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The ECB [ on Wednesday ] managed to reverse some of the sell-off, but after the turmoil of the last few days, markets are now more nervous than before. – Holger Schmieding	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Shanghai’s lockdown prompted a fresh sell-off from disappointed investors as they expected such a lockdown would be avoided. – Kazuhiko Saito	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
A sense of calm has certainly returned to financial markets following the heavy sell-off across equities witnessed earlier in the week. – Lukman Otunuga	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
It typically takes a positive delta (difference) to keep markets rallying -- and immediate prospects for both the credit and the Covid deltas seem overwhelmingly negative, we cannot find any occasion when all the major components of the global credit impulse turned negative and there wasn’t a major sell-off somewhere. – Matt King	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
In any sell off, there have been buyers, and this pattern is repeated for months where any meaningful selloff is met almost immediately by way of buying. – Rick Meckler	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
I’m not surprised to see the market sell off a little bit. I’m never surprised, given the strong run we’ve had for such a long period of time, when you see some periods of profit-taking. – Tim Ghriskey	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
It’s a combination of a sell-off on the winners of the past months... with the month of May and a ‘nervous’ positioning. – Angelo Meda	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The biggest risk that could cause a (stocks) sell off is the development of COVID-19 variants, a slowdown in the reopening and persistent inflation. – Thomas Hayes	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
In the near-term, though, there is still a risk that the US rebound can extend further following to heavy sell off at the end of last year, the relentless move higher in global equity markets has lost some upward momentum at the start of this year, which is creating a more supportive backdrop for the US dollar in the near-term. The slow initial roll out of vaccines in Europe is also creating some concern that it risks undermining the outlook for global recovery in 2021 and boosting the relative appeal of the US dollar. – Lee Hardman	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Risk sentiment in markets turned negative as major stock markets suffered big losses yesterday, and investors turned to the dollar for safety, concerns surrounding stock over-valuations saw hedge funds reduce long positions, which triggered a bigger sell-off. – Andre Cilliers	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
In the near-term, we have had a lot of risk-off factors including Bolton and geopolitical tensions in Asia, but on the other hand, risk assets are supported by ample liquidity from central banks. I don't see that changing yet and do not expect major sell-off in risk assets. – Masahiko Loo	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
You have these doubts over China that is triggering this sell-off in oil, and it's going to gain steam. If oil sells off, it's hard to have a strong stock market. – Ed Moya	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The ominous reality was that a synchronized global sell-off had taken on a life of its own, with little prospect for self-correction. – Daleep Singh	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In spite of the significant sell-off of most growth-oriented assets since mid-February, we are concerned there is further downside ahead, the violent market action should not be understated, but the underlying cause – an accelerating pandemic requiring large parts of the economy to shut down – is still with us. – Salman Baig	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think you can add quite a bit of sell-off to what they're saying, i really believe that's a factor. – President Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
(The) sell-off on the ... flu scare was mollified by a timely decline in U.S. crude inventories. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Some of the sell-off over the last few days has been attributed to the fear of additional liquidity coming into the market as a result of the lockup expiration today, and people were trying to get ahead of that. – Matt Novak	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There were 15 minutes to go in the trading day on a Friday ... after the Dow had risen 700 points in the last two days, anything that was less than a comprehensive agreement was likely to see some degree of market sell off. – Michael James	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If we have a soft number today, that's going to trigger another sell-off. This will be confirmation that the slowdown is real. – David Madden	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If the Fed gives forward guidance that suggests less than what the market is thinking, then you will probably see markets sell off, so long as the Fed plays along with what markets are pricing in...I think markets will be very stable. – Jamie Cox	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Yield curve inversion is flashing a warning sign – investors should check their portfolios are resilient. But it's not a reason to panic or to lean into the sell-off. – Kerry Craig	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Saudis appear to be redoubling their efforts to constrain global supplies, in response to this week's sell-off. – John Kilduff	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Any bearish news like this is helping to spur on a strong sell off. – Matt Smith	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The reason for the sell-off is increased fears of a dilutive equity issue in relation to the refinancing, that is why the market reacts the way it does in our view. – Fearnley Securities analyst Haakon Omsted	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

The ECB [ on Wednesday ] managed to reverse some of the sell-off, but after the turmoil of the last few days, markets are now more nervous than before.

