Friday, January 09, 2026

Weekly Scoreboard*


S&P 500 6,775.0 +1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Market Wrap by Edward Jones.

Indices

  • DJIA 49,498.5 +2.3%
  • NASDAQ 23,708.0 +2.0%
  • Russell 2000 2,624.6 +4.9%
  • NYSE FANG+ 15,829.4 +1.4%
  • Goldman 50 Most Shorted 265.1 +7.3%
  • Vaneck Social Sentiment 35.0 +5.3%
  • Wilshire 5000 68,990.0 +1.8%
  • Russell 1000 Growth 4,802.9 +1.0%
  • Russell 1000 Value 2,143.9 +2.6%
  • S&P 500 Consumer Staples 881.7 +1.9%
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index(Ex Telecom) 273.6 +3.3%
  • NYSE Technology 7,568.1 +2.5%
  • Transports 18,164.3 +3.4%
  • Utilities 1,070.7 -.6%
  • MSCI Europe Banks 114.9 -.4%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets 57.0 +1.7%
  • Credit Suisse AllHedge Long/Short Equity Index 252.1 +.8%
  • Credit Suisse AllHedge Equity Market Neutral Index 130.5 +.8%
Sentiment/Internals
  • NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 594,460 +1.0%
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 11.8 +32.2%
  • Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index 698 +301
  • Crude Oil Commercial Bullish % Net Position -7.9 +3.9%
  • CFTC Oil Net Speculative Position 64,591 -.5%
  • CFTC Oil Total Open Interest 1,898,257 +1.9%
  • Total Put/Call .73 -12.2%
  • OEX Put/Call .61 +18.2%
  • ISE Sentiment 155.0 +4.6%
  • NYSE Arms 1.3 +42.5%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 101.4 +.3%
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .81 +3.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg European Financial Conditions Index 1.66 -33.0 basis points
  • Volatility(VIX) 14.6 -.1%
  • S&P 500 Intraday % Swing .73 -29.0%
  • CBOE S&P 500 3M Implied Correlation Index 12.3 -3.1%
  • G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 6.7 -2.3%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility (EM-VXY) 6.3 -5.6%
  • Smart Money Flow Index 19,775.9 -3.4%
  • NAAIM Exposure Index  97.7 +4.8
  • ICI Money Mkt Mutual Fund Assets $7.804 Trillion +1.8%
  • ICI Domestic Equity Long-Term Mutual Fund/ETFs Weekly Flows +$29.308 Million
  • AAII % Bulls 42.5 +1.2%
Futures Spot Prices
  • CRB Index 302.4 +1.2%
  • Crude Oil 59.1/bbl. +3.6%
  • Reformulated Gasoline 178.2 +5.0%
  • Natural Gas 3.16 -12.2%
  • US Power PJM Western Hub Peak Forward Y1 67.5 USD/Megawatt -3.1% 
  • Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 28.4 euros/megawatt-hour -1.5%
  • Heating Oil 213.5 +1.3% 
  • Newcastle Coal 107.5 (1,000/metric ton) unch.
  • Gold 4,500.9 +3.8%
  • Silver 80.0 +9.9%
  • Bloomberg Industrial Metals Index 169.8 +3.5%
  • Copper 589.6 +3.6%
  • US No. 1 Heavy Melt Scrap Steel 376.0 USD/Metric Tonne +1.9%
  • China Iron Ore Spot 108.9 USD/Metric Tonne +2.9%
  • China Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate 17,150.0 USD/metric tonne +15.3%
  • CME Lumber  563.5 -1.7%
  • UBS-Bloomberg Agriculture 1,326.3 +.6%
  • US Gulf NOLA Potash Spot 305.0 USD/Short Ton -1.6%
