Stocks & Bonds Bid, Dollar Skids As Powell-Pontification Trumps Trade-Pessimism

Chinese officials are reportedly “pessimistic” about a trade deal (the same trade deal that has enabled endless equity ramps on the back of spurious headlines proclaiming progress), but US equities refuse to go down (S&P down only twice in November) as speculation on what was discussed between Trump and Powell today levitated stocks (despite the dollar and bond yields sliding)…

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Simply put America – all is well, so keep spending!!

Chinese markets were higher overnight, thanks to a late morning buying spree (NOTE, China closed before the “pessimism” comments)…

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Europe was mostly lower with only UK’s FTSE holding gains (as cable continued to rally)…

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US Stocks were mixed today, ending around unchanged but bid off early lows on Trump-Powell headlines (Small Caps ended red but record highs for S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq)…

Futures show the chaos overnight…

Momentum surged at the open but did nothing after that…

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Shorts were dramatically squeezed after Trump-Powell headlines…

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VIX briefly topped 13 but was quickly hammered back to a 12 handle…

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Treasury yields plunged on the trade-deal pessimism comments, but as the US session continued, yields drifted higher again…

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10Y briefly tested below 1.80%…

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Meanwhile, WeWork bonds are collapsing, now yielding over 16%…

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The Dollar fell for the 3rd day in a row, tumbling on reports that Trump and Powell discussed the dollar and NIRP…

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Cable pushed higher again today, back towards the key 1.30 level…

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Yuan tumbled today on the trade-deal pessimism headlines…

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Cryptos plunged suddenly this morning after a relatively stable weekend…

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Precious metals gained on the day as trade deal hopes ebbed and copper and crude mirrored those gains for the same reasons…

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Silver pushed back up to $17…

And WTI dropped from the upper rail of its recent range (once again)…

 

And, finally, Bill Dudley said (on August 27th) that The Fed can kill Trump’s reelection chances by tanking the market. So is The Fed now assuring Trump gets reelected?

 

Source: Bloomberg