Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Stocks Higher into Final Hour on Central Bank Hopes, Short-Covering, Homebuilding/Tech Sector Strength

Today's Market Take:

Broad Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • VIX 13.54 -5.91%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 100.0 +11.1%
  • Total Put/Call .89 -12.75%
  • NYSE Arms .97 +12.84%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 80.76 -1.57%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 157.40 -5.86%
  • Western Europe Sovereign Debt CDS Index 97.67 -2.02%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 233.58 -1.32%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 13.5 unch.
  • TED Spread 23.0 unch.
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -17.75 -.5 bp
Economic Gauges:
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .05% unch.
  • Yield Curve 147.0 unch.
  • China Import Iron Ore Spot $136.40/Metric Tonne-1.16%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -4.90 +.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.37 +2 basis points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei Futures: Indicating +281 open in Japan
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +20 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Higher: On gains in my retail, biotech, medical and tech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges, then added them back
  • Market Exposure: 50% Net Long

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