– Holger Schmieding

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Shanghai’s lockdown prompted a fresh sell-off from disappointed investors as they expected such a lockdown would be avoided.

– Kazuhiko Saito

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

A sense of calm has certainly returned to financial markets following the heavy sell-off across equities witnessed earlier in the week.

– Lukman Otunuga

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

It typically takes a positive delta (difference) to keep markets rallying -- and immediate prospects for both the credit and the Covid deltas seem overwhelmingly negative, we cannot find any occasion when all the major components of the global credit impulse turned negative and there wasn’t a major sell-off somewhere.

– Matt King

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

In any sell off, there have been buyers, and this pattern is repeated for months where any meaningful selloff is met almost immediately by way of buying.

– Rick Meckler

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I’m not surprised to see the market sell off a little bit. I’m never surprised, given the strong run we’ve had for such a long period of time, when you see some periods of profit-taking.

– Tim Ghriskey

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

It’s a combination of a sell-off on the winners of the past months... with the month of May and a ‘nervous’ positioning.

– Angelo Meda

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The biggest risk that could cause a (stocks) sell off is the development of COVID-19 variants, a slowdown in the reopening and persistent inflation.

– Thomas Hayes

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

In the near-term, though, there is still a risk that the US rebound can extend further following to heavy sell off at the end of last year, the relentless move higher in global equity markets has lost some upward momentum at the start of this year, which is creating a more supportive backdrop for the US dollar in the near-term. The slow initial roll out of vaccines in Europe is also creating some concern that it risks undermining the outlook for global recovery in 2021 and boosting the relative appeal of the US dollar.

– Lee Hardman

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Risk sentiment in markets turned negative as major stock markets suffered big losses yesterday, and investors turned to the dollar for safety, concerns surrounding stock over-valuations saw hedge funds reduce long positions, which triggered a bigger sell-off.

– Andre Cilliers

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

In the near-term, we have had a lot of risk-off factors including Bolton and geopolitical tensions in Asia, but on the other hand, risk assets are supported by ample liquidity from central banks. I don't see that changing yet and do not expect major sell-off in risk assets.

– Masahiko Loo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

You have these doubts over China that is triggering this sell-off in oil, and it's going to gain steam. If oil sells off, it's hard to have a strong stock market.

– Ed Moya

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The ominous reality was that a synchronized global sell-off had taken on a life of its own, with little prospect for self-correction.

– Daleep Singh

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In spite of the significant sell-off of most growth-oriented assets since mid-February, we are concerned there is further downside ahead, the violent market action should not be understated, but the underlying cause – an accelerating pandemic requiring large parts of the economy to shut down – is still with us.

– Salman Baig

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think you can add quite a bit of sell-off to what they're saying, i really believe that's a factor.

– President Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

(The) sell-off on the ... flu scare was mollified by a timely decline in U.S. crude inventories.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Some of the sell-off over the last few days has been attributed to the fear of additional liquidity coming into the market as a result of the lockup expiration today, and people were trying to get ahead of that.

– Matt Novak

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There were 15 minutes to go in the trading day on a Friday ... after the Dow had risen 700 points in the last two days, anything that was less than a comprehensive agreement was likely to see some degree of market sell off.

– Michael James

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If we have a soft number today, that's going to trigger another sell-off. This will be confirmation that the slowdown is real.

– David Madden

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If the Fed gives forward guidance that suggests less than what the market is thinking, then you will probably see markets sell off, so long as the Fed plays along with what markets are pricing in...I think markets will be very stable.

– Jamie Cox

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Yield curve inversion is flashing a warning sign – investors should check their portfolios are resilient. But it's not a reason to panic or to lean into the sell-off.

– Kerry Craig

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Saudis appear to be redoubling their efforts to constrain global supplies, in response to this week's sell-off.

– John Kilduff

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Any bearish news like this is helping to spur on a strong sell off.

– Matt Smith

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The reason for the sell-off is increased fears of a dilutive equity issue in relation to the refinancing, that is why the market reacts the way it does in our view.

– Fearnley Securities analyst Haakon Omsted

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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