Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Stocks Substantially Lower into Final Hour on Coronavirus Fears, European/Emerging Markets/US High-Yld Debt Angst, Oil Plunge, Energy/Financial Sector Weakness

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Every Sector Declining
  • Volume: Heavy
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 83.7 +10.0%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 121.92 -.73%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 13.9 +6.4%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 86.35 +.4%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 58.0 -3
  • Total Put/Call 1.49 +46.1%
  • NYSE Arms 1.67 +167.1%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 143.73 +15.4%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield CDS Index 1,484.0 +1.5%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 163.97 +14.4%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 267.0 -12.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 151.21 +6.7%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 456.72 +17.0%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 171.03 +.04%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 9.75 -.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 89.25 +27.5 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -26.75 +19.25 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 58.29 -2.17%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .01% -16.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve .56 +18.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 89.24 USD/Metric Tonne +.70%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 60.70 +3.1 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 2.8 -.3 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -40.3 -.3 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread .64 unch.
  • 88.3% chance of no change at April 29th meeting, 80.7% chance of no change at June 10th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -436 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -481 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -155 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Lower: On losses in my consumer staple, biotech, tech, medical, industrial sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: 25% Net Long

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