Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:      

• Japan Mulls Vaccines to Vietnam; Australia Cases: Virus Update.
• AMC Executives Take Home Millions by Cashing In on Share Surge.
• Goldman Folds to Pressure on Secrecy Stance in Harassment Claims.
• Meme Stock Marauders Aside, the Average S&P 500 Bull Is Worried.
• Oil Gains for Second Week on Signs Summer Travel Rush Underway.
  
• Hedge Funds, Tech Spur Texas Wealth Boom as California Fades.  
• U.S. Building Boom Helps Lumber Industry Cut Its Borrowing Costs.  
• Fed to Keep ‘Invisible Presence’ in Bond Market, Citigroup Says.  
• Charting the Global Economy: Supply Constraints Restrain Growth.

Wall Street Journal:

• Hot Housing Market Leaves People Afraid to Trade Up.
• Solar Power’s Land Grab Hits a Snag: Environmentalists.
• Is Mexico’s President a Threat to Its Democracy?
• Josh Hawley vs. Rahm Emanuel.
• A Good Worker Is Hard to Find.
• Anthony Fauci and the Wuhan Lab.

CNBC:

• S&P 500 rises on Friday to close out winning week near a record high.
• California will allow GM-backed Cruise to give rides in driverless vehicles.
• Biden rejects new GOP infrastructure offer but will meet with Sen. Capito again.
• CEOs need to prepare now for exponential increase in ransomware attacks, top DOJ official says.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

MarketWatch.com:          

• Elon Musk breaks up with bitcoin? Cryptic tweet has some crypto bulls fearing the worst. 
• Let the crypto price wars begin, as Robinhood touts ‘commission free’ trade vs. Coinbase rivals   
• Interactive Brokers founder says problem with AMC Entertainment memes: ‘People…will lose a very substantial amount of money’.  
  
• Americans face mounting risk of hackers taking over brokerage accounts, regulators say.

Fox News:

• Fauci says the US gave $600K for Wuhan lab research; evidence indicates it was much more.
• Sen. Josh Hawley calls on Fauci to resign and for full investigation into COVID-19 origins.
• Fact-checkers, Facebook cited Wuhan-linked scientist to dismiss lab theory.
  

Newsmax:

• WH Press Secretary Psaki: Biden's Not Firing Fauci Anytime Soon.
• Chinese Virologist to Newsmax: Fauci's Emails Prove COVID Was Engineered.
• Rep. Hagedorn: Fauci Could be 'Covering' for China.
  

Zero Hedge:

• Watch: A Vindicated Rand Paul Decimates Fauci Over Emails. 
• COVID-19 Has Forever Destroyed Americans' Trust In Ruling Class 'Experts'.
• Pandemic Closures Cost NYC Construction Industry $9.8 Billion.
• Why Is There Such Reluctance To Discuss Natural Immunity?
• How Facebook Turned Its Market Success Into A Culture War On America.
• Manhattan Office Supply Continues To Soar Even As City Reopens.
• Majority Of Americans Believe COVID Came From Wuhan Lab; A Quarter Believe It Was "Released On Purpose", New Poll Finds.
• Labor Shortage Hits Epic Levels: Record 48% Of Businesses Can't Fill Job Openings.
• Scientist At Center Of Lab-Leak Controversy Put In Charge Of The Lancet's Task Force To Investigate COVID Origin.
• Wall Street Banks Clamp Down On Hedge Fund Shorting Of Meme Stonks
• TikTok Goes For A Biometric Grab Of 66 Million US Users .
• Weiss: What Happens When Doctors Can't Tell The Truth?
• Dollar & Bond Yields Plunge To End Meme-orable Week.
  

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Steve Bannon: NIH Director Francis Collins Should Be Fired Immediately for Claiming Wuhan Lab Isn’t Controlled by CCP (VIDEO). 
• Biden’s America Last Policies on Video: String of Chinese Cargo Ships Are Lined Up and Anchored Outside of Long Beach Port. 
• WATCH: Laura Loomer Crashes Jack Dorsey’s Speech at Bitcoin Conference, Blasts Him For Election Meddling. 
• Twitter Blocks ICAN Account for Stating They Will Be Releasing 3,600 Fauci Emails — LINK TO NEW FAUCI EMAILS BELOW.

