Thursday, March 21, 2019

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on Diminished Global Growth Worries, Dovish FOMC Commentary, Technical Buying, Gaming/Tech Sector Strength

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 13.52 -3.5%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 130.76 -.41%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 7.92 +2.06%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 37.22 -5.72%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 81.0 +24.62%
  • Total Put/Call .69 -19.8%
  • NYSE Arms 1.61 +29.8%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 64.35 -1.68%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 519.0 +1.43%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 83.21 +5.76%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 241.5 +1.75 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 72.69 -.85%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 166.27 +.35%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 160.06 +.03%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 9.25 -1.75 basis points
  • TED Spread 16.0 -3.0 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -13.25 -1.25 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 68.13 -.23%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 2.45% unch.
  • Yield Curve 12.75 -1.25 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 81.687 USD/Metric Tonne +.59%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -32.20 +3.2 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -25.10 +.4 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -21.30 +2.2 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.96 -1.0 basis point
  • 8.5% chance of Fed rate cut at June 19th meeting, 15.2% chance of cut at July 31st meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -199 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +33 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +50 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my industrial/tech/retail/medical sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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