Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

  • Large-Cap Value +.6%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Education -2.9% 2) Gold & Silver -.7% 3) Foods -.4%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume: 
  • HLN, OKLO, CHEF, PAY, FROG, NNE, HRTG, CLBR, FDS, KVUE, PSO, SATS, LRN, ETON, SOC and PONY
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) ROBN 2) CRDO 3) VSCO 4) HPE 5) KVUE
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) SOC 2) KVUE 3) BMBL 4) SATS 5) LPRO
Sector ETFs With Most Negative Money Flow:
  • 1) VGT 2) XLI 3) SHLD 4) EUAD 5) XLU

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

  • Small-Cap Growth +1.9%
Sector Outperformers:
  • 1) Oil Service +4.3% 2) Alt Energy +4.2% 3) Disk Drives +3.2%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • SBET, VG, CRDO, MLTX, CRWV, STR, RAPP, DG, FERG, SMMT, PPTA, RCUS, VTLE, ANGO, BCAX, AEVA, SIG, NBR, CNM, HG, HLIO, ELVN, AMTM, GRAL, CLPT, LEU, TTMI, KYMR, MP, HOOD, SG, LI, PSN, VVV, VST, TAC, WWD, FLR, DLTR, HXL, MRUS, MARA, HUT, CMCO, KNSA, LULU, GLXY, TLN, UBS, SLP, ENPH, SYNA, SKE, ENS, PINS, MDGL, AMSC, VNOM, PATH, IIIV, AA, TWO, ARQQ, FTV, TACOU, BNTX, NBIS, PEGA, DAVA, ENOV, GLBE, INCY, INDV, LIF and OUST
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) VEEV 2) SWK 3) QURE 4) GNRC 5) CRDO
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) MLTX 2) DG 3) CRDO 4) CTRN 5) RAPP
Sector ETFs With Most Positive Money Flow:
  • 1) XLP 2) IBB 3) XBI 4) GDX 5) SOXX
Charts:

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

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 

Before the Open:
  • (DLTR)/1.21
  • (GCO)/-2.09
  • (LOVE)/-.81
  • (THO)/1.78 
After the Close: 
  • (AGX)/1.09
  • (DSGX)/.44
  • (FIVE)/.83
  • (MDB)/.66
  • (PVH)/2.25
  • (VRNT)/.13 
Economic Releases

8:15 am EST

  • The ADP Employment Change for May is estimated to rise to 112K versus 62K in April. 

9:45 am EST

  • Final S&P Global PMI readings for May.

10:00 am EST

  • The ISM Services Index for May is estimated to rise to 52.0 versus 51.6 in April.
  • ISM Services Prices Paid for May is estimated to fall to 65.0 versus 65.1 in April.  

10:30 am EST

  • Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil inventory decline of -2,249,200 barrels versus a -2,795,000 barrel decline the prior week. Gasoline supplies are estimated to fall by -875,800 barrels versus a -2,441,000 barrel decline the prior week. Distillate inventories are estimated to rise by +45,800 barrels versus a -724,000 barrel decline the prior week. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to rise +.68% versus a -.5% decline prior. 

2:00 pm EST

  • Fed's Beige Book release. 

Upcoming Splits

  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Bostic speaking, Fed's Cook speaking, weekly MBA Mortgage Applications report, UBS Auto/Auto Tech Conference, Jefferies Healthcare Conference, William Blair Growth Stock Conference, Wolfe Research Small/Mid-Cap Conference, BofA Tech Conference, (URBN) annual meeting, (SHAK) annual meeting, (GDDY) annual meeting, (WDAY) annual meeting, (OKLO) annual meeting, (ABNB) annual meeting, (APP) annual meeting, (HUBS) annual meeting and the Deutsche Bank Consumer 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 +8.2% Above 100-Day Average 
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 12.9 +.8
  • 3 Sectors Declining, 8 Sectors Rising
  • 69.9% of Issues Advancing, 28.1% Declining 
  • TRIN/Arms 1.06 +9.3%
  • Non-Block Money Flow -$32.1M
  • 68 New 52-Week Highs, 25 New Lows
  • 40.9% (+2.8%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 60.9 +4.4
Other:
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 69.8 +2.2%
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 240.1 +.9%
  • Russell 1000: Growth/Value 21,324.4 +.22%
  • CNN Fear & Greed Index 56.0 (GREED) -7.0
  • 1-Day Vix 10.6 -19.8%
  • Vix 18.0 -2.0%
  • Total Put/Call .98 +18.1%

Monday, June 02, 2025

Tuesday Watch

Around X:

