Broad Equity Market Tone:
- Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
- Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
- Volume: Heavy
- Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
- Volatility(VIX) 26.8 +44.3%
- DJIA Intraday % Swing 1.78 -19.8%
- Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 36.0 -24.0%
- Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 176.2 -.6%
- Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.2 +6.1%
- CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index 25.5 +45.3%
- ISE Sentiment Index 110.0 +4.0
- Total Put/Call 1.16 +27.5%
- NYSE Arms 1.60 +9.6%
- NYSE Non-Block Money Flow -$669.9M
Credit Investor Angst:
- North American Investment Grade CDS Index 58.2 +6.5%
- US Energy High-Yield OAS 334.0 +11.4%
- Bloomberg TRACE # Distressed Bonds Traded 260 -2
- European Financial Sector CDS Index 71.2 +7.8%
- Deutsche Bank Subordinated 5Y Credit Default Swap 183.4 +6.9%
- Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 146.0 basis points +6.0 basis points
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 98.9 +3.3%
- Emerging Market CDS Index 182.8 +4.9%
- Israel Sovereign CDS 139.1 +7.3%
- China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 24.9 -.33%
- 2-Year SOFR Swap Spread -18.5 basis points -1.25 basis points
- Treasury Repo 3M T-Bill Spread -15.5 basis points -7.5 basis points
- 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -3.25 -1.5 basis points
- MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 134.0-7.0 basis points
- Bloomberg CMBS Investment Grade Bbb Average OAS 688.0 unch.
- Avg. Auto ABS OAS 62.0 unch.
Economic Gauges:
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 39.0 +.1%
- 3-Month T-Bill Yield 5.19% -7.0 basis points
- China Iron Ore Spot 102.8 USD/Metric Tonne -1.0%
- Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 36.6 euros/megawatt-hour -.9%
- Citi US Economic Surprise Index -40.6 -6.2 points
- Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -49.7 -1.4 points
- Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -5.0 +.9 point
- S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(376 of 500 reporting) +11.0% -.5 percentage point
- S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 263.48 +.35: Growth Rate +15.4% +.2 percentage point, P/E 20.3 -.5
- S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 12.78% -4.0 basis points
- NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(7 of 10 reporting) +25.9% +2.3 percentage points
- NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 338.49 +1.86: Growth Rate +26.2% +.7 percentage point, P/E 31.4 -1.3
- Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .56 +2.0 basis points
- Bloomberg Euro-Zone Financial Conditions Index .51 -4.0 basis points
- US Yield Curve -8.75 basis points (2s/10s) +9.25 basis points
- US Atlanta Fed 3Q GDPNow Forecast +2.55% -28.0 basis points
- US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 65.4% unch.
- Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcast Core PCE YoY +2.73% unch.: CPI YoY +3.01% unch.
- 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.03 -16.0 basis points
- Highest target rate probability for Nov. 7th FOMC meeting: 46.0%(+46.0 percentage points) chance of 4.25%-4.5%. Highest target rate probability for Dec. 18th meeting: 46.3%(+43.7 percentage points) chance of 4.0%-4.25%.
Overseas Futures:
- Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -1,080 open in Japan
- China A50 Futures: Indicating -58 open in China
- DAX Futures: Indicating +149 open in Germany
Portfolio:
- Lower: On losses in my consumer discretionary/industrial/financial/tech/biotech sector longs
- Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging market shorts, then covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
- Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long