Tax Turmoil & China Contagion Slam US Stocks, Treasury Yields Tumble

Chinese bonds and stocks were ugly overnight as the calm of the congress came to an end...

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Small Caps were slammed today - worst day since August. Nasdaq managed to scramble back to green in the last few mins, but failed to hold it...

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Small Caps (and the rest of the market) are catching down to their decoupled volatility markets...

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As hope for meaningful tax-reform disappeared ("gradual" was the key word that disappointed markets...

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Total chaos reigned in telecoms with rumors about Softbank sending Sprint/T-Mobile tumbling then rebounding...

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Financials extended their losses from Friday and continued to catch down to the flattening yield curve...

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Treasury yields extended Friday's declines - this is now the biggest 2-day drop in 10Y yields since June...

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The long-bond was rallying all day but yields extended their drop when Tresury Sec Mnuchin commented that ultra-long issuance lacked demand...

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The Dollar Index extended Friday's losses...

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Dollar weakness prompted gold strength...

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WTI clung to gain today (as RBOB leaked lower) amid more jawboning from OPEC/Saudis...

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Bitcoin hit a new record high at $6300...

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And finally, the most extreme positioning ever...

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