Friday, May 19, 2017

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on Earnings Optimism, Oil Gain, Short-Covering, Financial/Energy Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Slightly Above Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 12.23 -16.58%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 130.26 +.82%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.71 -3.76%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 41.81 -8.69%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 85.0 -8.6%
  • Total Put/Call .93 -16.96%
  • NYSE Arms .57 -50.19%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 63.65 -2.4%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 369.0 +.25%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 69.16 -2.47%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 9.40 +8.24%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 20.28 -4.02%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 196.18 -4.61%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 138.35 +.04%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 24.25 +1.5 basis points
  • TED Spread 26.25 -3.0 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -30.75 +2.25 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 72.91 +1.10%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .90% +1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 97.0 +1.0 basis point
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $62.69/Metric Tonne +1.77%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -33.40 +.2 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 59.50 -2.4 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 27.8 +.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.85 +7.0 basis points
  • 90.2% chance of Fed rate hike at July 26 meeting, 93.7% chance at Sept. 20 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +150 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +28 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -5 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Higher: On gains in my medical/tech/retail sector longs 
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my (EEM) short
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 75% Net Long

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