Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Stocks Falling into Final Hour on Global Growth Worries, European/Emerging Markets/US High-Yield Debt Angst, Earnings Outlook Concerns, Commodity/Biotech Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Slightly Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 16.76 +7.44%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 128.63 +.47%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.89 +2.45%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 57.87 +1.94%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 71.0 +20.34%
  • Total Put/Call .99 -10.0%
  • NYSE Arms 1.51 -22.44
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 83.31 +2.25%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 1,125.0 +3.01%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 99.05 +3.83%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 25.70 +.19%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 54.61 +1.26%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 295.25 +1.80%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 127.14 +.09%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 14.0 -.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 43.25 +.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -24.50 -.5 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 72.24 -.67%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .19% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 105.0 +1.0 basis point
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $60.09/Metric Tonne -5.24%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -28.40 +3.0 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -12.50 -2.2 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 11.0 -1.6 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.64% -1.0 basis point
  • 22.6% chance of Fed rate hike at July 27 meeting, 35.0% chance at September 21 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -207 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -69 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +14 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my index hedges and emerging markets shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: 25% Net Long

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