Monday, March 30, 2026

Stocks Reversing Lower into Final Hour on Global Supply Chain Disruption Fears, Surging Inflation Worries, AI Infrastructure Build-Out Concerns, Tech/Alt Energy Sector Weakness

Economic/Market Gauges:

  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 67.2 -.3%
  • BofA Private Credit Proxy Index 70.3 +2.1% 
  • Bloomberg US Securitized MBS/ABS/CMBS Avg. OAS .29 +2.0 basis points
  • BofA Global Financial Stress Indicator .49 +4.0 basis points
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 78.0 -.3%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 205.4 +4.0%
  • Israel Sovereign CDS 81.2 +.3% 
  • Bloomberg Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index .7 unch.
  • US Morning Consult Daily Consume Sentiment Index 87.3 -.9
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 19.6 -2.5
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 1.0 +4.9
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 47.8 +.6 
  • S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(12 of 500 reporting) +96.5% -.4 percentage point
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 335.39 +1.06:  Growth Rate +20.8% +.4 percentage point, P/E 19.0 -.6
  • S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 15.1% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(1 of 10 reporting) +690.0% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 790.41 +2.95: Growth Rate +98.7% +.8 percentage point, P/E 16.9 -.8 
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .02 -25.0 basis points
  • US Yield Curve 51.25 basis points (2s/10s) unch. 
  • Bloomberg Industrial Metal Index 167.0 +1.3%
  • Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 54.8 euros/megawatt-hour +1.2% 
  • US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 19.1% +1.3 percentage points
  • US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q1 Forecast +2.0% -.3 percentage point
  • US 10-Year T-Note Yield 4.34% -9.0 basis points
  • 1-Year TIPS Spread 5.31 +9.0 basis points
  • Highest target rate probability for June 17th FOMC meeting: 93.9% (+1.7 percentage points) chance of 3.5%-3.75%. Highest target rate probability for July 29th meeting: 90.0%(-.2 percentage point) chance of 3.5%-3.75%. (current target rate is 3.5-3.75%)
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -780 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -99 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +43 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my biotech sector longs, index hedges and emerging market shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: Market Neutral

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:

  • Small-Cap Growth -2.0%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) AI/Innovation -4.5% 2) Semis -4.0% 3) Alt Energy -3.1%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume: 
  • CAAP, GSAT, SMTC, ARLP, ASML, GE, FTDR, AMR, TSM, PLXS, CDE, ANAB, GAP, SCVL, NAVN, FLS, DXYZ, MTZ, RYAAY, ARM, MDA, BETA, AMSC, SYNA, OUST, ADEA, LEN, TMDX, IPI, MLKN, WBI, ALK, UMAC, NN, LITE, NN, GLW, BOOT, FPS, ELVN, DOCN, LUNR, SNDK, CORZ, KEP, CPS, MU, MANE, TSEM, KOD, BSX, VICR, ISSC, NBIS, FSLY, VIAV, PL, STRL, AGX, BTU, NXST, BE, MP, AXTI, SYY, AAOI, LASR, ALMS and VRDN, 
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) RIG 2) INDA 3) WIX 4) PSKY 5) SVC
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) FRMI 2) ARTL 3) NXST 4) IBRX 5) NMRA
Sector ETFs With Most Negative Money Flow:
  • 1) SMH 2) FTXO 3) XBI 4) XLF 5) GDX

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:

  • Large-Cap Value -.1%
Sector Outperformers:
  • 1) Insurance +2.0% 2) Software +1.1% 3) Pharma +1.0%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • SGML, UTHR, BBWI, CLMT, AGRO, AA, GRDN, IPX, INSM, BENX, VIST, WGS, PAM, COLD, OKTA, CDNL, YPF, BR, SSL, AZN, NMRK and EQNR
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) JMIA 2) WIX 3) TTE 4) AFL 5) GTM 
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) FMCC 2) FNMA 3) AA 4) RZLV 5) UTHR
Sector ETFs With Most Positive Money Flow:
  • 1) FXN 2) XLE 3) XLI 4) PTF 5) VGT
Charts:

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

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 

Before the Open:
  • (FDS)/4.38
  • (MKC)/.60
  • (SNX)/3.31 
After the Close: 
  • (PLAY)/.39
  • (NKE)/.29
  • (PVH)/3.31
  • (RH)/2.20 
Economic Releases 

9:00 am EST

  • The FHFA House Price Index MoM for Jan. is estimated to rise +.1% versus a +.1% gain in Dec.
  • The S&P Cotality CS 20-City MoM SA for Jan. is estimated to rise +.38% versus a +.47% gain in Dec.
9:45 am EST 
  • The MNI Chicago PMI for March is estimated to fall to 54.2 versus 57.7 in Feb.
10:00 am EST
  • The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for March is estimated to fall to 87.9 versus 91.2 in Feb.
  • JOLTS Job Openings for Feb. is estimated to fall to 6890K versus 6946K in Jan.

