A relatively stable day in energy markets as many other markets turmoiled, but as tonight's data hit, both WTI/RBOB kneejerked lower after API showed massive product inventory builds (despite a big crude draw).
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Early in the European trading session, German media reported and Bloomberg confirmed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed Deutsche Bank several weeks ago for details of transactions involving President Donald Trump, as well as documents relating to any accounts he might hold there.
Nearly three months after his last public address to investors, today "Bond King" Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of DoubleLine Capital will host his latest free to the public webcast on the DoubleLine Total Return Fund titled, with with what we assume is a fair dose of sarcasm, "So Far So Good".
The webcast will start at 4:15 pm Eastern/1:15 pm Pacific today.
To resiter for the webcast, click on the image or this link.
The full slides are below:
http://www.scribd.com/embeds/366413139/content
Today was a day in the upside-down: Banks underperformed Tech; High tax underperformed Low tax; Momo outperformed Value; Nasdaq outperformed S&P; and VIX down with stocks down...
Just two weeks ago, Bank of America's Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett came out with what was more or less the most apocalyptic big bank forecast for the coming year. In it, he predicted that the market would not only peak in the first half of 2018, and that there would be a flash crash "a la 1987/1994/1998" in just a few months.