Saturday, April 30, 2022

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

Wall Street Journal:
Barron's:
  • Had bullish commentary on (CCL), (NCLH), (RCL), (FISV), (ROKU) and (LAD).
  • Had bearish commentary on (TDOC) and (GE).

Fox News:

CNBC:
Zero Hedge:
MarketWatch.com:    
NewsMax:
TheGatewayPundit.com:  
OpenVAERS:
SKirsch.com:
Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

Friday, April 29, 2022

Weekly Scoreboard*


S&P 500 4,131.93 -3.3%























 

Weekly Market Wrap by Edward Jones.

Indices

  • DJIA 32,977.21 -2.5%
  • NASDAQ 12,334.64 -3.9%
  • Russell 2000 1,864.10 -4.0%
  • S&P 500 High Beta 67.24 -2.3%
  • Goldman 50 Most Shorted 207.99 -5.0%
  • Wilshire 5000 41,679.16 -3.3%
  • Russell 1000 Growth 2,453.23 -3.3%
  • Russell 1000 Value 1,541.02 -3.4%
  • S&P 500 Consumer Staples 810.50 -2.1%
  • MSCI Cyclicals-Defensives Spread 1,172.07 -1.2%
  • NYSE Technology 3,112.81 -2.3%
  • Transports 14,865.06 -1.3%
  • Utilities 999.90 -4.1%
  • Bloomberg European Bank/Financial Services 71.97 -2.93%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets 42.48 +.86%
  • HFRX Equity Hedge 1,464.43 -.57%
  • HFRX Equity Market Neutral 930.66 +.02%
Sentiment/Internals
  • NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 455,207 -.97%
  • Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index -1,555 -935
  • Crude Oil Commercial Bullish % Net Position -34.2 -1.2%
  • CFTC Oil Net Speculative Position 307,697 +.96%
  • CFTC Oil Total Open Interest 1,740,300 -2.4%
  • Total Put/Call 1.24 -7.0%
  • OEX Put/Call 1.26 -13.4%
  • ISE Sentiment 88.0 +18.0 points
  • NYSE Arms 1.05 -47.6
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 4,020.0 -432.0 points
  • Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index + Bubbles 2.70 -15.0%
  • Volatility(VIX) 32.81 +10.7%
  • CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index 52.47 +9.6%
  • G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 10.0 +13.6%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility (EM-VXY) 12.07 +7.0%
  • Smart Money Flow Index 13,943.88 +1.49%
  • ICI Money Mkt Mutual Fund Assets $4.510 Trillion +.92%
  • ICI Domestic Equity Long-Term Mutual Fund/ETFs Weekly Flows -23.675 Million
  • AAII % Bulls 16.4 -13.2%
  • AAII % Bears 59.4 +35.3%
Futures Spot Prices
  • CRB Index 308.27 +1.3%
  • Crude Oil 104.05 +5.0%
  • Reformulated Gasoline 347.21 +6.7%
  • Natural Gas 7.28 +12.1%
  • Heating Oil 478.17 +37.3% 
  • Newcastle Coal 299.0 (1,000/metric ton) -12.6%
  • Gold 1,904.23 -1.2%
  • Silver 22.85 -4.6%
  • S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Index 541.60 -4.9%
  • Copper 439.90 -4.0%
  • US No. 1 Heavy Melt Scrap Steel 621.0 USD/Metric Tonne -1.3%
  • China Iron Ore Spot 145.95 USD/Metric Tonne +.2%
  • Lumber 1,034.40 +2.63%
  • UBS-Bloomberg Agriculture 1,649.12 +.93%
  • US Gulf NOLA Potash Spot 820.0 USD/Short Ton unch.
Economy
  • Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast +1.9% +.6 percentage point
  • ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index Growth Rate +4.0% -.6 percentage point
  • Bloomberg US Recession Probability Next 12 Months 25.0% unch.
  • NY Fed Real-Time Weekly Economic Index 4.3 -2.3%
  • US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index 53.6 -45.3%
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 236.61 +.31%
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 39.4 -27.7 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 53.1 +22.4 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 48.3 +4.5 points
  • Fed Fund Futures imply 0.0%(unch.) chance of +0.0-25.0 basis point hike, 99.1%(+1.2 percentage points) chance of +25.0-50.0 basis point rate hike on 5/4
