Thursday, August 29, 2019

Stocks Surging into Afternoon on Diminished China Trade Tensions, Less Global Growth Pessimism, Oil Gain, Tech/Transport Sector Strength

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 17.8 -8.1%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 122.36 +.24%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.10 +.66%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 43.99 -4.6%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 80.0 -7.0%
  • Total Put/Call 1.01 -13.7%
  • NYSE Arms .82 +57.69%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 53.80 -2.67%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 421.0 -.89%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 58.25 -3.78%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 175.75 -7.5 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 66.65 +1.05%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 218.29 +1.23%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 164.91 +.05%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread -.25 +.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 13.75 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -13.75 +1.5 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 64.89 +.07%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.98% unch.
  • Yield Curve -.01 +3.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 81.30 USD/Metric Tonne +.94%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -11.6 +1.0 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -34.10 +7.2 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -18.1 +1.6 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.61+5.0 basis points
  • 100.0% chance of Fed rate cut at Oct. 30th meeting, 100.0% chance of cut at Dec. 11th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +270 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +150 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +25 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my medical/biotech/retail/industrial/tech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and some of my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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