spike high. China is the only place where it has happened with any sort of regularity; what usually comes first is a distribution pattern. But..... with that said it isn't impossible. However, as of 2/5 the S&P is now back to the 50DMA, which it has not touched for quite some time -- it bounced, and then collapsed. Of note the 200DMA is down around 2530, which would be back to about November 2017 levels and extraordinary in terms of the current...

The liberal media are rushing to see whether President Trump will accept blame for the stock drop in the same way he took credit for its rise. But CNN came up with a new twist on the blame-Trump game this morning, suggesting that the Trump taxs cuts are the culprit. Alisyn Camerota teed it up, suggesting, in respect of the stock drop, that the cuts were “at work here.” John Avlon was only too happy to run with the ball, saying it was indeed possible that: “those tax cuts created the conditions for this [stock drop.]” Get the rest of...

The White House said Monday it is worried about the U.S. stock market sell-off. "We're always concerned when the market loses any value, but we're also confident in the economy's fundamentals," an official said in a statement to CNBC. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly fell more than 300 points Monday morning and the S&P 500 traded about 0.75 percent lower, extending last week's plunge. President Donald Trump has touted the strong stock market performance since his election win and has yet to deal with a significant market pullback. The Dow is up more than 30 percent since the election.

Markets were screaming red in Monday’s trading session, continuing a steep decline that started Feb. 1. By 3:08 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen 1,032.95 points — or 4 percent — to 24,488.01. The S&P 500 fell 59.63 points, to 2,702.31, and the Nasdaq fell 230.51 points, to 7,010.41. Moments later, the Dow fell as much as 1,500 points and had erased its gains for the year.

Janet Yellen, whose last day at the Fed was Friday, told CBS that stock market valuations are "high," though she's not sure if they're in a bubble. The comments came amid an aggressive market sell-off that saw the Dow industrials lose 666 points Friday. Yellen has ended a 14-year career at the Fed, the last four as chair. ... Janet Yellen ended her long career at the Federal Reserve with concerns over how high the stock market has surged under her watch. The S&P 500 has soared 315 percent since the March 2009 bear market lows and about 53 percent...

U.S. S&P 500 futures，the world's most liquid, tumbled as much as 2.5 percent to 4-month lows in Asian trade on Tuesday as the sell-off triggered by worries about inflation showed no sign of abating, indicating Wall Street could be set for another brutal day. Futures fell to as low as 2,542, the weakest levels since early October, and 11.7 percent below their record peak of 2,878.5 touched on Jan. 29. S&P futures were last down 1.6 percent while Dow futures were last down 2.2 percent. The slide added to sharp falls over the past week. The S&P 500 index and...

A big Federal Reserve meeting is coming up. Here is one thing that could happen if the Fed gets too aggressive. Despite its independence, the Federal Reserve may quietly want a bear market that takes down a president that loves tweeting about the stock market. Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, told TheStreet the "[Janet] Yellen put" in the markets could expire under President Trump. "I don't know if the Fed has much love for Trump," he said, adding that the Fed had the markets' back during the Obama Administration. "Maybe the Fed would be happy to see a...