waterfall decline underway?

Quote from Lorenzo:

11700 next target for the DOW....

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that is a pretty cool graph
 
i'm not a big fan of elliot wave, on a daily basis, it's a bunch of hooey contually hedged by the ever present 'alternate wave count'

but on big picture cycles, it can explain the three major waves of early accumulation, broad market participation, and blowoff top, with corrective waves in between, making 5 waves

we may well have seen this since 2003
 
Quote from ByLoSellHi:

3:00 pm est.

What happens there will tell the true tale of the psychology right now.

that's a tough call

if this really is the start of a bear, they've got to keep hope alive

they've got to suck in buyers that think it's a bottom, they 've got to keep people in hoping for a better price to get out, that never comes

of course, if it's not the start of a bear, then they're doing the opposite
 
If we close here or lower (on US indices) and the EEM is anywhere near 107-108 it is a slam dunk short for Monday as the EMs are going open down big Sunday.
 
Quote from LT701:

that's a tough call

if this really is the start of a bear, they've got to keep hope alive

they've got to suck in buyers that think it's a bottom, they 've got to keep people in hoping for a better price to get out, that never comes

of course, if it's not the start of a bear, then they're doing the opposite

I agree.

But here's the problem. If hedge fund investors panic, which i believe they will (history repeating itself), you're going to see massive redemptions on the part of anyone who can get out (even before they get their statements). 1.5 trillion in hedge fund funny money, leveraged to the hill.

This is exactly the type of thing that leads to cascading panic.

Liquidity crunch

Inverted yield curve

Stocks crashing

Subprime/Midprime loan crisis

Greenspan dropping the "R" bomb

Yen carry trade unwinding

Emerging markets tanking

Decelerating corporate earnings

Wall street issues with order execution at the NYSE, and insider trading scandal, and backdated option issues



What else will be added to the list?
 
regarding prime broker or hedge fund blow-up:

This on Bloomberg today

"Goldman, Merrill, Morgan Stanley are almost "junk", their own traders say"

i.e their CDS are being priced right at a tad above BBB- spreads while their official credit ratings are several levels higher well in the investment grade department.

Somebody smells something I think
 
Quote from ByLoSellHi:

I agree.

But here's the problem. If hedge fund investors panic, which i believe they will (history repeating itself), you're going to see massive redemptions on the part of anyone who can get out (even before they get their statements). 1.5 trillion in hedge fund funny money, leveraged to the hill.

This is exactly the type of thing that leads to cascading panic.

Liquidity crunch

Stocks crashing

Subprime/Midprime loan crisis

Greenspan dropping the "R" bomb

Yen carry trade unwinding

Emerging markets tanking

Decelerating corporate earnings

Wall street issues with order execution at the NYSE, and insider trading scandal, and backdated option issues



What else will be added to the list?

You can add the spread between corporate's and treasuries finally starting to widen today, and not just the junk either.
 
Quote from Diamond Geezer:

regarding prime broker or hedge fund blow-up:

This on Bloomberg today

"Goldman, Merrill, Morgan Stanley are almost "junk", their own traders say"

i.e their CDS are being priced right at a tad above BBB- spreads while their official credit ratings are several levels higher well in the investment grade department.

Somebody smells something I think

Can you post a link?
 
Quote from Mvic:

You can add the spread between corporate's and treasuries finally starting to widen today, and not just the junk either.

I also forgot the inverted yield curve, which is further inverted now.

That alone is huge.
 
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