Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Stocks Falling Substantially into Final Hour on Higher Long-Term Rates, Earnings Outlooks, Geopolitical Concerns, Industrial/Tech Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Above Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 19.0 +16.3%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 138.46 +.23%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.47 +.95%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 41.97 +7.3%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 84.0 +29.23%
  • Total Put/Call 1.07 +15.1%
  • NYSE Arms .87 +6.2%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 62.38 +1.54%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 416.0 -1.75%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 56.94 +.06%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 113.5 -2.25 basis points
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 12.22 +2.26%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 141.89 +.97%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 149.34 +.01%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 27.25 unch.
  • TED Spread 50.25 -5.0 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -8.0 +3.0 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 73.82 +.25%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.84% +2.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve 52.50 +2.5 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 67.68 USD/Metric Tonne -.15%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 41.80 +8.7 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -85.80 -2.5 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 8.4 +.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.17 -2.0 basis points
  • 91.8% chance of Fed rate hike at June 13 meeting, 92.3% chance at August 1 meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -193  open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +2 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -102 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Lower: On losses in my tech/industrial/biotech/medical sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long

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