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Motion sickness quantified
You may have noticed that yesterday was a rough day for the market. And last week had gone so well, too. Shoot. This morning I was talking to some folks over at the electronic trading platform Liquidnet, and one of them pointed me to a Citigroup report that lends nice context to the recent volatility. Here's a look at some different time periods and the number of days the S&P 500 has moved up or down more than 5% during the trading day:
1950-2000: 27 days
2000-2006: 7 days
Jan. 1-Sept. 30, 2008: 20 days
Since Oct. 1, 2008: 22 days
Historically, we've seen a 5% swing less than 1% of the time. Through September, we were running at about 10%. These days, we're hitting the threshold more than half the time. Wear your seatbelts.
Barbara!
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Deck the Halls With Bailout Folly
WilliamBanzai7Deck the halls with bailout folly
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Tis the season for capitalist jolly,
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Trolling Capital Hill for taxpayer marrow,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.See the sinking Dow before us,
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Spell A.I.G./CITI and join the chorus.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.Follow all in downward spiral measure,
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While you dream of sub prime bonus treasure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.Fast away Detroit's fat SUV lead passes,
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Hail the new Japanese hybrid classes,
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Heedless of the bleak financial wind and weather,
Fa la la la la, la la la la. -
I'm interested in these statistics.
What happened during 2007? -
I'm more of a fan of the following statement:
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Get your popcorn ready! -
Barbara,
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Any thoughts on this? http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/01/news/economy/tully_vat.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008120209
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Would've sworn this could never have happened?!?! -
@markwolfinger: I'm trying to track down some more info on this. Stay tuned.
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does daily volatility correlate with daily trading volume? more frenetic trading activity --> more price volatility?
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