Follow The Market Madness with Voice and Text on FinancialJuice EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 9/100 EXTREME FEAR PREVIOUS CLOSE: 11/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE WEEK AGO: 14/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE MONTH AGO: 28/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE YEAR AGO: 47/100 NEUTRAL Put and Call Options: EXTREME FEAR During the last five trading days, volume in put options has lagged volume in call options by 24.35% as investors make bullish bets in their portfolios. However, this is still among the highest levels of put buying seen during the last two years, indicating extreme fear on the part of investors. Market Volatility: NEUTRAL The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is at 26.09. This is a neutral reading and indicates that market risks appear low. Stock Price Strength: EXTREME FEAR The number of stocks hitting 52-week lows is slightly greater than the number hitting highs and is at the lower end of its range, indicating extreme fear. PIVOT POINTS EURUSD | GBPUSD | USDJPY | USDCAD | AUDUSD | EURJPY | EURCHF | EURGBP| GBPJPY | NZDUSD | USDCHF | EURAUD | AUDJPY S&P 500 (ES) | NASDAQ 100 (NQ) | DOW 30 (YM) | RUSSELL 2000 (TF) | Euro (6E) |Pound (6B) EUROSTOXX 50 (FESX) | DAX 30 (FDAX) | BOBL (FGBM) | SCHATZ (FGBS) | BUND (FGBL) CRUDE OIL (CL) | GOLD (GC) MEME OF THE DAY – DUBAI GOLD DEALER OLYMPICS UNUSUAL ACTIVITY SH NOV 25 CALL Activity PRO SHARES SHORT 800 @$.60 on OFFER NBL SEP 30 CALL Activity @1.60 by offer 6000+ Contracts VIPS NOV 22 CALLS 3200 Block right by the BID side @$.575 LANC Director Purchase 500 @$96.6 CDE President and CEO Purchase 25,000 @$2.8984 BBT Director Purchase 1800 @$35.797 Purchase 1800 @$35.779 More Unusual Activity… HEADLINES ECB asset buying slows to weakest pace since QE began BOJ said to waver on confidence in underlying growth BBK's Weidmann replaces Noyer as BIS Board Chairman AU Manpower Survey (Q4): 7.00% (prev. 4.00%) NZ Manpower Survey (QoQ) (Q4): 12% (prev 11%) UK PM Cameron faces revolt over EU referendum rules Majority of Brits would vote for Brexit --poll IEA's Birol: Oil prices to remain low Glencore to reduce costs by $10bn to cut debt Tesco agrees sale of South Korean business for £4bn China FX reserves in record fall on yuan intervention China to cut dividend taxes for long-term shareholders China cuts 2014 growth rate to 7.3% GOVERNMENTS/CENTRAL BANKS BBK's Weidmann appointed BIS Board Chairman, replacing Noyer BOJ said to waver on confidence in underlying growth --BBG France's Hollande: French Growth Expected At More Than 1% In 2015 --Rtrs Hollande: E2 Bln in 2016 Tax Cuts Won't Raise Deficit --MNI UK PM Cameron faces parliamentary revolt over EU referendum rules --Rtrs EY: UK FinMin Osborne's bank raid 'to raise double forecast' --SKY Poll suggests majority of Brits would vote for Brexit --CNBC ESM's Regling confident IMF will participate in Greek program -Rtrs Greece's Tsipras pledges to continue fighting for better bailout terms --WSJ Tsipras rules out possibility of cooperation with New Democracy --Enikos GEOPOLITICS IAEA: North Korea reportedly building at nuclear site --JP FIXED INCOME ECB Asset Buying Slows to Weakest Under QE in Summer Lull ECB PSPP (04 Sep): EUR301.447B (Prev EUR289.537B) ECB CBPP3: EUR112.215B (Prev EUR111.116B) ECB ABSPP: EUR11.494B (Prev EUR11.112B) US companies dominate Eurozone debt issuance --WSJ Sovereign borrowers are falling behind on record sums of debt --FT Asset-backed debt losses mount as Draghi support proves feeble --BBG Zurich Said to Arrange $8.4 Billion Bank Financing for RSA Bid --BBG Treasury Market Liquidity To Be Bullish In Mid September --Wall St Examiner FX GBP: Sterling gets respite from sell-off --Rtrs USD: DB cautions against USDJPY dip-buying CHF: Franc weakens after Swiss data --FT CNY: China FX reserves fall by record $93.9bn on CNY intervention --WSJ EM FX: Rand, lira weighed by global and local concerns --FT EM FX: Ringgit falls to new 1998 low amid uncertainty COMMODITIES/ENERGY CRUDE: Rosneft chief rules out Russia/Opec co-operation --RT CRUDE: IEA's Birol: Oil prices to remain low --SZ COPPER: Glencore cuts give copper a leg up --FT EQUITIES C&E: Glencore swings $10bn axe to cut debt --FT M&A: Tesco agrees to sell South Korean business for ?4bn --BBC M&A: Microsoft poised to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm --CNBC DEALS: Goldman group buys Barclays secured lending unit --FT C&E: Rio: expect partnerships, not M&A amid slump --FT BANKS: EBA reveals shrinking pool of millionaire bankers --FT CRA: Moody's revises Mitsubishi's outlook to stable; affirms A1 rating AUTOS: Fiat Chrysler recalls 8,000 Jeeps amid hacking fears --IBT EMERGING MARKETS China cuts 2014 growth rate to 7.3% --WSJ China Financial Futures Exchange proposes circuit breakers for Chinese stock markets China to cut dividend taxes for long-term shareholders --Rtrs China End -Aug Gold Reserve: $61.8B (prev $59.2B) China End- Aug Forex Reserves: $3.56T (est $3.58T, prev $3.65T) COMMENT: Is it time to declare an EM crisis?