Monday, October 18, 2021

Stocks Reversing Slightly Higher into Afternoon on Earnings Optimism, Stable Long-Term Rates, Declining China Debt Bubble-Bursting Angst, Consumer Discretionary/Tech Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Modestly Lower
  • Sector Performance: Mixed
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 16.4 +.3%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,444.0 -6.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 136.82 +.09%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 8.82 +.6%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 55.6 +.6%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 119.0  +13.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .77 -19.4%
  • NYSE Arms 1.05 +4.0%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 52.35 +.46%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 357.45 -1.4%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 57.63 +.88%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 105.0 +1.0 basis point
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 85.22 -2.5%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 182.75 +1.31%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 35.0 +.76%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 15.75 +1.5 basis points
  • TED Spread 8.0 -.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -22.75 -.25 basis point
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  68.0 +.75 basis point
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 71.75 +.25 basis point
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 58.63 -.27%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .04% unch.
  • Yield Curve 119.0 +2.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 120.85 USD/Metric Tonne +.3%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -32.9 -10.8 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -73.5 +.2 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -4.4 -.1 point
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.54 -2.0 basis points
  • 97.8% chance of no change at Dec. 15th meeting, 94.2% chance of no change at Jan. 26th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 177 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) -8/100K people
  • 33% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) -2.0 percentage points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +80 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -1 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -17 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my tech/commodity/industrial/consumer discretionary sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades:  Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure: Moved to 100% Net Long

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