  • US Dollar Index 103.0 +2.0%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index 1,686.71 -1.6%
  • Bitcoin/USD 38,655.52 -2.4%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 140.78 -1.4%
  • Yield Curve(2s/10s) 18.75 -.25 basis point
  • 10-Year US Treasury Yield 2.89% -1.0 basis point
  • Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet $8.902 Trillion -.19%
  • U.S. Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 17.4 +6.0%
  • Illinois Municipal Debt Credit Default Swap 138.36 unch.
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 184.0 +14.0 basis points
  • China Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 75.9 +4.3%
  • Brazil Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 228.26 +1.7%
  • Israel Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 39.52 -.11%
  • South Korea Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 39.93 +11.9%
  • Russia Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 3,839.0 -68.0%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 29.3 -.6%
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 3.0% -1.0 basis point
  • TED Spread 46.0 +10.25 basis points
  • 2-Year Swap Spread 33.5 +3.5 basis points
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -21.75 -1.25 basis points
  • N. America Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 82.88 +5.5%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield Credit Default Swap Index 394.76 +3.98%
  • European Financial Sector Credit Default Swap Index 101.42 +12.1%
  • Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 283.68 +5.2%
  • MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 123.0 -1.0 basis point
  • Markit CMBX BBB-6 75.6 -1.1%
  • M2 Money Supply YoY % Change 9.9 -1.1 percentage points
  • Commercial Paper Outstanding 1,104.40 +1.6%
  • 4-Week Moving Average of Jobless Claims 179,750 +1.3%
  • Continuing Claims Unemployment Rate 1.0% unch.
  • Kastle Back-to-Work Barometer(entries in secured buildings) 40.5 -5.4% 
  • Average 30-Year Fixed Home Mortgage Rate 5.42% +13.0 basis points
  • Weekly Mortgage Applications 343,100 -8.3%
  • Weekly Retail Sales +13.7% -.6 percentage point
  • OpenTable US Seated Diners % Change from 2019 +1.0% +5.8 percentage points
  • Box Office Weekly Gross $144.5M -6.5%
  • Nationwide Gas $4.16/gallon +.04/gallon
  • Baltic Dry Index 2,403 +4.2%
  • China (Export) Containerized Freight Index 3,109.8 -.6%
  • Oil Tanker Rate(Arabian Gulf to U.S. Gulf Coast) 27.5 -8.3%
  • Truckstop.com Market Demand Index 111.32 +9.6%
  • Rail Freight Carloads 268,967 +.15%
  • TSA Total Traveler Throughput 2,258,077 +23.6%
  • US Covid-19:  115 infections/100K people(last 7 days total). 7.0%(+2.0 percentage points) of peak on 1/14/22  +23/100K people from prior week
  • US Covid-19:  New patient hospital admissions per 100K -91.2%(+1.4 percentage points) from peak 7-day avg. of 1/9/22-1/15/22
Best Performing Style
  •  Mid-Cap Growth -1.3%
Worst Performing Style
  •  Small-Cap Growth -2.8%
Leading Sectors
  • Social Media +4.2%
  • Software +1.7%
  • Homebuilders +1.3%
  • Energy +.9%
  • Road & Rail +.6%
Lagging Sectors
  • Medical Equipment -4.3%
  • Networking -4.5%
  • Telecom -4.8%
  • Gold & Silver -4.8%
  • Airlines -4.9%
Weekly High-Volume Stock Gainers (4)
  • FRGE, MHK, DWAC and HUBG
Weekly High-Volume Stock Losers (38)
  • BMY, WOW, ORI, CCOI, SYK, CMCSA, CRI, HCAT, RLGY, CL, X, CVNA, STAG, IONS, INTC, COLM, SSNC, ILPT, CUBE, LBRDA, EGP, BHVN, LBRDK, FR, BHVN, CINF, EBS, CHTR, ABBV, FTAI, LYLT, RILY, WU, VRSN, CENX, AMZN, VERI and MITK
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