Friday, December 03, 2021

Stocks Reversing Substantially Lower into Final Hour on US Policy-Induced Stagflation Fears, Global Virus Lockdown Worries, Less Dovish Fed Commentary, Tech/Alt Energy Sector Weakness

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Lower
  • Sector Performance: Most Sectors Declining
  • Volume: Above Average
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 34.0 +21.5%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 1,410.0 -526.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 131.52 -.24%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 11.4 +3.1%
  • CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index 43.4 +17.0% 
  • ISE Sentiment Index 107.0  -6.0 points
  • Total Put/Call 1.10 +2.8%
  • NYSE Arms 1.16 +163.6%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 58.80 +2.2%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 428.69 -.16%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 66.86 +1.0%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 130.0 -2.0 basis points
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 93.0 -1.66%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 210.20 +1.3%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 32.79 -.20%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 22.75 -.25 basis point
  • TED Spread 13.75 +1.0 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -18.75 +12.0 basis points
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  75.0 -.25 basis point
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 72.75 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 53.38 -.29%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .04% -1.0 basis point
  • Yield Curve 81.0 -4.25 basis points
  • China Iron Ore Spot 103.30 USD/Metric Tonne +.05%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 33.6 +15.1 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 5.7 -2.2 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -12.1 -1.7 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.44 -3.0 basis points
  • 95.1%(unch.) chance of no change at Jan. 26th meeting, 69.6%(unch.) chance of no change at March 16th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 212 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) +35/100K people
  • 40% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) +7.0 percentage point
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating -385 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating -101 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating -54 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Slightly Higher: On gains in my index hedges and emerging market shorts
  • Disclosed Trades:  Added to my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges and to my emerging market shorts
  • Market Exposure:  Moved to 25% Net Long

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