Friday, December 14, 2012

Stocks Slightly Lower into Final Hour on Fiscal Cliff Fears, Eurozone Debt Angst, Technical Selling, Oil Service/HMO Weakness

Today's Market Take:

Broad Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Slightly Higher
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • VIX 16.79 +1.39%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 135.0 +26.2%
  • Total Put/Call .84 -.5%
  • NYSE Arms .80 -23.23%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 94.55 +.12%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 152.11 +.43%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 110.41 bps -1.34%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 209.0 bps -.69%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 12.75 +1.25 bps
  • TED Spread 28.75 +3.0 bps
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -22.50 -1.0 bp
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .02% -3 bps
  • Yield Curve 148.0 unch.
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $129.30/Metric Tonne +2.29%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 50.6 -.5 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.46 -1 bp
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating +37 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +7 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my retail, tech and biotech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: 25% Net Long

No comments: