Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Stocks Reversing Slightly Higher into Final Hour on Central Bank Hopes, Oil Gain, Short-Covering, Commodity/Medical Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Lower
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Slightly Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 14.25 +2.08%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 131.70 +.23%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.61 -.09%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 55.73 +4.64%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 125.0 +12.61%
  • Total Put/Call .86 +7.5%
  • NYSE Arms .67 -31.53
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 74.32 -.25%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 1,062.0 -1.98%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 87.27 -.12%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 26.18 -1.11%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 57.72 +.14%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 276.88 -1.73%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 127.23 +.06%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 11.75 +1.0 basis point
  • TED Spread 39.0 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -22.0 +1.75 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 72.93 +.11%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .24% unch.
  • Yield Curve 103.0 -4.0 basis points
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $61.09/Metric Tonne -2.69%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -27.80 +.2 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -13.80 +.5 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 16.50 +.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.68% unch.
  • 33.2% chance of Fed rate hike at July 27 meeting, 49.9% chance at September 21 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +175 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +22 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +49 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my tech/biotech sector longs and emerging markets shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my (EEM) short
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 50% Net Long

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