Economy
  • Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q2 Forecast +5.1% +2.4 percentage points
  • US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 28.1 -.8 percentage point
  • NY Fed Real-Time Weekly Economic Index 2.1 -14.5%
  • US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index 580.8 +81.0%
  • Bloomberg Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index 1.8 -32.2%
  • DOGE Total Taxpayer Dollars Saved $215.0 Billion($1,335.40 Savings Per Taxpayer) +$1.0B
  • S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(17 of 500 reporting) +31.4% -1.4 percentage points
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 311.32 +n/a:  Growth Rate +15.6% +n/a percentage points, P/E 22.2 +n/a
  • S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 13.5% -1.0 basis point
  • NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(0 of 10 reporting) +17.6% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 486.94 +n/a: Growth Rate +18.5% +n/a percentage point, P/E 32.3 +n/a
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 7.8 -6.4 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 26.9 +.7 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 28.0 -4.1 points
  • Fed Fund Futures imply 5.0%(-11.6 percentage points) chance of -25.0 basis point cut to 3.25-3.5%, 95.0%(+11.6 percentage points) chance of no change, 0.0%(unch.) chance of +25.0 basis point hike to 3.75-4.0% on 1/28/26
  • US Dollar Index 99.1 +.7%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index 1,851.8 -.1%
  • Bitcoin/USD 90,139 -.7%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 208.6 +.03%
  • Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.71 -1.1%
  • Yield Curve(2s/10s) 63.5 -8.0 basis points
  • 10-Year US Treasury Yield 4.17% -2.0 basis points
  • Japan 30-Year Yield 3.42% +2.0 basis points. 
  • Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet $6.526 Trillion -1.0%
  • Federal Reserve's Discount Window Usage $8.029 Billion -14.0%
  • U.S. Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 28.4 -4.5%
  • Illinois Municipal Debt Credit Default Swap 183.3 -.9%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 63.0 -8.0 basis points
  • UK Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 16.5 -1.6%
  • China Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 41.0 -.2%
  • Brazil Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 137.0 -.4%
  • Israel Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 68.2 +1.2%
  • South Korea Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 20.8 -4.6%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 24.7 +.7%
  • China High-Yield Real Estate Total Return Index 117.6 +.9%
  • Atlanta Fed Low Skill Wage Growth Tracker YoY +3.6% unch.
  • Zillow US All Homes Rent Index YoY +2.3% unch.
  • US Urban Consumers Food CPI YoY +2.6% unch.
  • CPI Core Services Ex-Shelter YoY +3.0% unch.
  • Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcast Core PCE YoY +2.76% +1.0 basis point: CPI YoY +2.57% -5.0 basis points
  • 1-Year TIPS Spread 2.67 +32.0 basis points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.28 +2.0 basis points
  • Treasury Repo 3M T-Bill Spread -1.75 basis points +7.0 basis points
  • 2-Year SOFR Swap Spread -16.25 unch.
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap 3.25 -.5 basis point
  • N. America Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 49.0 -2.4%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield Credit Default Swap Index 181.0 -5.5% 
  • High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 414.75 -2.2% 
  • Bloomberg TRACE # Distressed Bonds Traded 231.0 +38.0 
  • European Financial Sector Credit Default Swap Index 52.9 -2.0%
  • Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 125.8 +1.6%
  • MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 97.0 -19.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg CMBS Investment Grade Bbb Average OAS 594.0 +4.0 basis points
  • Avg. Auto ABS OAS .54 unch
  • M2 Money Supply YoY % Change +4.3% -30.0 basis points
  • Commercial Paper Outstanding $1,414.6B +9.8%
  • 4-Week Moving Average of Jobless Claims 211,750 -3.3%
  • Continuing Claims Unemployment Rate 1.2% unch.
  • Kastle Back-to-Work Barometer(entries in secured buildings) 56.3 unch.
  • Average 30-Year Fixed Home Mortgage Rate 6.23% -2.0 basis points
  • Weekly Mortgage Applications 270,800 +.3%
  • Weekly Retail Sales +6.8% +.1 percentage point
  • OpenTable US Seated Diners % Change YoY +14.0% -18.0 percentage points
  • Box Office Weekly Gross $328.9M -3.1%
  • Nationwide Gas $2.81/gallon -.02/gallon
  • Baltic Dry Index 1,718.0 -8.7%
  • Drewry World Container Freight Index $2,556.8/40 ft Box +15.6%
  • China (Export) Containerized Freight Index 1,194.9 +4.2%
  • Oil Tanker Rate(Arabian Gulf to U.S. Gulf Coast) 32.5 -18.8%
  • Truckstop.com Market Demand Index 59.8 +40.8%
  • Rail Freight Carloads 211,628 +3.9%
  • TSA Total Traveler Throughput 2,151,117 -17.4% 
  • Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Approval Tacking Poll 45.0% +1.0 percentage point
Best Performing Style
  • Small-Cap Growth +5.0%
Worst Performing Style
  • Large-Cap Growth +1.0%
Leading Sectors
  • Defense +12.2%
  • Gold & Silver +9.3%
  • Homebuilding +7.9%
  • Coal +7.9%
  • Disk Drives +7.6%
Lagging Sectors
  • Electrification +.1%
  • Utilities -.6%
  • Video Gaming -.7%
  • Networking -1.2%
  • Gambling -2.8%
Weekly High-Volume Stock Gainers (65)
  • NBY, CGON, MLTX, AEVA, ELVN, LQDA, CRML, APLD, SPRY, LGIH, TREE, SNDK, GLSI, BETR, BLDR, TWO, QURE, INTC, VST, KTOS, ASTS, CCS, FLY, EXK, AEHR, HE, ACMR, RDW, RKT, OKLO, CMPO, TOL, TIC, KALV, AVAV, FND, DHI, JCAP, COMP, WY, SCCO, AMR, MESO, ONC, SITE, PFSI, RPM, ALMS, LMT, SHC, RVMD, SMR, PSLV, OUST, ZETA, ATRO, TTAM, SKY, HCC, NVO, SLP and LEGN
Weekly High-Volume Stock Losers (9)
  • RIO, CALM, ANIP, SIG, MDGL, PCRX, MMSI, WW and BBNX
ETFs
Stocks
*5-Day Change


