Recent ‘Odd’ Market Moves May Be a Warning Sign for Stocks

“Especially the latter is odd and usually only occurs in an equity market dip, at least a small one, and not a rally,” strategists including Jeremy Hale wrote in a note to clients Friday. “We are monitoring the moves in credit and equity volatility as another potentially bearish tactical signal for stocks.”.

After a while, any market craze gets boring and discerning investors replace speculators. It happened to dot-coms in the early 2000s, and it’s starting to happen to cryptocurrencies in 2018. Eventually, some blockchain applications will turn out to be hot, others not — and some investors who buy and hold, …

In other words, if markets were to crash, would the economy crash as well? The two are not always related. Equities shed more than 20 percent of their values on Oct. 19, 1987, but no recession followed. In contrast, the market was deeply connected with the economy during the information technology boom …

Three people have been killed and 18 injured by a bombing in a market in southern Thailand. Jan. 22, 2018, at 2:37 a.m. … BANGKOK (AP) — A motorcycle bomb exploded at a market Monday morning in southern Thailand, killing three people and injuring 18, police said. The attacker parked the bike rigged with explosives …

The election of President Donald Trump leading to economic disruption and a marketsell-off. Rather than undermine economic growth and job gains, the first year of the administration has seen a continuation and acceleration. And, after just a very few hours of nervousness, markets have been richly …

Equity markets have largely shrugged off America’s government drama as the optimism over economic growth and expanding profits that pushed many stock indexes to all-time highs last week continues to grab the spotlight. Commentary from policy makers after central bank decisions in Europe and Japan …

Global stock markets showed a muted reaction on Monday as a U.S. federal government shutdown was poised to stretch into a third day. The Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading after three straight weeks of gains, following a mixed session in Asia. Futures pointed to a 0.2% opening loss for the …

“It is 2005 all over again in terms of the valuation extreme, the psychological excess and the denial,” said Stack, whose fireproof files of newspaper articles on bear markets date back to 1929. “People don’t believe housing is in a bubble and don’t want to hear talk about prices being a little bit bubblish.” …

“The outsized move (in Treasuries) continues to highlight market expectations of additional policy removal from the Fed — and other central banks around the world — coupled with a forecast of above-trend growth and inflation,” Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., wrote in an email.

The adoption follows a surge of online, or electronic, trading in the $5.1-trillion-a-day currency market as companies look to cut costs and keep better audit trails for their transactions. Traders conduct about 74 percent of their notional volumes electronically on average, up from 68 percent in 2017, according …