Cudmore: “It’s Now A Matter Of When, Not If, Markets Break Down”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Apr 6, 2017
After yesterday’s sudden last hour swoon, in which the DJIA tumbled over 200 points after the FOMC Minutes, the biggest intraday reversal in 14 months, suddenly the bears – especially those who until recently were on the fences – are getting more vocal, such as Mark Cudmore, Bloomberg’s former FX trader who this morning writes that “it’s now a matter of when, not if, markets break down into a proper bout of risk-aversion.” As for timing, he sayd that “we’re debating the hour rather than the week.”
His full note:
The Markets Have Made Their Negative Feelings Clear
It’s now a matter of when, not if, markets break down into a proper bout of risk-aversion. As for timing, we’re debating the hour rather than the week.
The catalyst might be
It’s not about where assets are priced today — the key levels have still not broken — it’s the path they followed to arrive there. After the strong ADP jobs report, equities rallied, Treasuries fell, the yen slumped, etc. The moves were powerful enough to squeeze out weak risk-asset bears and breed complacency among bulls.
Then the Fed minutes were delivered. The reversals were sharp and just at the moment when nobody was thinking of the downside to risk assets. This means the market will have to chase these moves. But not aggressively quite yet — most traders will now be nervously watching the ranges and counting on them to hold again.
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