Chaos is bubbling just below the surface this week.
In three extraordinary moves, the Fed has injected $205 billion in liquidity into the little-known but vital "repo" market.
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning -
Chaos is bubbling just below the surface this week.
In three extraordinary moves, the Fed has injected $205 billion in liquidity into the little-known but vital "repo" market.
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning -
Chaos is bubbling just below the surface this week.
In three extraordinary moves, the Fed has injected $205 billion in liquidity into the little-known but vital "repo" market.
By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning -
At the end of 2014, we predicted that the coming year would be defined by extreme market chaos. Shah actually called it "the perfect storm of volatility" in his first investor briefing of the year.
Now that volatility is here with a vengeance.
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average alone dived more than 1,000 points, then surged 900 points... only to drop more than 400 points again. That's a story that repeated itself on indexes worldwide.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) surged to a six-year high of 53.29 until volatility swamped the quoting system.
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report -
The markets swung more than 1,000 points in each direction over the course of trading yesterday. The chaos started in Asia and spread to the United States as the day went on.
That the markets plunged that far in the first place is a sure sign that panic is definitely setting in. I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel the angst just like you do. You're not alone.
So today, let's talk about how you do that and, as usual, take a quick look at three specific investments you can put to work immediately if the U.S. markets fall further or if China's markets have not yet bottomed.