Style Outperformer:
Sector Outperformers:
- 1) Steel +3.2% 2) Construction +2.4% 3) Hospitals +2.3%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
- GIMO, GBT, ARMH, PUK, MRO, NVCR, YELP, RYI and DXCM
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
- 1) ZNGA 2) CAG 3) OPK 4) WWAV 5) CCL
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
- 1) LPTN 2) YELP 3) CNC 4) GDEN 5) GMS
Charts:
Night Trading
- Asian indices are +.5% to +1.5% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 144.25 -3.25 basis points.
- Asia Pacific Sovereign CDS Index 53.75 -.75 basis point.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 71.92 +.20%.
- S&P 500 futures +1.03%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +1.03%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Economic Releases
Upcoming Splits
- (SSNC) 2-for-1
- (CORE) 2-for-1
Other Potential Market Movers
- The Fed's Kashkari speaking, German PPI report and the Australia Home Price Index could also impact trading today.
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are higher, boosted by industrial and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to maintain gains into the afternoon. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the week.
BOTTOM LINE: I expect US stocks to finish the week modestly higher on declining European/Emerging Markets/US High-Yield debt angst, commodity strength, short-covering, yen weakness, technical buying and diminished Brexit worries. My intermediate-term trading indicators are giving neutral signals and the Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the week.
Bloomberg:
- S&P 500 Posts Worst Week Since April as Global Stress Burns Anew. Prices fell and volume surged in a week of heightened anxiety for
U.S. investors, whose dreams of reaching a record high anytime soon all
but faded away. A streak of six weeks without a 1 percent drop was
broken as the S&P 500 Index dropped 1.2 percent to 2,071.22, the
worst retreat since April. Shares slid on four of the five days,
including a 30-minute plunge on Wednesday that followed testimony from
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that fanned apprehension about
prospects for economic growth. Pain was worse below the surface, with the S&P 500 Banks Index
dropping 3 percent for its third straight decrease. The Nasdaq Biotech
Index fell 4.1 percent, extending its losing streak to nine days, the
longest in two decades. The gauge has lost more than 10 percent during
the skid. Anxiety flared
globally as concerns ranging from Japanese stimulus to Britain’s
referendum on secession from the European Union pushed the Chicago Board
Options Exchange Volatility Index up 14 percent after a 26 percent
increase a week earlier. Volume on American exchanges averaged 7.5
billion shares, the most since March. Ten-year Treasury yields fell a
third straight week by a cumulative 24 basis points, the biggest
three-week plunge since February.
- China May Home Prices Rise in Fewer Cities Amid Slower Sales. China’s home prices rose in fewer cities in May than the previous
month, with gains in some second-tier locations surpassing those in
Shanghai and Shenzhen. New-home prices excluding affordable
homes climbed in 60 cities, down from 65 in April, among the 70 tracked
by the government, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. They
dropped in four places, compared with five a month earlier, and were
unchanged in six. The recovery in home prices abated as local
governments encouraged curbs in top economic centers like Shanghai and
Shenzhen where prices have been surging, while they deployed home-buying
stimulus in smaller cities to clear a glut of unsold residences.
- Brexit or Remain, Pound Is Set for Big Swings as EU Vote Looms. It’s almost upon us: the week when Britain takes the historic
decision of whether to remain in the European Union. And whatever the
polls say in the days to come -- and regardless of the result on June 24
-- the pound is set for a wild ride. One-week anticipated
volatility surged Friday to the highest on record, posting the biggest
increase among more than 40 global currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
- The World Economy Looks a Bit Like It's the 1930s. Now, like then, a financial crisis has left deep scars.
- Treasuries Gain a Third Week as Global Yields Deepen Record Lows. (video)
Barron's:
- Had bullish commentary on (DLPH), (CELG), (MNST) and (ORCL).
- Had bearish commentary on (SQ).
Reuters:
- Indian central bank chief to step down in surprise move. India's
"rock star" central bank governor Raghuram Rajan, feted by foreign
investors but under pressure from political opponents at home, stunned
government officials and colleagues on Saturday by announcing he would
step down after just one three-year term. Rajan, a former chief
economist at the International Monetary Fund, is held in high esteem by
policymakers and investors at home and abroad for overhauling the way
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) operates.