Seriously…
Chinese stocks soared higher this week (SHCOMP +4.3%) – the best week since March 2016…
While China surged in two major National Team pumps, Europe was a one-way-street of stock-love all week…
But US markets were a little more mixed with The Dow leading, S&P holding gains, and Nasdaq, Small Caps, & Trannies all red…
It was quad-witch today, and a massive index reclassification, which prompted yuuge volume in stocks…the biggest NYSE Volume Day since July 2010…
On the day, The Dow trod water rather too calmly as the rest of the market rolled over…and some serious moves into the close…
Nasdaq broke back below 8,000…
Dow (blue) leads the way in September (+3%) as Small Caps (red) and Nasdaq (green) remain in the red…
US still leads the world on the year…
FANG Stocks ended lower on the week
Making headlines all week were the weed-stocks, as Tilray exploded higher and crashed back to earth, but the broader cannabis market (ETF MJ), had a big week…
But it’s not a bubble…
Ahead of today’s major index reclassification, the S&P Tech sector ETF (XLK) saw an unprecedented inflow (at a time when heavyweight tech growth stocks like FB and GOOGL are about to be removed from it)…
Treasury yields rose for the 4th week in a row (longest losing streak since Feb)…
The yield curve steepened on the week (but was well off its steepest levels by the close)…
Notably after Tuesday’s major surge in yields – back above 3.00%, 10Y Yields have largely trod water in a very narrow range…
But 10Y remains off 2018 yield highs for now…
The Dollar Index fell for the second straight week – the biggest two-week drop since January…
NOTE – this week played out almost exactly like last week from a price-pattern perspective
Cable crashed most since June 2017 today following May’s “no deal” speech…
And as the Argentine Peso soared, Cable was even worse on the day than the Turkish Lira…
EM FX had the best week since February… back to 4-week highs…
The Hong Kong dollar jumped by the most since October 2003 this week, with analysts citing the prospect of higher rates in the city and stop losses as possible triggers.
Cryptocurrencies had a big week, but none bigger than altcoin Ripple, up over 100% on the week…
Copper soared this week on China stimulus hopes but despite USD weakness, PMs managed only modest gains…
Gold had a chaotic moment of manipulation this morning as someone decided 0845ET was the perfect time to puke $1.2 billion notional of paper gold into the futures market… Silver bounced back but gold was less able to…
Copper had its best week since Nov 2016 (Trump election)…
Finally, we note that U.S. stock valuations are increasingly in a world of their own…
The gap between these indicators widened in the 12 months ended Thursday by 20 percent, more than it has in any calendar year since 1997, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
And as stocks hit record highs in price and valuations, @ETF.com reports that a massive $34 bn poured into ETFs this week…
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