Monday, June 06, 2016

Stocks Rising into Final Hour on Central Bank Hopes, Less European/Emerging Markets/US High-Yield Debt Angst, Yen Weakness, Commodity/Healthcare Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 13.62 +1.11%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 127.62 +.86%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.09 -.20%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 52.77 -.13%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 89.0 +9.88%
  • Total Put/Call .67 -23.86%
  • NYSE Arms .65 -46.09
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 74.18 -4.06%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 816.0 -8.01%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 95.37 -.61%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 25.99 -.40%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 51.82 -1.7%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 281.19 -3.57%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 129.06 +.26%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 14.25 -.75 basis point
  • TED Spread 40.25 -.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -31.25 -3.5 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 71.95 +.57%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .26% -2.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve 94.0 +1.0 basis point
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $51.11/Metric Tonne +2.06%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -24.90 -.5 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -2.40 -4.2 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 9.1 +1.7 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.58% +2.0 basis points
  • 21.6% chance of Fed rate hike at July 27 meeting, 42.0% chance at September 21 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +135 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -197 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +13 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Higher: On gains in my biotech/medical/tech sector longs 
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 75% Net Long

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