Jim Cramer Explains Stock Market Slump You Didn't See Coming: S&P Futures Are Falling Because Of Gold, Silver Sell-Offs, Not A Crash - SPDR Gold Shares (ARCA:GLD), Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:

CNBC’s Jim Cramer took to social media on Monday to explain a counterintuitive slump in the stock market, attributing the decline in S&P 500 futures to a massive liquidation event in the precious metals sector.The Mechanics Of The Sell-OffAccording to the “Mad Money” host, the downward pressure on equities is not a reflection of poor corporate health but rather a “non-stock related sell-off” triggered by over-leveraged commodity traders.Cramer noted that investors who used borrowed capital to bet on gold an ...