Wall Street turns bearish as Trumphoria comes to a grinding halt
Published 22-MAR-2017 11:34 A.M.
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Most global markets experienced significant falls overnight mainly triggered by weakness in the resources sector.
Iron ore came off substantially (circa 4%) and the oil price declined approximately 1.5%. Base metals were also weak.
Negative sentiment towards financial stocks also contributed to the substantial fall in the Dow.
Both the Dow and the NASDAQ delivered their worst daily drop since September, coming off 1.1% and 1.8% respectively. The larger fall in the NASDAQ could be significant in that it is home to riskier stocks such as those in the IT and biotech sectors.
Some analysts are questioning whether the Trump factor which has had such a significant impact on the bullish trading conditions that have prevailed since his election has run its race. Furthermore, could there be a pronounced Trump slump around the corner if pre-election promises aren’t fulfilled.
Is the Black Swan gauge on the mark
As he explains, the chart is a popular options market gauge of so-called Black Swan, or difficult to predict, events.
The CBOE Skew Index measures the relative cost of purchasing out of the money put options on the S&P 500. Put options provide the opportunity, but not necessarily an obligation, to sell an asset at a specific price and time, while call options give the owner the right to buy an underlying asset.
In highlighting the outperformance of the Skew index against the S&P 500, DeCambre noted that it demonstrates investors are more concerned about downside protection.
European markets also hit by downturn in commodities
Negative sentiment extended to Europe with the FTSE 100 coming off 0.7% to close at 7378 points.
The DAX and the Paris CAC 40 declined 0.7% and 0.2% respectively to close at 11,962 points and 5002 points.
While base metals weren’t sold down to the extent that iron ore was, the across-the-board decline dragged down major mining stocks listed on the LSE including Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, suggesting they could come under pressure today.
The latter has the added burden of being exposed to the declining oil price.
Copper (-1.8%) and zinc (-1.5%) experienced the most substantial declines, while lead and nickel came off less than 0.2%, a good performance in a bearish environment.
As is often the case in this environment, investors flocked to gold because of its safe haven status. The precious metal was up nearly 0.9%, closing in the vicinity of US$1245 per ounce, a level it hasn’t traded at since the start of March.
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