Credit Markets have Melted Overnight. Derivatives are a $1 Quadrillion “Ticking Time Bomb” – Bill Holter

That didn’t take long did it?  I of course am speaking of the second overnight and global meltdown of the credit markets …in the last four business days!  Before getting into this topic which I believe will soon be seen in retrospect and by historians far into the future as “THE” trigger event.  

Just as we saw last Wed. night/Thurs. wee hours, credit markets again melted down overnight.  The following charts clearly illustrate this.

Bonds…

 Charts: Bloomberg

  …But wait, just as last Thursday, credit again reversed so, …no harm no foul?

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