Monday, October 25, 2021

Stocks Rising into Final Hour on Stable Long-Term Rates, Earnings Optimism, Short-Covering, Commodity/Retail Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising
  • Volume: Around Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 15.2 -1.4%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,673.0 +36.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 136.13 -.17%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.21 +.77%
  • S&P 500 Implied Correlation 51.9 -.9%
  • ISE Sentiment Index 140.0  +51.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .66 -21.4%
  • NYSE Arms 1.04 -3.7%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 51.61 -.78%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 351.79 +1.2%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 56.55 -.25%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 108.0 -2.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 83.32 -.18%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 180.86 -1.8%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 34.28 -.36%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 17.5 +.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 7.5 +.25 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -22.75 -.25 basis point
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  68.5 -2.0 basis points
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 71.75 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 58.46 +.54%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .05% unch.
  • Yield Curve 119.0 -4.0 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 118.55 USD/Metric Tonne -1.3%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index -27.4 +5.2 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index -68.1 -.4 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -4.8 -1.1 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.67 +3.0 basis points
  • 95.6% chance of no change at Dec. 15th meeting, 90.9% chance of no change at Jan. 26th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 155 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) -6/100K people
  • 29% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) -1.0 percentage point
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +280 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -17 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +18 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my commodity/industrial/tech/consumer discretionary sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades:  Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges
  • Market Exposure:  Moved to 100% Net Long

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