Friday, May 03, 2019

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on US Economic Data, China Trade Deal Hopes, Earnings Optimism, Commodity/Transport 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) 13.16 -8.74%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 129.22 -.16%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 7.87 -1.13%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 35.34 -4.4%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 92.0 -8.91%
  • Total Put/Call .75 -19.4%
  • NYSE Arms .94 -7.84%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 57.71 -2.1%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 456.0 +.44%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 69.62 -1.32%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 253.5 -2.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.85 +.59%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 187.56 -3.99%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 162.21 +.04%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 11.0 -1.25 basis points
  • TED Spread 15.75 -1.0 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -20.25 -.75 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 66.53 +.36%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 2.42% unch.
  • Yield Curve 19.50 -.5 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 94.0 USD/Metric Tonne -.22%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -52.10 +3.0 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -22.40 +10.5 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -10.40 -.8 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.91 -4.0 basis points
  • 10.9% chance of Fed rate cut at July 31st meeting, 25.5% chance of cut at Sept. 18th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +226 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +90 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +42 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my biotech/retail/medical/industrial/tech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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