Friday, June 8, 2012

Economic Journal - Friday, 6/8/2012

(As of 11:23 am pacific)

More doubts about Europe and concern about the Chinese decision to lower to Bank Funds rate yesterday are making for a negative market.  There are no economic reports at this time.  Oil and Gold are down significantly.  The markets losses are mild.  The dollar is up against most currencies except the yen.  Volatility is down slightly.   It doesn’t appear to be a ‘risk off’ scenario, where hedge funds are deleveraging and selling everything.  It seems more like profit taking from this week’s huge rally, with some timid bulls continuing to buy.