Dow sank 464, decliners over advancers 6-1 & NAZ dropped 274. The MLP index was off 1 to the 218s & the REIT index pulled back 5+ to the 436s. Junk bond funds drifted lower & Treasuries had a little selling taking yield on the 10 year Treasury over 3%. Oil fell 3+ to the 87s & gold declined 11 to 1751.
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Treasury yields rose as investors looked ahead to the Jackson Hole economic symposium. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note traded up slightly to 2.996% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond gained 1 basis point to 3.238%. Yields move inversely to prices & a basis point is equal to 0.01%. The yield on the short-term 2-year Treasury note rose to trade at about 3.299%. Those moves come ahead of what could be a volatile week of trading. Investors are anticipating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's latest comments on inflation at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole economic symposium. Yields fell & then rose at the end of last week as markets mulled over the Fed's released Jul meeting minutes. The Fed indicated that it would continue hiking rates until inflation slows down significantly, although the central bank could soon decrease its pace of tightening.
Treasury yields rise as traders look ahead to Jackson Hole speech
PFE stock fell 15¢ & BNTX stock rose 53¢.
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The chart below shows the Dow is still overbought. However, last week traders starting rethinking about recession & higher interest rates. Higher interest rates are all but certain & numerous stories about a slowdown in the economy keep coming. The 2 weeks prior to Labor Day are traditionally a quiet time in the stock market, with some traders going on holiday. This year could be different.
Dow Jones Industrials