Stocks Rising into Afternoon on US Economic/Earnings Optimism, Diminishing AI Infrastructure Build-Out Angst, US Housing Policy Changes, Tech/Homebuilding Sector Strength

Overseas Futures:

  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +1,720 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +13 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +123 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my biotech/tech/financial/consumer discretionary/industrial sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 

Before the Open:
  • None of Note
After the Close: 
  • None of note
Economic Release 
  • None of note 

Upcoming Splits

  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Bostic speaking, Fed's Barkin speaking, Fed's Williams speaking, CB Employment Trends Index for Dec., 10Y T-Note auction, Needham Growth Conference, JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, (ZS) annual meeting and the UBS Energy/Utilities Conference could also impact global trading on Monday.
US Equity Market Hours
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Friday Watch

Around X:

  • @Business  
  • @ZeroHedge
  • @CNBC
  • @MarioNawful
  • @WarClandestine
  • @WesleyHuntTX
  • Let’s be clear about what’s happening. We’ve had a Democrat Senate candidate urge people to put their “bodies on the line.” A Minneapolis mayor tell federal immigration officers to “get the f*ck out.” And a sitting governor openly talking about mobilizing the National Guard against federal law enforcement. This isn’t de-escalation. The radical left isn’t turning the temperature down, they’re cranking it to 450 degrees. When leaders normalize this kind of rhetoric, the outcome isn’t hypothetical. It’s dangerous. It’s reckless. And it puts lives at risk. If violence follows, responsibility doesn’t belong to the officers enforcing the law, it belongs to the politicians who lit the fuse. (video) 
  • @RenzTom
  • Will the DOJ investigate this criminally? Draining the swamp means draining the entire Uniparty swamp. I’ll take an enemy I can see over one that’s stabbing me in the back any day. BTW, the reason the Republicans won’t pass election reform is that some of them participate in that fraud too. This is why we keep having crooked RINOs running the GOP.
  • @LaraLogan
  • @nicksortor
  • NEW: This is “George Floyd Plaza” in Minneapolis TODAY. Still burned out, charred, and in TOTAL RUINS. This is what Mayor Frey and Tim Walz want to happen again ALL OVER the city in the coming days. And it very well may, as Antifa militants come into the city from all over the country. (video)
  • @Awesome_Jew_
  • @DansForSenate
  • @annvandersteel
  • @amuse 
  • @dezzie_rezzie
  • @MonitorX99800
  • @TonySeruga
  • @RepNancyMace
  • @theHFDF
Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.25% to +.5% on average. 
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.75 unch.
  • China Sovereign CDS 40.75 +.25 basis point.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 108.2 USD/Metric Tonne +.3%. 
  • Gold 4,475.9 USD/t oz. +.34%. 
  • Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.73 -.14%.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 36.05 -.12%.
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 99.7 +.2%.
  • US 10-Year Yield 4.17% +1.0 basis point.
  • Japan 30-Year Yield 3.44% -7.0 basis points. 
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 18.0 -.8%.
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures +.34%. 
  • S&P 500 futures -.01%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.05%.
Morning Preview Links

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by industrial and consumer shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing mixed.  The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the day.

Stocks Slightly Higher into Final Hour on US Economic/Earnings Optimism, Sector Rotation, Technical Buying, Consumer Discretionary/Commodity Sector Strength

Economic/Market Gauges:

  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 49.3 -.6%
  • Bloomberg US Securitized MBS/ABS/CMBS Avg. OAS .27 +1.0 basis point
  • BofA Global Financial Stress Indicator -.29 +3.0 basis points
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 53.4 -.05%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 127.1 +.01%
  • Bloomberg Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index 1.7 -.2
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 8.4 +1.1 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 2 +7.8 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 30.2 +5.3 points 
  • S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(17 of 500 reporting) +31.4% -1.4 percentage points
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 311.31 +.04:  Growth Rate +15.6% unch., P/E 22.2 -.2
  • S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 13.50% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(0 of 10 reporting) +n/a +n/a
  • NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 486.76 +.25: Growth Rate +18.5% +.1 percentage point, P/E 32.2 -.7
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .80 -4.0 basis points
  • US Yield Curve 69.25 basis points (2s/10s) +2.5 basis points 
  • Bloomberg Industrial Metal Index 166.9 -1.2% 
  • US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 28.1% -1.1 percentage points
  • US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q4 Forecast +5.4% +2.7 percentage points
  • US 10-Year T-Note Yield 4.18% +3.0 basis points
  • 1-Year TIPS Spread 2.56 +8.0 basis points
  • Highest target rate probability for March 18th FOMC meeting: 57.1% (+.3 percentage point) chance of 3.5%-3.75%. Highest target rate probability for April 29th meeting: 46.5%(+1.4 percentage points) chance of 3.5%-3.75%. (current target rate is 3.5-3.75%)
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +520 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +4 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +170 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Lower: On losses in my biotech/tech sector longs and index hedges
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: 75% Net Long

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

  • Large-Cap Growth -.9%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Biotech -2.9% 2) Networking -2.8% 3) AI/Innovation -2.4%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume: 
  • SNX, CRML, FG, CRTO, LOGI, JAZZ, FVRR, RVMD, SNDK, JKS, ANGO, MBLY, ICLR, INMD, MTZ, TFX, SIMO, ABVX, CSIQ, AAOI, DQ, AYI, PHAT and RGC
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) CZR 2) NXT 3) CVE 4) TEAM 5) MBLY
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) TFX 2) SGML 3) AYI 4) JEF 5) ABBV
Sector ETFs With Most Negative Money Flow:
  • 1) KRE 2) SMH 3) XLU 4) ITB 5) XLP