Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Stocks Falling Substantially into Afternoon on Fed Rate-Hike Fears, European/Emerging Markets/US High-Yield Debt Angst, Technical Selling, Transport/Tech Sector Weakness

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Heavy
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 18.5 +15.7%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 135.15 +.11%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.75 +1.9%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 37.99 +5.9%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 75.0 -43.6%
  • Total Put/Call 1.11 +19.4%
  • NYSE Arms .88 -28.21%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 63.77 +3.33%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 391.0 +.77%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 88.74 +.82%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 295.25 +2.5 basis points
  • Asia Pacific Sovereign Debt CDS Index 9.90 -.65%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 210.23 +2.15%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 150.46 +.05%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 18.0 unch.
  • TED Spread 15.25 -4.25 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -41.0 -.25 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 66.22 -.10%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 2.27% +4.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve 34.75 +2.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 69.77 USD/Metric Tonne -.33%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 7.1 +.5 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -28.2 +1.3 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -10.6 +.2 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.16 -1.0 basis point
  • 78.2% chance of Fed rate hike at Dec. 19th meeting, 79.4% chance at Jan. 30th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -376 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -181 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -45 open in Germany
Portfolio: 
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my index hedges and emerging market shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long

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