Thursday, April 22, 2021

Stocks Reversing Substantially Lower into Final Hour on Tax Hike Fears, Dollar Strength, Technical Selling, Metals&Mining/Financial Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Around Even
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 18.5 +5.9%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,045.0 -28.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 134.06 -.22%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.0 +.3%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 51.7 +4.6%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 135.0 -15.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .76 +8.6%
  • NYSE Arms .82 +51.9%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 52.06 +.99%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 456.46 +.10%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 59.29 -.24%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 102.0 unch.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 79.5 +1.5%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 166.65 +.58%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KCCB) 39.10 unch.
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 12.25 +.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 16.75 -.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -4.0 +1.0 basis point
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  64.25 -.25 basis point
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 71.5 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.78 -.13%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .02% +1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 139.0 -3.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 180.0 USD/Metric Tonne unch.
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 28.30 -.6 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 132.0 +.4 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 37.7 +3.2 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.33 -1.0 basis point
  • 89.4% chance of no change at June 16th meeting, 89.4% chance of no change at Sept. 22nd meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -198 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -68 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -37 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my tech/energy sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 50% Net Long

No comments: