Monday, September 27, 2021

Stocks Slightly Lower into Final Hour on Labor/Product Shortage Fears, Higher Long-Term Rates, Tax Hike Worries, Tech/Medical Equipment Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Outperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 18.3 +2.8%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,228.0 +1.0 point
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 134.03 +.09%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.7 -.9%.
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 55.5 +2.9%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 108.0  +28.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .80 -18.4%
  • NYSE Arms .43 -48.8%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 50.93 -.12%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 373.64 -1.6%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 55.26 -.23%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 102.0 +1.0 basis point
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 87.0 +1.68%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 176.74 +1.2%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 37.19 +.03%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 11.25 -.5 basis point
  • TED Spread 10.75 +.75 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -2.5 -.25 basis point
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  72.75 -1.5 basis points
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 71.75 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 59.12 -.07%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .03% unch.
  • Yield Curve 118.0 -1.0 basis point
  • China Iron Ore Spot 117.55 USD/Metric Tonne unch.
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -28.8 +2.0 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -63.8 -.3 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -.8 -1.4 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.36 +2.0 basis points
  • 98.5% chance of no change at Dec. 15th meeting, 98.5% chance of no change at Jan. 26th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 257 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) -16/100K people
  • 48% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) -3.0 percentage points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -135 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +38 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +15 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my industrial/consumer discretionary sector longs,
  • Disclosed Trades: None
  • Market Exposure: 100% Net Long

No comments: