‘Freak Out’ Indicator Soars to Record With War Sparking Trader Anxiety

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Source Yahoo Finance
Claim ‘Freak Out’ Indicator Soars to Record With War Sparking Trader Anxiety
AI inference Neutral · 94%
Generated 2026-04-08 00:55

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Original source

(Bloomberg) -- Investors wary of being wrong-footed by twists and turns in the Iran war are trading stocks at a record intensity, one market measure shows. Wall Street traders have been on edge, hanging on every development in the Middle East and the often unpredictable missives of President Donald Trump. One technical metric, the daily turnover in the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, has breached $60 billion — a reading seen as a “freak out” indicator by Bloomberg Intelligence strategists —

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on April 8, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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