Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Stocks Reversing Lower into Final Hour on Impeachment Talk, China Trade Tensions, Global Growth Worries, Energy/Tech Sector Weakness

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Above Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 16.9 +13.5%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 122.45 -.23%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.17 -.97%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 41.67 +1.49%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 84.0 -5.34%
  • Total Put/Call 1.18 +14.6%
  • NYSE Arms 1.78 +10.4%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 60.60 +2.44%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 401.0 +1.78%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 65.38 +.90%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 143.25 +2.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 74.70 +2.35%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 214.08 +3.0%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 165.87 +.05%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread -2.25 -2.0 basis points
  • TED Spread 22.25 -1.5 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -14.0 -9.75 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 65.59 +.09%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.90% +1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve .03 -1.0 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 88.09 USD/Metric Tonne -3.1%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 40.90 -3.8 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -64.90 +2.4 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -7.8 +.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.58 -3.0 basis points
  • 84.6% chance of Fed rate cut at Dec. 11th meeting, 92.4% chance of cut at Jan. 29th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -323 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -50 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -68 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my industrial/tech/biotech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging markets shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 25% Net Long

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