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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets An opening puke in the markets gave way to a rebound back above the unchanged line, but that gain was short lived, and down we went in the afternoon session. A last hour rebound reduced some of the losses, but the three major indexes ended up in the red with the Nasdaq producing …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The tech sector was spanked today, as rising bond yields raised concerns about high equity valuations and a potential increase in inflation. The benchmark 10-year bond yield jumped as much as 8 basis points intra-day to 1.49% but pulled back slightly and finished the session at 1.47%. I have pointed to surging yields …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets The futures markets got rattled early on by comments from China’s top banking regulator jawboning that “he’s very worried about risks emerging from bubbles in global financial markets and the nation’s property sector.” That’s all it took to put the fears of further tightening, aka higher interest rates and bond yields, on the …

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Moving the markets For a change, the positive mood in overnight futures trading, carried through into the regular session with equities surging out of the gate without so much as taking a pause. Turns out that after last week’s rut, some Central Banks (CBs) around the world were not taking any chances. Some doubled the amount …