Thursday, April 26, 2012

Stocks Rising into Final Hour on Euro Bounce, Tech Sector Optimism, Short-Covering

Broad Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Higher
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • VIX 16.15 -3.98%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 105.0 -6.25%
  • Total Put/Call .80 +9.59%
  • NYSE Arms 1.03 +16.39%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 96.19 -1.44%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 247.0 +.16%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 274.0 -.25%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 255.63 -1.29%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 29.75 +.75 basis point
  • TED Spread 38.0 unch.
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -44.50 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .09% unch.
  • Yield Curve 169.0 -2 basis points
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $143.80/Metric Tonne -1.98%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -2.0 -1.9 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.29 +2 basis points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating a +63 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +46 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my Tech, Medical, Biotech and Retail sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered all of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my (EEM) short, then added them back
  • Market Exposure: 75% Net Long

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