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"This is Groundhog Day": Spanish Stocks Battered By Catalan Vote, Bitcoin Crashes

"This is Groundhog Day": Spanish Stocks Battered By Catalan Vote, Bitcoin Crashes

Spanish stocks and the euro fell, while Spanish government bond yields hit their highest levels in over a month after Catalan secessionists delivered an unexpected blow to the government of Spanish PM Rajoy by winning the Catalan regional election. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, U.S. equity futures and the dollar rose on the last trading session before the Christmas holiday. The MSCI index of world stocks was flat.

Global Bond Rout Eases As Nervous Traders Watch For "Selling On The Tax News", Catalan Vote

Global Bond Rout Eases As Nervous Traders Watch For "Selling On The Tax News", Catalan Vote

U.S. equity futures are little changed with the GOP Tax Plan now a done deal and no more daily "pricing in" of tax reform possible, as traders nerviously look to see if others will now be "selling the news", a preview of which we got yesterday when US equity indexes closed red across the board despite Trump's biggest legislative win to date, while bonds were spooked by the blowout in government debt needed to fund the giveaways.

Dow 25,000 In Sight As Tax Cuts Are "Priced In" One Last Time

Dow 25,000 In Sight As Tax Cuts Are "Priced In" One Last Time

Dow futures are up some 80 points this morning after early on Wednesday morning the Senate passed the Tax Reform bill in a party-line vote, and is now set to become law after a follow-up vote in the House and Trump's signature some time on Wednesday afternoon. The good news is that the biggest political drama of 2017 will then be over. The bad news is that once the bill becomes law, the market will no longer be able to "price it in" every single day as it has for the past year.

Global Stocks Rise To Record Highs As Tax Reform Is "Priced In" All Over Again

Global Stocks Rise To Record Highs As Tax Reform Is "Priced In" All Over Again

Yesterday we joked that with the US House of Representatives set to vote for the GOP tax bill on Tuesday, markets would "price in" the same tax legislation they have been pricing in every day for the past year, all over again...

Global Stocks Roar To Record Highs As Tax Reform Is "Priced In" All Over Again

Global Stocks Roar To Record Highs As Tax Reform Is "Priced In" All Over Again

Global stocks and US equity futures roared upward to new record highs to start the second-to-last week of the year, boosted by optimism over a Republican agreement on the shape of U.S. tax cuts aimed at lifting growth; incidentally this is the 6th consecutive day that the "tax bill" has been priced in by the market, and according to cynics, 6th consecutive week and/or 6th month. Meanwhile, the dollar dropped and Treasuries headed lower.

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