Upcoming Splits

  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Goolsbee speaking, Fed's Barr speaking, Fed's Bowman speaking, weekly US retail sales reports, Texas Services Sector Outlook for March, (MKC) annual meeting, (RGLD) investor day, (HSY) investor day, (PWR) investor day and the (HOV) annual meeting 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 -1.5% Below 100-Day Average 
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 12.8 -.3
  • 9 Sectors Rising, 2 Sectors Declining
  • 62.2% of Issues Advancing, 35.9% Declining 
  • TRIN/Arms .86 -25.9%
  • Non-Block Money Flow +$274.0M
  • 87 New 52-Week Highs, 111 New Lows
  • 44.4% (+3.6%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 36.9 -1.0
Polymarket: 
  • How long will the DHS shutdown last? 60+ days 84.0% +52.0 percentage points
  • Will China invade Taiwan by end of 2026? 10.0% -1.0 percentage point
  • US forces enter Iran by April 30th 68.0% +5.0 percentage points
  • Trump announces end of military operations against Iran by April 30th 38.0% -21.0 percentage points
Other:
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 99.3 -1.0%
  • Global Monitor Iran Instability Index 100.0 unch.
  • Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Traffic Curtailed Estimate 95.0% unch.
  • US High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 567.0 +2.25 basis points
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 244.8 -.6%
  • Morgan Stanley Growth vs Value Index 134.4 -1.4%
  • CNN Fear & Greed Index 10.0 (EXTREME FEAR) unch.
  • 1-Day Vix 19.0 -44.7%
  • Vix 30.3 -2.3%
  • Total Put/Call 1.04 +5.1%

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Monday Watch

Around X:

  • @Business   
  • @Zerohedge
  • @CNBC 
  • @MarioNawful
  • @wideawake_media
  • @KobeissiLetter
  • @TheSCIF
  • @WallStreetApes
  • @A_M_R_M1
  • @ShadowofEzra
  • @EthanLevins2
  • @EricLDaugh
  • @Osint613 
  • @FinanceLancelot
  • @MegynKellyShow 
  • @Osinttechnical
  • @mattvanswol
  • @chrismartenson
  • @RealBrittHughes
  • @Gaurab
  • @BRICSinfo
  • @pepesgrandma
  • @mitchellvii
  • @shanaka86
  • @TFTC21
  • @rawsalerts
  • @JimFergusonUK
  • @amuse
  • @ShaykhSulaiman
  • @MazeLove14
  • @OCOCReport
  • @DropSiteNews
  • @HealthRanger
  • @EvanLuthra
  • WHAT META JUST DROPPED IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANYTHING OPENAI HAS EVER BUILT!!!!! while everyone was losing their mind over Claude Mythos.. Meta dropped something that nobody noticed.. they built an AI called TRIBE v2.. it's basically a digital copy of your brain.. you show it a video, a sound, a sentence.. and it already knows how your brain is going to react.. 70,000 different parts of your brain.. blood flow, oxygen, everything.. they trained it on 1,000 hours of brain scans from 700 real people lying inside MRI machines.. it doesn't read your thoughts.. it does something worse.. it knows what's going to make you feel something before you even feel it.. think about that for a second.. (video)
  • @Fxhedgers
Night Trading
  • Asian indices are -2.75% to -1.25% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 94.0 +3.5 basis points.
  • China Sovereign CDS 54.75 +2.0 basis points.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 106.2 USD/Metric Tonne +.2%.
  • Crude Oil 102.9/bbl. +3.3%
  • Gold 4,497.7 USD/t oz. -.6% 
  • Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.67 -.21%. 
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 35.27 -.08%.
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 99.1 -1.4%.
  • US 10-Year Yield 4.40% -2.0 basis points. 
  • Japan 30-Year Yield 3.75% +3.0 basis points. 
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 28.7 +.7%. 
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures -1.3%.
  • S&P 500 futures -.44%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures -.52%.

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are sharply lower, weighed down by transport and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open lower and to maintain losses into the afternoon. The Portfolio is Market Neutral heading into the week.