Friday, October 11, 2019

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on China Trade Deal Hopes, Diminished Brexit Pessimism, Less European/Emerging Market/US High-Yield Debt Angst, Tech/Retail Sector Strength

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Above Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 15.9 -9.6%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 124.35 +.85%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.17 -.97%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 37.4 -11.5%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 110.0 +11.1%
  • Total Put/Call .96 -4.0%
  • NYSE Arms .65 -7.1%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 57.16 -5.22%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 516.0 -1.21%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 61.03 -7.27%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 138.25 -4.5 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 74.97 -4.29%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 204.08 -2.67%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 166.39 +.03%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 5.50 +2.5  basis points
  • TED Spread 33.0 -1.25 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -18.0 +8.5 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 65.68 +.36%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.66% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve .13 +1.0 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 88.00 USD/Metric Tonne +3.1%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 15.30 +4.3 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -78.1 +.9 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -17.90 -5.3 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.57 +5.0 basis points
  • 80.6% chance of Fed rate cut at Dec. 11th meeting, 93.7% chance of cut at Jan. 29th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +362 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +94 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -21 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my tech/retail/industrial/medical/biotech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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