Extreme Fear is driving the US market after SVB collapse
- 16 March 2023
- Posted by: Federica Montella
- Categories: eToro CopyTrader, Investing
Wall Street finished lower yesterday
On Wednesday, only the Nasdaq reported a small gain among the major US indexes.
The S&P 500 finished at -0.70%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at +0.05% and the Dow Jones closed at – 0.87%.
The US stock market selloff has been driven by worries of a domino effect regarding the banking sector, after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.
On the other hand, the tech sector is performing well with stock gains reported by Meta, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft.
The investors’ sentiment is Extreme fear, as indicated in the graph below:
Sentiment indicator – Fear & Greed Index
The market sentiment is 18, in “Extreme Fear” mode.
The latest US economic data
Yesterday, retail sales data were down 0.4% in the month of February. Consumer spending has declined more than the expectation of 0.3%.
The Producer Price index has also gone down more than forecasted. The figure for the month of February is -0.3% versus the 0.1% expected.
The above data are showing a cooling of inflation in the US and investors are betting that the Federal Reserve, during the next meeting, will hike the interest rate by 25% and not 0.50% as expected one week ago (before the SVB failure).
What to watch today
The initial jobless claims for the second week of March are going to be published today at 12:30 GMT.
The claims are forecasted to be 205,000 down from the previous 211,000.
Markets will continue to be volatile today, due to these events.
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