Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Stocks Modestly Higher into Final Hour on Greece Deal Optimism, Diminished Global Growth Fears, Short-Covering, Gaming/Financial Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 13.67 -4.0%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 146.22 +1.13%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.47 -.11%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 62.38 +.79%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 134.0 unch.
  • Total Put/Call .92 +1.10%
  • NYSE Arms .90 +18.77% 
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 64.89 +1.46%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 1,151.0 +.57%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 74.30 -.73%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 23.38 -3.71%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 59.72 +.35%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 297.06 +1.75%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporates High Yield Index 120.02 +.03%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 24.25 +.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 27.75 -.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -18.5 +.5 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .01% +1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 169.0 +8.0 basis points
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $63.33/Metric Tonne +.49%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -51.50 +1.6 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 4.60 +10.1 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -19.0 +.9 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.85 unch.
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +121 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -179 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -9 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Higher: On gains in my biotech/retail/tech sector longs and emerging markets shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges, then added them back
  • Market Exposure: 50% Net Long

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