  • @ElonMusk
  • @ZeroHedge
  • @MarioNawful
  • DISNEY SWINGS THE AXE AGAIN: HUNDREDS MORE TO BE LAID OFF. Disney is cutting several hundred more jobs across film, TV, and finance departments worldwide, proving that pandering to activists doesn't pay the bills. The layoffs hit marketing, publicity, casting, and development teams globally. This follows 7,000 job cuts in 2023 and another 200 from ABC News in March. That's nearly 8,000 employees sacrificed while Disney chases woke content nobody wants to watch.
  • FDA UNVEILS ELSA AI TOOL TO BOOST PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD…AND IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. The FDA has just launched Elsa, an AI tool designed to make work easier for everyone at the agency. Elsa’s job is to read, write, and summarize huge amounts of information, helping people work faster without cutting corners. FDA Commissioner Makary says Elsa is already ahead of schedule and saving money. This tool will help FDA staff stay sharp by speeding up reviews, evaluations, and inspections. (video)
  • JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES BIDEN'S AUTOPEN PARDONS: WAS HE EVEN AWAKE? Trump's Justice Department is examining whether Biden was mentally competent when he pardoned family members and death row inmates, questioning if others exploited him through "AutoPen or other means." Ed Martin, DOJ Pardon Attorney: "[The investigation involves] whether Biden was competent and whether others were taking advantage of him through use of AutoPen or other means." The probe targets Biden's last-minute pardons for five family members and 37 death row inmates
  • SEN. MULLIN: DOGE IS NOW WOVEN INTO AGENCIES TO FIND FRAUD AND CUT THE WASTE. “So what's happened now is DOGE has kind of been woven into all these agencies now. So they're on the agency's payroll and their whole job is to look for fraud, waste, and abuse. So we're still getting those cuts. We're still finding fraud, waste, and abuse, and as we identify them, we're just cutting 'em immediately as we go through the appropriation process.” 
  • FLORIDA BRACES FOR A DUSTY INTRUDER: SAHARAN AIR LAYER TO PAINT SKIES, QUITE LITERALLY! A huge Saharan dust cloud, roughly the size of the continental U.S., is crossing the Atlantic and is set to reach Florida this week. It has already covered the Caribbean in a rusty haze and will bring similar conditions to parts of the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. The dust may weaken air quality, particularly for people with breathing issues. However, it also suppresses rain and storms, making for clearer sunsets and less rain, even as allergy risks climb. 
  • TRUMP: NO CHANCE OF ECONOMIC SURVIVAL IF U.S. CAN’T COUNTER TARIFFS. "If other Countries are allowed to use Tariffs against us, and we’re not allowed to counter them, quickly and nimbly, with Tariffs against them, our Country doesn’t have, even a small chance, of Economic survival." 
  • TRUMP: THE ONLY ‘CUTTING’ WE WILL DO IS FOR WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. “So many false statements are being made about ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’ but what nobody understands is that it’s the single biggest Spending Cut in History, by far! But there will be NO CUTS to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid… The only ‘cutting’ we will do is for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse, something that should have been done by the Incompetent, Radical Left Democrats for the last four years, but wasn’t.” 
  • TRUMP: WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM FROM IRAN “The AUTOPEN should have stopped Iran a long time ago from ‘enriching.’ Under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!” 
  • @LauraLoomer 
  • @RodDMartin
  • @StephenM
  • The suspect in the Colorado terrorist attack was granted a visa by the Biden Administration. After he illegally overstayed the visa, the Biden Administration then granted him a work permit. IMMIGRATION SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.
  • @GenFlynn
  • ATTENTION! So, it appears Zelenskyy gave the go ahead to attack parked Russian nuclear capable bombers without informing @realDonaldTrump (if true that our President was not consulted nor informed, this isn’t simply a breach of protocol. It’s a geopolitical insult and a warning sign. If Ukraine is willing to conduct strikes with strategic consequences without notifying the White House, we are no longer allies with coordination issues—we are co-belligerents flying blind). Also given Senator “warmonger” Lindsey Graham’s and Senator “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal’s recent visit, this attack could appear as though it was sanctioned. I pray the Russians have better intelligence than that. IMHO, these two don’t have the sense or common sense to pull something like this off (there will have to be denials though).
  • @JackPosobiec
  • @BehizyTweets
  • @WarClandestine
  • @nicksortor
  • @LeadingReport
  • @GuntherEagleman
  • @gatewaypundit
Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are +.25% to +1.25% on average. 
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 78.5 -.5 basis point. 
  • China Sovereign CDS 51.5 -.5 basis point.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 94.3 USD/Metric Tonne -.98%.
  • Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.80 -.28%.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 37.06 -.01%.
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 68.5 +.5%.
  • US 10-Year Yield 4.45% +1.0 basis point.
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 21.0 +.3%.
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures +.26%. 
  • S&P 500 futures -.23%. 
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.20%.
Morning Preview Links

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are modestly higher, boosted by industrial and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open mixed and to rally into the afternoon, finishing modestly higher .  The Portfolio is 100% net long heading into the day.

Stocks Reversing Higher into Close on US-Global Trade Deal Hopes, Earnings Outlook Optimism, Short-Covering, Tech/Metals & Mining Sector Strength

Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 37.0 +.15% 
  • US 10-Year T-Note Yield 4.46% +6.0 basis points
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 4.34% unch.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 95.0 USD/Metric Tonne -.24%
  • Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 35.0 euros/megawatt-hour +2.3%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 5.2 -6.3 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 18.9 +1.2 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 37.1 -1.9 points
  • S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(491 of 500 reporting) +12.5% unch.
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 276.84 +.16:  Growth Rate +9.0% +.1 percentage point, P/E 21.3 unch.
  • S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 13.26% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(8 of 10 reporting) +32.5% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 428.44 +.31: Growth Rate +23.9% +.1 percentage point, P/E 32.4 +.4
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .34 +2.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg Euro-Zone Financial Conditions Index 1.41 -2.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index 7.8 +.2
  • US Yield Curve 51.5 basis points (2s/10s) +1.25 basis points
  • US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q2 Forecast +3.8% unch.
  • US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 41.8% unch.
  • Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcast Core PCE YoY +2.65% unch.: CPI YoY +2.40% unch.
  • 1-Year TIPS Spread 2.84 +6.0 basis points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.34 -1.0 basis point
  • Highest target rate probability for July 30th FOMC meeting: 75.6% (+1.3 percentage points) chance of 4.25%-4.5%. Highest target rate probability for Sept. 17th meeting: 55.0%(-.7 percentage point) chance of 4.0%-4.25%. (current target rate is 4.25-4.5%)
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +329 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -120 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +180 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my consumer discretionary/tech/utility sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long