Monday, December 27, 2021

Stocks Surging into Final Hour on Diminishing US Virus Mandate/Lockdown Fears, Seasonal Strength, Oil Gain, Tech/Energy Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:

  • Advance/Decline Line:  Substantially Higher
  • Sector Performance:  Almost Every Sector Rising
  • Volume:  Light
  • Market Leading Stocks: Underperforming
Equity Investor Angst:
  • Volatility(VIX) 17.7 -1.3%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,038.0 +32.0 points
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 134.11 +.45%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 11.3 +1.3%
  • CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index 27.1 -9.0% 
  • ISE Sentiment Index 147.0  +23.0 points
  • Total Put/Call .74 -6.3%
  • NYSE Arms 1.1 +20.2%
Credit Investor Angst:
  • North American Investment Grade CDS Index 49.18 -1.2%
  • US Energy High-Yield OAS 391.41 -1.5%
  • European Financial Sector CDS Index 55.71 +.37%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 137.0 +1.0 basis point
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 80.0 -1.4%
  • Emerging Market CDS Index 190.53 -3.6%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 33.09 -.03%
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 23.25 -.75 basis point
  • TED Spread 16.25 +.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -3.0 unch.
  • MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  71.25 -.5 basis point
  • IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 72.25 unch.
Economic Gauges:
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 55.57 -1.01%
  • 3-Month T-Bill Yield .04% -2.0 basis points
  • Yield Curve 79.0 unch.
  • China Iron Ore Spot 120.60 USD/Metric Tonne -1.2%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 22.9 -1.0 point
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 27.0 +.5 point
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index -6.7 -1.3 points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.52 +2.0 basis points
  • 41.6%(-1.9 percentage points) chance of no change at March 16th FOMC meeting, 26.9%(-3.1 percentage points) chance of no change at May 4th meeting
US Covid-19:
  • 438 new infections/100K people(last 7 days total) +86/100K people
  • 82% of Jan. 7th, 2021 peak(highest daily avg. new infections) +16.0 percentage points
Overseas Futures:
  • Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +350 open in Japan 
  • China A50 Futures: Indicating +101 open in China
  • DAX Futures: Indicating +25 open in Germany
Portfolio:
  • Higher: On gains in my tech/industrial/consumer discretionary/medical/transport sector longs
  • Disclosed Trades:  None
  • Market Exposure:  100% Net Long

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