Thursday, August 10, 2017

Stocks Substantially Lower into Final Hour on Geopolitical Concerns, Earnings Outlooks, Yen Strength, Retail/Biotech Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Declining
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 14.14 +27.2%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 134.18 -.6%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 7.91 +1.15%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 37.63 +19.7%
  • ISE Sentiment Index n/a
  • Total Put/Call .93 -11.4%
  • NYSE Arms .96 +21.4%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 61.15 +3.02%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 444.0 +1.25%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 55.70 +3.89%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 5.43 +6.90%
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 20.98 +1.38%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 191.36 +1.74%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 140.82 unch.
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 25.50 -1.0 basis point
  • TED Spread 26.55 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -25.25 -.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 73.55 -.03%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.03% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 88.0 -3.0 basis points
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $76.68/Metric Tonne +1.62%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -30.0 -.3 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 12.60 -.6 basis point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 14.10 -.1 basis point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.82 -1.0 basis point
  • 19.3% chance of Fed rate hike at Nov. 1 meeting, 45.0% chance at Dec. 13 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -285 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -90 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -36 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Lower: On losses in my retail/biotech/tech/medical sector longs 
  • Disclosed Trades: added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my (EEM) short
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 50% Net Long

No comments: