Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on Less Eurozone Debt Angst, Financial/Tech Sector Optimism, US Economic Data, Short-Covering


Broad Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • VIX 15.93 +1.73%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 98.0 -5.77%
  • Total Put/Call .86 -18.87%
  • NYSE Arms .36 -69.51%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 93.62 -2.1%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 160.87 -6.91%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 254.04 n/a
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 229.26 -3.51%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 26.25 +.5 bp
  • TED Spread 39.25 -.5 bp
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -63.75 -.25 bp
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .08% unch.
  • Yield Curve 178.0 +7 bps
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $144.10/Metric Tonne +.56%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 41.0 +2.7 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.34 +5 basis points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating +166 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +43 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my Tech, Retail, Biotech and Medical sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered all of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my (EEM) short
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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