The Epoch Times:

• LinkedIn Blocks Some China Critics on Eve of Tiananmen Anniversary, Including Epoch Times Staff.
• Senate Passes Motion Demanding Feds Impose Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Involved in Uyghur Genocide.

Digital Blackboard:

• Daily New Cases by Region.

Worldometer:

• New Cases/Deaths by state.

Rt Covid-19:

• How fast virus is growing by state.

KFF:

• State Data(Tests/Hospitalizations).

Weekly Scoreboard*

S&P 500 4,229.64 +.49%*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Weekly Wrap by Briefing.com. 

Indices

• DJIA 34,739.88 +.66%

• NASDAQ 13,810.64 +.47%

• Russell 2000 2,284.15 +.45%

• S&P 500 High Beta 78.02 +.96%

• Goldman 50 Most Shorted 330.77 +4.4%

• Wilshire 5000 44,069.83 +.46%

• Russell 1000 Growth 2,581.55 +.41%

• Russell 1000 Value 1,595.41 +.42%

• S&P 500 Consumer Staples 732.55 +.89%

• MSCI Cyclicals-Defensives Spread 1,411.88 -.63%
  

• NYSE Technology 3,960.29 +1.4%

• Transports 15,440.0 -1.8%

• Utilities 901.14 +1.1%

• Bloomberg European Bank/Financial Services 75.09 +.25%

• MSCI Emerging Markets 55.99 +2.4%

• HFRX Equity Hedge 1,423.04 +.13%

• HFRX Equity Market Neutral 948.10 +.04%

Sentiment/Internals

• NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 476,243 +.24%

• Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index 409 -183

• Crude Oil Commercial Bullish % Net Position -38.2 -2.2%

• CFTC Oil Net Speculative Position 475,490 -.10%

• CFTC Oil Total Open Interest 2,426,045 -1.3%

• Total Put/Call .87 +19.4%

• OEX Put/Call 2.07 +1.8%

• ISE Sentiment 106.0 -9.0 points

• NYSE Arms 1.40 +44.0% 
• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 3,545.0 +11.0 points
• Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index + Bubbles 3.32 -1.0% 
  

• Volatility(VIX) 16.4 -1.7%

• S&P 500 Implied Correlation 50.81 +4.2%

• G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 6.16 -1.8%
  

• Emerging Markets Currency Volatility (EM-VXY) 8.98 -1.9%

• Smart Money Flow Index 14,44.23 -.51%

• ICI Money Mkt Mutual Fund Assets $4.609 Trillion +.07%

• ICI Domestic Equity Long-Term Mutual Fund/ETFs Weekly Flows +2.965 Million

• AAII % Bulls 44.1 +21.2%

• AAII % Bears 19.8 -25.0%

Futures Spot Prices

• CRB Index 210.29 +2.1%

• Crude Oil 69.51 +3.8%

• Reformulated Gasoline 220.88 +2.4%

• Natural Gas 3.10 +5.0%

• Heating Oil 211.82 +2.8%

• Gold 1,891.50 -.71%
• Silver 27.77 -.58%
  

• S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Index 458.65 -3.3%

• Copper 452.25 -3.0%

• US No. 1 Heavy Melt Scrap Steel 507.0 USD/Metric Tonne +.4%

• China Iron Ore Spot 200.0 USD/Metric Tonne +5.8%

• Lumber 1,284.20 -2.7%

• UBS-Bloomberg Agriculture 1,292.14 +3.2%
• US Gulf NOLA Potash Spot 362.0 USD/Short Ton n/a
  

Economy

• Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast +10.3% +1.0 percentage point
  

• ECRI Weekly Leading Economic Index Growth Rate +20.0% -3.5 percentage points
  
• Bloomberg US Recession Probability Next 12 Months 10.0% unch.
  

