Monday, February 13, 2023

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

  • Large-Cap Value +.7%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Gold & Silver -.6% 2) Energy -.2% 3) Healthcare Providers +.2%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume: 
  • RETA, BCYC, SYNG, ZGN, ZIM, AI and FIS
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) KKR 2) EMB 3) EBAY 4) LQD 5) TJX
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) SRNE 2) AVYA 3) AXSM 4) SRDX 5) NSC
Charts:

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

  • Large-Cap Growth +1.5%
Sector Outperformers:
  • Internet +2.4% 2) Software +2.2% 3) Retail +2.1%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • FSLY, TDC, AYX, MORF, BANC, NSSC, PCOR, LPG and TWLO
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) QTRX 2) CROX 3) SRNE 4) MNKD 5) FANG
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) FSLY 2) OCUL 3) LUXH 4) RHCO 5) ZG

Tomorrow's Earnings/Economic Releases of Note; Potential Market Movers

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 

Before the Open: 
  • (CLF)/-.31
  • (KO)/.45
  • (EXC)/.43
  • (LDOS)/1.61
  • (MAR)/1.82
  • (BTU)/1.93
  • (PKI)/1.66
  • (WEBR)/.07
  • (ZTS)/1.16
After the Close:
  • (ABNB)/.33
  • (AKAM)/1.26
  • (ANDE)/.49
  • (CRSP)/-2.27
  • (DVN)/1.76
  • (HLF)/.34
  • (LTHM)/.37
  • (SU)/1.79
  • (TRIP)/.04
  • (UPST)/-.47

Economic Releases  

6:00 am EST

  • The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for Jan. is estimated to rise to 91.0 versus 89.8 in Dec.
8:30 am EST
  • The CPI MoM for Jan. is estimated to rise +.5% versus a -.1% decline in Dec.
  • The CPI Ex Food and Energy MoM for Jan. is estimated to rise +.4% versus a +.3% gain in Dec.
  • The CPI YoY for Jan. is estimated to rise +6.2% versus a +6.5% gain in Dec.
  • Real Avg. Weekly Earnings YoY for Jan.
  • PPI Revisions
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Eurozone GDP report, weekly US retail sales reports, BofA Financials Conference, BofA Insurance Conference and the (APTV) investor conference could also impact global trading tomorrow.
US Equity Market Hours
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST

Mid-Day Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

  • Volume Running -23.6% Below 100-Day Average 
  • 1 Sector Declining, 10 Sectors Rising
  • 74.0% of Issues Advancing, 23.2% Declining
  • 63 New 52-Week Highs, 10 New Lows
  • 60.2%(+2.8%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 58.0 +6.0
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 61.3 +1.5%
  • Russell 1000: Growth/Value 14,483.1 -.8%
  • Vix 20.6 +.4%
  • Total Put/Call .87 -15.5%
  • TRIN/Arms .93 +16.3%

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Monday Watch

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:                                
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News:
CNBC:
Zero Hedge:    
MarketWatch.com:          
TheGatewayPundit.com:  
Twitter:
OpenVAERS:
SKirsch.com:
Night Trading
  • Asian indices are -1.25% to -.25% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 109.75 +4.25 basis points.
  • China Sovereign CDS 61.0 +2.5 basis points.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 122.4 USD/Metric Tonne -1.9%
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 47.9 -.12%.
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 60.5 +.3%.
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .36 -7.0 basis points. 
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 22.2 +.68%. 
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.21%.
  • S&P 500 futures -.46%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.58%.

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are modestly lower, weighed down by financial and industrial shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to maintain losses into the afternoon.  The Portfolio is 25% net long heading into the week.

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:        

Wall Street Journal: 
Barron's:
  • Had bullish commentary on (MSFT), (NVDA), (TOST), (IBM), (AMD), (HTZ), (ADBE) and (META).
  • Had bearish commentary on (GOOG), (BZFD), (BBAI), (SOUN) and (AI).

Fox News:  

CNBC:
Zero Hedge:  
MarketWatch.com:              
TheGatewayPundit.com:    
OpenVAERS:
SKirsch.com: