It's the Japanese government that triggered it. They made a rate hike in order to stabilize the Yen vs Dollar.
Why does this affect US stock market? Because day traders have been taking loans in Japanese yen at low interest, and the converting to dollars and gambling in the stock market. The rate hike means they have to cash in stocks to pay new rate, thus stock price plummet as demand goes down and supply goes up. Possibly cause of bitcoin crash too.
Surely it was some schizo in his mom's basement and not the tech bubble, banks going underwater due to bad commercial real estate holdings, Nvidia's chip scandal, etc.
[ + ] Osmanthus
[ - ] Osmanthus 5 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 16:52:37 ago (+5/-0)
They made a rate hike in order to stabilize the Yen vs Dollar.
Why does this affect US stock market? Because day traders have been taking loans in Japanese yen at low interest, and the converting to dollars and gambling in the stock market. The rate hike means they have to cash in stocks to pay new rate, thus stock price plummet as demand goes down and supply goes up.
Possibly cause of bitcoin crash too.
[ + ] HeyJames
[ - ] HeyJames 5 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 15:49:54 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] Version6
[ - ] Version6 1 point 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 18:14:35 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 0 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 18:35:26 ago (+0/-0)
I figured but I couldn't resist the implied self-depreciation.
[ + ] RobertJHarsh
[ - ] RobertJHarsh 1 point 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 16:48:52 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 0 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 18:34:54 ago (+0/-0)
A likely story.
[ + ] RobertJHarsh
[ - ] RobertJHarsh 0 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 21:13:56 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] big_fat_dangus
[ - ] big_fat_dangus 1 point 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 16:41:38 ago (+1/-0)
Surely it was some schizo in his mom's basement and not the tech bubble, banks going underwater due to bad commercial real estate holdings, Nvidia's chip scandal, etc.
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 0 points 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 18:35:44 ago (+0/-0)
thats the joke.
[ + ] big_fat_dangus
[ - ] big_fat_dangus 1 point 10 monthsAug 5, 2024 18:55:03 ago (+1/-0)