Stocks Slammed To Worst Week Since Black Monday Amid Crude & Credit Carnage.Some folks were suddenly forced to sell…
And for those “shocked” that credit markets sparked this…
Before we start, summarizing the bloodbath…
- Russell 2000 (Small Caps) Down 4.8% – worst week since May 2012
- Trannies Down 4.8% – worst week in 4 months (Black Monday)
- S&P 500 Down 3.5% – worst week in 4 months (Black Monday)
- FANGs Down 3.75% – worst week in 3 months
- HYG (HY Bond ETF) Down 3.75% – worst week since March 2009
- HY CDX Up 60bps – biggest weekly spike in spreads since Dec 2014
- USD Index Down 2.5% – worst 2-week drop in 4 months
- JPY Stronger by 1.9% – worst week in 4 months
- CAD Weaker by 2.75% – worst week in 5 months
- EUR Stronger by 3.75% – best 2 week gain since Sept 2012
- Yuan down 6 weeks in a row to weakest since July 2011 – longest losing streak in history
- WTI Crude Down 10.9% – worst week since Dec 2014
- 5Y Yield Drops 13bps – biggest absolute drop in 2 months
- 30Y Yield Drops 13bps – biggest absolute drop since March 2015
The biggest news of the day/week was the sudden awakening of the rest of the world that credit’s collapse is real…
This was the biggest weekly collapse in High-Yield Bonds since March 2009… with today’s move, HYG wipes out all total return back to 12/12/2012 (assuming divs reinvested)
(h/t @groditi)
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