WEDNESDAY 10/10/18; FAST; PPI (Producer Price Index); 3 and 10-Year Note Auctions; BSE Sensex (India) Rallies +1.4%; Nifty Jumps +1.5%; SHLD (Sears) Prepares for Bankruptcy; DAX (Germany) Collapses -2.2%; CAC (France) Retreats -2.1%; FTSE (UK) Loses -1.3%; MIB (Italy) Sinks -1.7%; IBEX (Spain) Drops -1.1%; PSI (Portugal) Collapses -2.2%; European and US Stock Markets Crash; SPX (S&P 500) Plummets -3.3% Below 2.8K; INDU (Dow) Collapses -3.2% Below 26K; COMPQ Crashes -4.1% Below 7.5K; NDX Crashes -4.4%; RUT Drops -2.9% Below 1.6K; NYA Under 40-Week MA Signaling Cyclical Bear Market; President Trump Says the Federal Reserve is “Crazy”

Euro 1.1505. Dollar/yen 112.98. Pound 1.3156. The Indonesian rupiah is at 15238 a low not seen since 1998 (higher currency number reflects weaker rupiah). Philippine peso 54.19. Aussie dollar 0.7114. Indian rupee 74.39. Dollar/yuan 6.9227. The US dollar index is at the 95.59 palindrome.

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