Dow Jones Just Did Something Unseen Since 2008… And It’s Not Good, Crypto Coins News
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The Dow Jones wiped out a point gain and closed lower on Tuesday, a whopping intraday reversal not seen since the 2019 crisis.
The recent ‘relief rally’ is fading as the focus shifts to dire economic data and corporate earnings this month.
Health experts say we may have to impose lockdowns again in December if the coronavirus comes back.
The US stock market is battling rollercoaster levels of volatility. Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) made a round-trip of almost 2, points – something it hasn’t done since the (financial crisis.)
The Dow Jones soared almost points at yesterdays open , before wiping out the entire day’s gains to close points lower than its intraday high. Source: TradingView.
The wild volatility suggests we may not. have carved out the bottom of this rout yet. When this last happened in October 2020, the stock market was still five months from its lowest trough. Instead, the recent bounce is likely just a ‘bear market rally’
according to JP Morgan analysts.
There is reason to be cautious as this looked to be a relief rally ahead of next week’s start of Q1 earning season and before data reveals the depth of the virus impact.
The long-term reality of living in a world with coronavirus is beginning to set in on Wall Street. In one particularly dire warning, Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges, said this morning we should
prepare for more lockdowns at the end of the year .
We have to prepare ourselves to go through a similar exercise in the fall, in the late fall.
Dow futures struggle for direction
Dow futures contracts were mixed overnight as traders struggle to make sense of yesterday’s wild swing. The delay of the European stimulus had a negative effect in the early hours, but the index later pared losses. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures swung in and out of positive territory on Wednesday morning. Source: Yahoo Finance
From a sentiment angle, recent exceptional bounces suggest that investor sentiment is still in the denial phase, rather than in the phase of capitulation that paves the way for a new bull market. Brace for more coronavirus lockdowns next winter
The relief rally enjoyed an extra boost from news that coronavirus cases were leveling off in Europe and New York. While this is good news, the market may not have priced in the second wave of infections.
There is pressure mounting on New York to reopen, despite the city becoming the epicenter of the US outbreak. | Source: REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz. Janis Orlowski said this wave could end by May, but a second wave will return in the winter. We should expect further lockdowns by December There’s not going to be a vaccine that’s going to be ready in 6-8 months… Be ready to stay at home. Understand what that means… We’re going to do this again and we’re going to be smarter and better at doing this.
Dow Jones reality sets in
Yesterday’s reversal is perhaps the first sign that reality is beginning to set in on Wall Street. Corporate earnings are just around the corner. The numbers will be brutal. Economic data and unemployment figures will continue to shock.
Some investors are still clinging to the ten-year bull market , as Albert Edwards at Société Générale explains.
This optimism is the legacy of a long bull market. . Investors can’t conceive that the Fed will ’allow’ the stock market to collapse. Think again.
Perhaps the bulls are right. But a painful month of coronavirus deaths, corporate earnings, and economic data lay ahead. Let’s see what happens.
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