Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Stocks Rising into Final Hour on Technical Buying, Oil Gain, Yen Weakness, Energy/Transport Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Modestly Lower
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 18.59 -2.6%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 135.86 -.34%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 7.88 -.76%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 43.97 +2.64%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 83.0 +23.8%
  • Total Put/Call .90 -11.76%
  • NYSE Arms .92 -51.23%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 62.29 +13.81% (new series)
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 421.0 +3.34%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 62.65 +18.13%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 131.25 -8.25 basis points
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 12.92 +7.85%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 143.07 +16.67%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 148.53 +.01%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 30.5 +.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 41.25 +.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -17.25 +2.5 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 74.81 -.14%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.79% +3.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve 54.75 unch.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 66.30 USD/Metric Tonne +.91%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 41.4 -.7 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -37.90 -5.1 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 38.50 -.4 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.09 +1.0 basis point
  • 100.0% chance of Fed rate hike at May 2 meeting, 100.0% chance at June 13 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -60 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +54 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +37 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my industrial/medical/tech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 75% Net Long

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