Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Stocks Loweri into Final Hour on China Trade Deal Concerns, Global Growth Worries, Profit-Taking, Energy/Transport Sector Weakness

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Lower
  • Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 16.2 +8.7%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 124.89 -.35%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 6.96 +2.05%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 46.1 +2.6%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 90.0 +15
  • Total Put/Call 1.21 +22.2%
  • NYSE Arms 1.23 +35.2%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 52.36 +2.1%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 636.0 +2.55%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 58.11 +1.81%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 163.5 +.25 basis point
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 65.15 +1.46%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 206.10 +1.79%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 168.24 -.10%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 1.25 -.75 basis point
  • TED Spread 34.5 +.75 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -15.5 +2.5 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 65.32 unch.
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield 1.56% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve .18 -4.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 85.79 USD/Metric Tonne -.22%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 6.2 -2.5 basis points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -2.30 +1.1 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -27.0 +1.1 basis points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.65 -1.0 basis point
  • 14.5% chance of Fed rate cut at Jan. 29th meeting, 32.7% chance of cut at March 18th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -249 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -82 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +46 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my industrial/retail/tech sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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