Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Stocks Falling into Final Hour on Rising Global Growth Worries, Russia-Ukraine/Mideast Tensions, Technical Selling, Homebuilding/Retail Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 14.53 +2.11%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 142.67 -.07%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 6.89 +.15%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 56.71 +2.38%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 113.0 +13.0%
  • Total Put/Call 1.04 +40.54%
  • NYSE Arms 1.12 +6.89% 
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 63.22 +.16%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 72.49 +.75%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 36.12 -1.95%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 73.67 -1.87%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 283.70 -.59%
  • China Blended Corporate Spread Index 319.08 -.96%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 23.0 -.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 21.0 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -13.25 -.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .03% unch.
  • Yield Curve 200.0 +1.0 basis point
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $94.0/Metric Tonne -1.36%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 3.30 -.8 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -2.0 -4.0 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.23 -1.0 basis point
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating -62 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -1 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my tech/biotech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedge
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long

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