Akane OtaniVerified account

@akaneotani

Wall Street Journal markets reporter. Reach me at akane.otani@wsj.com.

New York, NY
wsj.com/news/author/ak…
Joined March 2012
787 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @akaneotani

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @akaneotani

  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 2

    My longest WSJ story to date. Here’s my look at whether “Japanification” is inevitable here:

    1 reply 11 retweets 87 likes
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    An expected round of virus-driven global central-bank easing began late Monday with Australia's central bank cutting its policy rate by a quarter point to 0.5%, a record low

    10 retweets 17 likes
    Undo
  3. 11 hours ago

    As often likes to remind us: big up days tend to happen around big down days.

    Signs of a topsy-turvy market: the Dow just had its best day since March 2009, a day after closing out its worst week since 2008.
    2 likes
    Undo
  4. 11 hours ago

    Signs of a topsy-turvy market: the Dow just had its best day since March 2009, a day after closing out its worst week since 2008.

    2 retweets 7 likes
    Undo
  5. 14 hours ago

    The VIX is trading near crisis levels, Credit Suisse says. But spreads in high yield aren't flashing warning signs yet:

    1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    How far do stocks have to fall before they are worth buying? When you don't know what earnings or the economy are going to do, it is impossible to know. My latest

    2 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  7. 16 hours ago

    So to recap, we've now seen statements about the coronavirus released by: --the Fed --the ECB --the Bank of Japan --the World Bank + IMF

    The Group & stand ready to help our member countries address the human tragedy and economic challenge posed by the virus. Read more here:
    3 retweets 7 likes
    Undo
  8. 16 hours ago

    We've swung from seemingly indiscriminate selling to indiscriminate buying. Not very reassuring.

    Highest NYSE readings since 1990: 12/28/2018: 1,775 8/10/2011: 1,748 Today: 1,690
    1 reply 3 likes
    Undo
  9. 17 hours ago

    "The change in the expected funds rate that we have seen over the past two weeks has been within the top 0.5% of all two-week changes since 1991."

    1 retweet 1 like
    Undo
  10. 18 hours ago

    Jeez, outages on Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab and now Robinhood over the past week...

    3 replies 4 retweets 8 likes
    Undo
  11. 18 hours ago

    Another possible sign the market could be headed for more volatility: CTAs are slightly short equities, but still have more exposure than they did during selloffs in 2011, 2016 and 2018, according to DB.

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  12. 18 hours ago

    Stock futures have been super volatile lately, with last night's session bringing S&P 500 futures up more than 1%--then firmly in negative territory, then back up again. One possible explanation? Per Deutsche Bank, liquidity in S&P 500 futures fell to near record lows last week.

    1 reply 2 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  13. 19 hours ago

    Is it Friday yet

    25 likes
    Undo
  14. 19 hours ago

    Happy Monday. Here are my thoughts on the markets from this morning’s 10 Point newsletter:

    2 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  15. Mar 1

    Similar take from Strategas, which doesn’t think a rate cut will solve everything but believes “the costs of inaction on the part of the Fed are far greater than any action they could take to provide liquidity to the market”

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  16. Mar 1

    JPMorgan’s David Kelly: “It should be noted that a rate cut would be very unlikely to bolster economic activity. However, it could further diminish the attractiveness of bonds and thus help support the stock market.”

    2 replies 1 like
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  17. Mar 1

    A sub-1% yield on the 10-year doesn’t look so out of reach anymore. No one saw this coming.

    Stock futures have pared some of their initial losses but the bond market is ringing alarm bells:
    2 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  18. Mar 1

    Stock futures have pared some of their initial losses but the bond market is ringing alarm bells:

    Undo
  19. Retweeted
    Mar 1

    United Airlines, Mastercard, Coca-Cola, Apple and Microsoft warned the epidemic could impact earnings “It’s typically very hard for the market to go up in the face of those near-term estimates coming down” Via ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

    3 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  20. Mar 1

    “Wow, you were right,” a client texted one investment manager. “I wish I had hedged.” With and :

    1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  21. Retweeted
    Mar 1

    Is the worst over for markets after the coronavirus-triggered rout? Probably not, say market technicians

    1 reply 6 retweets 5 likes
    Undo

@akaneotani hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·