NYSE Suspends All Stock Trading... Reopens at 3:10 PM EDT

 

NYSE suspends trading on all issues because of 'technical issues' according to Bloomberg as of 11:32 AM EDT.

All open orders have been cancelled.

Other exchanges remain open, such as Nasdaq and BATS, and stocks continue to trade there.  NYSE ARCA and options are still open for trading.

There are eleven stock exchanges in the US.

It is not yet known whether the stock market indices which obtain data from the NYSE are being calculated correctly.

Federal officials have found no evidence of a cyber attack. 

NYSE has disclosed 'gateway connectivity' issues at the open.  The problem may be centered around the FIX (Financial Information Exchange) software engine.

Bloomberg reports that the Wall Street Journal website is also down.

More news as it becomes available will be listed here.

Shanghai Composite Index Compared To Nasdaq 'Dot Com' Bubble

This could prove to be an interesting comparison.

Let's see if it stays on track.

There are quite a few protracted distortions in the global markets. 

And quite a few of them have nothing to do with Asia.

Here is a picture of the 2008 Shanghai stock bubble collapse.

'Owners Per Ounce' of Gold at the Comex

The trend of the 'owners per ounce' on the Comex is climbing as the amount of paper bets increases and the ounces of gold bullion for sale at these prices decreases.

There is more than sufficient gold in private hands to satisfy the demands of the increasingly paper leveraged Comex. Just not as these prices perhaps, despite the heavy handed attempts to knock the open interest out of the hands of the longs.

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - No Soup For You

The fingerprints of the Exchange Stabilization Fund and their Banks, presumably JPM and Citi, were all over the markets today, from commodities to equities.

Stocks were rallied hard off the bottom, as some fearless buyer stepped in and sparked a short covering rally.

Gold languished, but silver managed to take back the 15 handle at least.

Have a pleasant evening.

 

SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Have No Fear, Buy the Dip

They came in selling, but someone took the bull by the horns and bought the dip in stocks as they were threatening key support.

Who that might be who can say.

But it might be useful if we could have a peek into the operations of the Exchange Stabilization Fund, aka 'The Plunge Protection Team.'

But one thing we have discovered in the past. Not all dips are created equal.

Have a pleasant evening.

 

 

 

First, They Come For the Weakest...

...and then they come for the others: the dissidents, the different, and the other.

And sometimes, for those who just happen to be where we do not wish them to be.

Once people have been sufficiently desensitized, over time made utterly apathetic to the condition of their fellow human beings, and provided an official rationale in the form of symbols and slogans, for murder, torture, and even the most heinous crimes out of fear and a taste for violence, almost anything is possible.

And in the end, the people are driven mad by their apathy and their complicity.   First they imagine themselves as other than human, as some type of superior being.  But as that illusion falters, and the romantic allure of their symbols and slogans become tattered, they find their otherness merely as beasts.

Great worldly power can at first appear to be awe inspiring, almost beautiful, in its scope.  How can we possibly oppose something so majestic, so shocking, so vast in its scope and reach.  But as we draw closer, we may at times perceive the smell of decay, and corruption, the rot beneath the appearance of the glamour.  And perhaps, drawing close enough, we may even catch a glimpse of the diseased eyes and evil leer behind the mask.  But by then, alas, we are his.

The wounded, the crippled, and the dead are, in this great charade, swiftly carted offstage. They are war's refuse. We do not see them. We do not hear them. They are doomed, like wandering spirits, to float around the edges of our consciousness, ignored, even reviled.”

Chris Hedges