Even gold, that stalwart outperformer in 2024 and the best performing asset of the year, wasn't immune from today's selloff, and after trading above $2500 for much of of the past 2 weeks, the yellow metal dipped back under.
Amid this carnage, which was at least in part sparked by the a stagflationary ISm print, which saw employment and new orders tumble...
... while prices paid jumped, and hinted at a rebound in the CPI...
... coupled with absolutely devastating commentary from the US PMI report, which hinted not so much at a recession as a manufacturing depression.
The one thing that actually did work was treasuries, with 10Y yields sliding almost 10bps and back to where they were just after the Aug 5 crash.