Broken Stocks, Battered Bullion, & Bruised Crude

zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 10/30/2014 16:06

If a broken window is good for the Keynesian economy, then today’s broken market (worse than the 2013 Nasdaq blackout) was certainly good for stocks as exchanges broke left and right, futures volume exploded and S&P almost hit 2,000 all on the back of a 2-week old headline from Japan. Today’s market was volatile… everywhere. Silver and gold were smashed lower (-2.2% & -4.1% on week); US Dollar was pumped higher ( 0.5% on the week) but weakened after GDP; Treasury yields unch today, notably flatter on week (30Y unch – almost broke 3.00% today, 5Y 9bps); HY Credit wider in whippy range ( 10bps on week). VIX tested to 14 but closed near 15. Stocks end mixed: Trannies -1.2% (worst in a week), Nasdaq unch, Dow 1.1% (V 145 of Dow’s 220pts). Post-FOMC – Energy is down 1%, Utes/Healthcare 1.6%.