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TEHRAN, February 10 -It has been a brutal week for world markets: More than $6 trillion in stock market capitalization lost in a selloff, the biggest one-day spike in the market’s “fear gauge”, and burned investors who bet on a period of extended calm.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -It has been a brutal week for world markets: More than $6 trillion in stock market capitalization lost in a selloff, the biggest one-day spike in the market’s “fear gauge”, and burned investors who bet on a period of extended calm.
Here are eight charts aimed at showing the extent of the damage, giving an end-of-week snapshot of markets, and helping assess the outlook.
Stocks hit reset button on 2018 - reut.rs/2BNP0Bl
STOCKS SAVAGED
Since the selloff began on Feb. 2, stocks have lost more than $6 trillion in market capitalization worldwide, and the MSCI World Index has erased all of its year-to-date gains.
As the above graphic shows, the selloff has battered Asian stocks the most, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 and China’s two main indices suffering losses in excess of 8 percent. U.S. shares come in next, followed by those in emerging markets, while European shares have suffered least.
Here is a snapshot of global markets’ performance since Jan. 29:
Global markets change since Jan 29 - reut.rs/2BkbB7k
BETS ON EXTENDED CALM BURNED
The VIX index, also known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge”, saw its biggest one-day spike higher, forcing an implosion of products that bet on an extended period of calm.
As the graphic that follows shows, exchange-traded products (ETPs) that bet on low volatility all took massive hits.
Volatility seismograph -
Credit Suisse said on Tuesday it will shutter the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN, likely leaving holders with just pennies on the dollar.
Nomura Securities will redeem its Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed S&P 500 Vix Inverse ETN after a sharp equity selloff since late last week triggered a massive loss in the product.
Proshares says its short VIX short-term futures ETF will be open for trading on Tuesday and it expects normal operations going forward.
EXPLOSION CONTAINED
The spike in the VIX index has been far in excess of that seen in volatility indexes that track other assets such as currencies, gold and bonds.
Explosion contained -
Source:Reuters
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