Thursday, August 19, 2021

Stocks Lower into Final Hour on Afghanistan Pullout Debacle, Virus Mandate/Lockdown Fears, Fed Taper Worries, Commodity/Transport Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Declining
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 21.7 +.3%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 2,287.0 -117.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 132.42 -.24%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.0 +3.1%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 42.5 +.4%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 100.0  -9.1 points
  • Total Put/Call 1.0 +12.4%
  • NYSE Arms 1.53 +17.7%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 50.66 +1.1%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 460.30 +2.4%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 54.16 +1.5%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 105.0 +2.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 75.0 -7.3%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 167.03 +1.7%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 38.32 -.18%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 9.5 +.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 8.5 +2.0 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -2.25 -.25 basis point
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  75.5 -.5 basis point
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 71.5 -.25 basis points
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 59.15 -.53%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .05% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 105.0 -1.0 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 134.45 USD/Metric Tonne -7.6%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -37.1 -1.0 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 6.2 -.9 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 36.9 -.5 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.30 -2.0 basis points
  • 100.0% chance of no change at Nov. 3rd meeting, 100.0% chance of no change at Dec. 15th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 296 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) +3/100K people
  • 56% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) +1.0 percentage point
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -51 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -1 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +7 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my tech/medical sector longs, index hedges and emerging market shorts
  • Disclosed Trades: Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 50% Net Long

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