Stocks Slightly Higher into Final Hour on Central Bank Hopes, Less Eurozone Debt Angst, Short-Covering, Utility/Healthcare Sector Strength
Broad Equity Market Tone:
- Advance/Decline Line: Lower
- Sector Performance: Mixed
- Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
- Volatility(VIX) 10.59 -.19%
- Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 144.77 +.09%
- Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 5.93 -2.15%
- S&P 500 Implied Correlation 47.43 -1.35%
- ISE Sentiment Index 92.0 -31.34%
- Total Put/Call .65 -14.47%
Credit Investor Angst:
- North American Investment Grade CDS Index 56.25 -1.28%
- European Financial Sector CDS Index 57.81 -6.75%
- Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 29.78 -1.21%
- Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 75.98 -.77%
- Emerging Market CDS Index 246.23 +1.04%
- China Blended Corporate Spread Index 308.11 -.52%
- 2-Year Swap Spread 15.50 -.5 basis point
- TED Spread 22.0 +1.0 basis point
- 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -11.0 +.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
- 3-Month T-Bill Yield .01% -1 basis point
- Yield Curve 217.0 +3.0 basis points
- China Import Iron Ore Spot $90.70/Metric Tonne +.44%
- Citi US Economic Surprise Index -10.20 +1.3 points
- Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -8.70 +1.2 points
- 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.24 +2.0 basis points
Overseas Futures:
- Nikkei Futures: Indicating +29 open in Japan
- DAX Futures: Indicating +4 open in Germany
Portfolio:
- Higher: On gains in my medical/biotech sector longs and emerging markets shorts
- Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges, then covered some of them
- Market Exposure: 50% Net Long
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