Dollar, Futures Resume Ramp On Both Hawkish And Dovish Yellen Announcement

Yesterday’s market reaction to Yellen’s commentary was curious: there was none, because when all was said and done the S&P and DJIA traded precisely where they were just before the show began.

Which, of course, was unacceptable, because one way or another the hawkish for the USD – the USDJPY just traded at the highest since 2008 – statement and conference had to be promptly interpreted for the algos as dovish for stocks – Futures are again just why of record highs – if not so much for the Fed-hated bonds, and sure enough, European equities traded in the green from the get-go even as RanSquawk notes, “there has been no major fundamental catalyst behind the spike higher seen in the morning, although do note that the move comes in the backdrop of the positive close on Wall Streetwhich saw the S&P 500 ( 0.13%) touch record highs before paring a large portion of the gains.” In other words, the upside volatility in the intraday move is now a bullish catalyst, closing print notwithstanding.
And what did US equity futures do? Why they followed Europe higher, with the ES now 8, on what is “explained” as a European move to intraday US futures previously.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on 09/18/2014.