Stocks Jump On Trump-Pump But Yield Curve Inverts Most In Over 12 Years

"Talk, Talk" is what sparked a furious 700-Dow-point pumpathon off overnight lows. The question is - did they?

Chinese stocks closed before Trump jawboned markets higher, catching down to Friday's US collapse...

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Source: Bloomberg

European stocks opened lower but ramped like every other risk asset on Trump hype about a "call" with China (UK was closed)...

Source: Bloomberg

US equities managed gains thanks to Trump's trade talk tales overnight but went nowhere intraday...

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NOTE - look at the close!!!

But remain well down from Thursday's close...

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Volume was over 20% below average (not helped with UK's holiday)

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Source: Bloomberg

Futures show the real action as algos lifted markets overnight then snapped higher when Trump talked of "talks"... BUT The Dow could not break above its 61.8% retracement of the Friday plunge...

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The Dow bounced off its 200DMA...again

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Notably, the odds of a trade deal spiked at the open but rapidly fell back as the day wore on...

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Source: Bloomberg

Treasury bonds ended marginally higher on the day as the initial yield collapse was ramped higher across Europe's open (UK closed)...

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Source: Bloomberg

Crazy shifts in yields (UK was closed) left 10Y and 30Y (back below 2.00%) marginally unchanged after plunging in Asia...

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Source: Bloomberg

But the yield curve collapsed (2s10s closed at its most inverted since May 2007)... 3rd day of closing inversion in a row...

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Source: Bloomberg

But it's the 3m10Y spread that matters most and that has also collapsed to new cycle lows...

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Source: Bloomberg

Treasury vol exploded higher...

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Source: Bloomberg

The Dollar surged back today, erasing Fib 61.8% of the Friday plunge...

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Source: Bloomberg

Turkish Lira flash-crashed an unreal 15% at the open (not seen in chart) but bounced back to still end significantly weaker on the day...

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Source: Bloomberg

A stunning plunge in the yuan at the open saw some bounce (very modestly stronger fix) but that faded as the day went on...

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Source: Bloomberg

Asian FX plummeted to its lowest since 2009...

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Source: Bloomberg

Cryptos spiked overnight but faded all day to end lower from Friday...

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Source: Bloomberg

But Bitcoin held above $10k...

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Source: Bloomberg

Commodities were crazy today with copper and gold mirroring each other, silver shrugging it all off as crude crumbled...

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Source: Bloomberg

WTI tumbled to a $52 handle briefly overnight, before algos ripped it up to erase Friday's loss before it dumped all the way back down (reportedly in possible US-Iran tension easing)...

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Gold managed to hold on to very modest gains after being dumped at the EU open (as Trump spoke) - after spiking above $1560 in Futs and $1550 spot...

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Silver, on the other hand, was up well over 1%, refusing to listen to Trump...

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Pushing Silver to dramatically outperform gold on the day...

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Source: Bloomberg

As Yuan continues to weaken against the barbarous relic...

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Source: Bloomberg

Finally, as Bloomberg's Vincent Cignarella notes, the "McCulley Indicator" is rolling over. In markets speak, that means that the Capital Goods New Orders Non-defense Ex Aircraft & Parts series has been falling since November 2017 and is currently at 0.3%. (The measure is named for former PIMCO managing director Paul McCulley, who viewed it as a recession indicator.)

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