When robots panic

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The Market Ear on when robots panic.


So close

Stocks are trading on the weaker side and we are very close to some very important levels. Just a few points lower CTAs will for the first time this year start selling in size. Furthermore, we are now not that far off in bonds from the level where bullish macro gurus say that they will turn bearish on stocks. Lastly, to add insult to injury, we look like we are breaking major trend-lines in equities and the gamma stabilizer is totally gone.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.