7 Amazing Charts From Black Monday

Posted by Bigtrends on August 26, 2015 8:13 AM

by http://secularinvestor.com/

The damage in the markets created by the decline since last Thursday, particularly on Monday, is significant. We have noticed 7 amazing facts on Monday August 24th, which will go into history books as another ‘Black Monday.’

The CBOE volatility index VIX registered a 6-year high, spiking ‘out of the blue’ to levels not seen since the great crash of 2008 / 2009. See the two red circles in the first chart.

VIX__24Aug_2015_600

The Dow Jones literally crashed in 3 trading days, a decline not seen in many, many years. The days of the October lows of last year were ugly, but that is nothing compared to the last 3 days. The Dow Jones lost more than 2,000 points in those 3 days, a loss of 11.4% from high to low.

DowJones_24Aug_2015_600

The standout crash of the day in the U.S. market, when it comes to sectors, was the financial sector, represented by the XLF ETF. That instrument collapsed 21% on Black Monday, not seen before for such a major ETF.

Surprisingly, XLF closed the day only 4% lower. It seems that some market participants with deep pockets had a ‘Green Monday’, the ones who bought XLF at the lows, but we are convinced that is only a very select number of participants.

XLF_24Aug_2015_600

Meantime, the stock market optimism index has literally crashed to the lowest level since 2001. The chart below shows data going back to 2001, so this could be an all-time low. This week’s correction brought optimism down to levels even lower than the 2008 and 2009 collapse.

Optimism_index_Stocks_2001_August_2015_599

In Europe, things were not different. On the contrary, the German DAX index, the bellwether of European stocks, dipped below its breakout point, which is the announcement of the trillion Euro QE program in January of this year. In other words, all gains booked by the largest monetary stimulus program in Europe are erased. Is more QE needed to lift the stock market?

DAX_24Aug_2015_600

On Black Monday, the price of crude oil continued its collapse. It closed the day below the peak of 1991. In other words, oil is cheaper today than it was 24 years ago! Talking about deflation.

WTIC_24Aug_2015_600 

And meantime, the yellow metal is sitting down, and watching the show. Gold barely moved on Black Monday, there even was an upward bias. And while commodities are crashing, gold is disconnecting from the commodity complex, as seen on the next chart (red circle).

Gold_24Aug_2015_600

What this all tells us: steer clear. Let this market rout work its way out. We will probably get more slicing and dicing before all is said and done.  Watch for bottoms in deeply oversold assets like commodities and gold.


Courtesy of http://www.talkmarkets.com/

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