How Fragile The US Financial Markets Are?

By Lawrence

Straight from the horse’s mouth,

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-30/u-s-treasury-studies-money-managers-for-threats-to-stability.html

Obviously, the US Treasury is sending a message here – hedge funds can buy equities but not allowed to unload all together at the same time.

What are they afraid of?

As a start, what happened to Japan’s Nikkei earlier this year is something they want to avoid.

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From 16000 Nikkei plunged down to below 12500 within a 3 weeks period.

The same fate is waiting for the US stock market should major hedge funds choose to exit the stock market and put their funds to work on something else with more money making potential.

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