sell-off

The stock market plunged Thursday in a harrowing five-minute selloff that appeared to be triggered by a breakdown of trading systems.

The prior high in sentiment this year came in late spring, just as the market was headed for a bruising selloff.

Amid Monday's selloff, the Brazilian real had its biggest one-day drop in more than a year, though it rebounded Tuesday.

Traders usually sell bonds to cheapen up the market before Treasury auctions but a selloff last week went too far, analysts say.

European stocks retreated for a second day, led by a selloff in commodity producers, after China moved to cool its overheating economy.

Because GLD trades on an exchange, any selloff would be immediately visible, unlike typically opaque bullion sales.

while the near-term technical backdrop remains bearish, last week selloff appeared to be overextended.

Electric utilities are another traditional yield play, and those stocks have held up better than most during the recent selloff.

The selloff sent regulators scurrying to reach out to bankers and investors, seeking to make sure markets continue to function smoothly.

"The market is on life support and there aren't enough people in the market to get under a selloff and turn it around, " he said.

Has enough overbubbly optimism been wiped out of the investing masses by this recent selloff?

The stock market responded with a selloff that reflected concerns of slower financial flows into the economy.

In a report last week, Wells Fargo Securities warned of 'psychological damage' that could lead to a selloff in the stock markets.

A cathartic selloff in 1974 was followed by a quick recovery and then years of blah performance.

Energy companies already have been pummeled by the broader stock-market selloff and concerns about falling oil prices.

After touching a one-year high Wednesday, prices fell back amid a commodities selloff and a stronger dollar.

And a partial selloff would surely lead to a slump in the Treasury market, eroding the remaining value of China's portfolio.

A rousing 200-point rally on Wednesday mostly made up for the distressing 200-point selloff of the previous Friday.

The intensity of Monday's selloff prompted some investors to question whether shares are ripe for a turnaround.

But Suppiger said he believes the selloff was overdone.

The selloff started last week with a flight from government bonds issued by weaker European states.

In Europe, the stock selloff focused initially on French banks with heavy holdings of troubled European government debt.

A key driver for last week's credit selloff was the disappointing U. S. retail sales number for July.

Analysts attributed Monday's stock selloff, sending shares down around 5% in much of Europe, to a multitude of factors.

The strengthening dollar led to a broad selloff of commodities.

HSI failed to close above the 20000 level as selloff pressure increased near the late trade.

But the selloff eased from the open, a sign that speculative interest in the new listings is still strong.

The recent selloff was driven in part by a scramble for dollars in global markets, which forced some investors to sell assets.

Given the recent selloff, that's proven to be a good strategy.

However, not only that Monday selloff is a bit overextended, the 1300 level represents an important sentiment and technical support.

Mihir Wohrah, told Reuters he saw "no change in the long-term secular view of generally higher commodity prices" despite the brutal selloff.

Accordingly, some observers say there are signs the euro selloff is only just getting started.

The selloff also triggered falls in copper prices as well as in European and U. S. stock markets.

Wall Street retreated last week and resumed the selloff Tuesday. All financial markets were closed Monday for Presidents Day.

If the selloff couldn't be stopped, Italy would go down, taking with it Europe's shared currency.

A September selloff in gold has turned a bad year for billionaire investor John Paulson into an even worse one.

But with the focus now on economic recovery, despite Monday's global stock-market selloff, a disconnect is developing.

For investors using leverage, the recent currency selloff could have wiped out all of their gains.

The fund, despite gains this month that bucked a selloff for gold, has lost about 10% since it was launched, investors say.

The selloff comes just ahead of the release of the results of the latest round of European bank stress tests.

Given that the U. S. downgrade was widely anticipated, what do you make of the sharp stock market selloff?

The selloff came on high volume in a pattern similar to last week's when fears over banks surfaced.

Even before last week's selloff in risky assets, investors worried about slowing growth were buying up Treasury debt.

A selloff in Portuguese debt Monday prompted the European Central Bank to intervene by buying the country's bonds, traders said.

Those waiting for the Great Bond Selloff are starting to get antsy.

After the selloff, investors were bracing for Friday's monthly jobs report, which could further rattle the markets.

The yen's strength spilled over into Japan's stock market, where a selloff Tuesday sent it into bear market territory.

'We believe they are the ones driving this selloff, ' said Mark Enman, head of global trading in hedge fund research at Man Investments.

The dollar weakened against the euro and yen following Monday's stock selloff.

This week's selloff dashed hopes that stocks were on the mend following their severe August declines.

You can often target the exact price a rally or selloff will end at by using the continuation gap as a Fibonacci extension tool.

February's results also may have been clouded by harsh weather and the stock market's midmonth selloff.

Despite Friday's selloff in riskier assets, key gauges of financial-market risk held steady.

"We still view a significant selloff as likely once the pipeline problem is resolved. "

The question seems especially relevant after Thursday's stock selloff drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down further to 6594. 44.

In the short term you might look to some of the areas that were battered the most during the recent selloff.

Poor access to information is a major culprit in the selloff of China's overseas-listed companies.

A selloff in commodities is good news in Asia, where inflation has become a major worry -- but not as good as one might think.

On Thursday, the yen selloff gave other Asian currencies a breather.

The stock fell 5 percent on Tuesday, after sliding 4 percent the previous session, in a sector-wide selloff.

despite last week selloff, the S&P 500 index remains confined to an upward sloping channel.

ADRs have seen a bounce back recently after a selloff of about 20 percent through mid-April to early June as the euro tumbled.

The selloff follows three straight down days on Wall Street.

What do you think about HP's selloff?

That means an investor selloff overseas doesn't pose a direct risk to China's domestic economy.

Even among individual stocks, the selloff hasn't created as many good deals as one might think.

Tokyo stocks gained ground after the selloff on Friday.

Monday's decline marked the biggest three-day selloff since October 2008.

The reason for the selloff today is because the newscoming out of China is TOO GOOD!

But it is worry about the U. S. budget deficit that is intensifying the selloff.

A 4% selloff in stocks was compounded by a 7% loss in oil prices.

So, the bulls need to clear that hurdle quickly or the market will be facing a steep selloff.

Has the worst of the selloff been seen?

The market was already down some 500 points when the selloff began.

Banco Santander SA slumped 4. 3 percent, pacing a selloff in Spanish lenders.

U. S. investors shied from risk Monday, unloading stocks and commodities following a big stock-market selloff in China.

The selloff on Tuesday took the yield on 10-year Greek debt to 7. 1%.

It posted big gains in the market selloff of late 2008 and launched a fund last year designed to benefit if inflation surges.

"Our attitude is, this is what we've been waiting for, " Winters says of the last week's selloff, which punished nearly every company.

US Stocks Remain Lower After Chinese Selloff