Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Stocks Reversing Lower into Final Hour on Fed Rate-Hikes Fears, Global Growth Worries, Oil Plunge, Energy/Healthcare Sector Weakness

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Around Even
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Heavy
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 20.5 +.15%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 133.45 +.49%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.17 +.59%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 42.14 +2.96%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 61.0 -4.7%
  • Total Put/Call .96 -18.6%
  • NYSE Arms .95 -46.0%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 69.03 +3.28%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 602.0 +1.98%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 89.0 -1.64%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 303.75 -.25 basis point
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 9.78 +1.40%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 199.17 +3.32%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 148.12 +.28%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 18.50 -.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 28.25 +1.0 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -47.75 +.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 66.32 -.08%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 2.34% unch.
  • Yield Curve 25.0 -.75 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 69.0 USD/Metric Tonne -.20%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 10.40 +.5 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -55.2 +1.4 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -6.20 -1.8 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.03 -2.0 basis points
  • 75.5% chance of Fed rate hike at Jan. 30th meeting, 91.4% chance at March 20th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -105 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +51 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -68 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my medical/biotech sector longs and emerging market shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/QQQ hedges, then added them back
  • Market Exposure: 25% Net Long

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