Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Stocks Mostly Higher into Final Hour on Global Stimulus Hopes, Short-Covering, Technical Buying, Commodity/Homebuilding Sector Strength

 Broad Equity Market Tone:
  • Advance/Decline Line: Slightly Higher
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising
  • Volume: Below Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 30.3 -5.8%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 126.65 +.39%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.87 +1.65%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 59.4 -7.8%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 105.0 -9.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .88 +14.3%
  • NYSE Arms .80 -31.6%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 74.77 -.12%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 910.61 +.16%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 74.06 +1.09%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 165.75 +.25 basis point
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index  80.5 +.17%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 197.43 -.09%
  • iBoxx Offshore RMB China Corporate High Yield Index 174.73 +.30%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 6.75 -.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 14.25 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -8.75 +3.0 basis points
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  99.0 +3.0 basis points
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 68.25 +.25 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.78 +.24%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .13% unch.
  • Yield Curve 46.0 -2.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 106.41 USD/Metric Tonne +-2.53%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 243.4 +7.1 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -25.30 +1.9 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -22.10 -1.9 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 1.40 -2.0 basis points
  • 100.0% chance of no change at Sept. 16 meeting, 100.0% chance of no change at Nov. 5th meeting
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +78 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +20 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +5 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my industrial/consumer staple/biotech/medical sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 50% Net Long

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