​These Were The Best And Worst Performing Assets Of August, And YTD – Tyler Durden

These Were The Best And Worst Performing Assets Of August, And YTD August was rollercoaster month in financial markets – at least in the beginning – with the VIX briefly spiking to levels last seen in March 2020 during the Covid-19 market turmoil, before just as rapidly sinking back. The catalyst for that was a weak US jobs report, which raised fears that the US might be heading into a downturn. That interacted with an unwinding of the yen carry trade, and there was a massive slump in Japanese markets, with the TOPIX falling by over -12% in a single…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More