• NY Fed Real-Time Weekly Economic Index +10.79 -4.43%

• US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index 103.4 +357.1%

• S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 198.3 +.73%

• Citi US Economic Surprise Index 10.5 +6.1 points

• Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 146.0 -8.7 points

• Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 59.6 +5.6 points

• Fed Fund Futures imply 93.0% chance of no change, 7.0% chance of rate hike on 6/16

• US Dollar Index 90.15 +.14%

• MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index 1,753.33 +.07%
  

• Bitcoin/USD 37,135.0 +2.3%

• Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 137.70 -.51%

• Yield Curve 146.0 -1.0 basis point
  

• 10-Year US Treasury Yield 1.56% -3.0 basis points
  

• Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet $7.896 Trillion +.4%

• U.S. Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 9.46 -.05%

• Illinois Municipal Debt Credit Default Swap 126.05 -8.7%
  

• Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 109.0 -1.0 basis point
  

• China Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 36.8 -.84%
  

• Brazil Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 163.77 -4.7%
  

• Israel Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 45.09 -.02%

• South Korea Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 18.52 +.64%

• Russia Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 92.82 +1.1%

• China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KCCB) 39.11 -.48%

• 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.42% -3.0 basis points

• TED Spread 11.5 -1.25 basis points

• 2-Year Swap Spread 7.75 -.75 basis point
  

• 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -2.0 -.75 basis point

• N. America Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 50.17 -.76%
  

• America Energy Sector High-Yield Credit Default Swap Index 303.0 -4.49%

• European Financial Sector Credit Default Swap Index 57.76 -1.9%
  

• Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 157.33 -1.84%
  

• MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 65.75 +1.75 basis points
  
• Markit CMBX BBB-6 73.75 +2.0 basis points

• M2 Money Supply YoY % Change 18.0 unch.
  

• Commercial Paper Outstanding 1,185.50 -.3%

• 4-Week Moving Average of Jobless Claims 428,000 -6.7%

• Continuing Claims Unemployment Rate 2.7% +10.0 basis points
  

• Average 30-Year Mortgage Rate 2.99% +4.0 basis points

• Weekly Mortgage Applications 665,900 -4.0%

• Bloomberg Consumer Comfort 55.6 +1.8 points

• Weekly Retail Sales +13.1% -10.0 basis points

• Nationwide Gas $3.05/gallon +.01/gallon

• Baltic Dry Index 2,472 -8.0%

• China (Export) Containerized Freight Index 2,296.36 n/a

• Oil Tanker Rate(Arabian Gulf to U.S. Gulf Coast) 20.0 unch.
• Truckstop.com Market Demand Index 196.07 +.13%

• Rail Freight Carloads 286,921 +.13%

Best Performing Style

• Small-Cap Value +1.2%

Worst Performing Style

• Small-Cap Growth -.4%
  

Leading Sectors

• Oil Service +11.7%

• Energy +5.7%
  

• Steel +3.3%

• REITs +3.1%

• Alt Energy +3.1%
  

Lagging Sectors

• Restaurants -1.8%
  

• Medical Equipment -1.9%

• Gaming -2.6%

• Homebuilding -3.2%

• Airlines -3.4%

Weekly High-Volume Stock Gainers (16)

• TRGP, ENV, UPST, ASAN, ODP, PDAC, AMCX, SYNA, CRNC, BIIB, ATHA, PCT, PSAC, NESR, NVDA and CIEN
  

Weekly High-Volume Stock Losers (7)

• CRWD, QDEL, BKE, ORIC, ARCB, MGNX and PD
  

ETFs

• High-Volume Gainers

• High-Volume Losers

Stocks

• High-Volume Gainers

• High-Volume Losers

*5-Day Change

Stocks Surging into Afternoon on Diminished Fed Taper Fears, Economic Optimism, Dollar Weakness, Tech/Biotech Sector Strength

Broad Equity Market Tone:

• Advance/Decline Line: Higher
  

• Sector Performance: Most Sectors Rising
  

• Volume: Below Average

• Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
  

Equity Investor Angst:

• Volatility(VIX) 16.3 -9.4%
• Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 3,535.0 +72.0 points

• Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 137.69 -.41%

• Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 9.0 -.6%

• S&P 500 Implied Correlation 49.9 -1.6%

• ISE Sentiment Index 105.0  -38.0 points
  

• Total Put/Call .85 +28.8%

• NYSE Arms .99 +4.2%

Credit Investor Angst:

• North American Investment Grade CDS Index 50.22 -1.1%
  

• US Energy High-Yield OAS 421.23 +.58%

• European Financial Sector CDS Index 57.73 -.98%

• Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 109.0 +1.0 basis point
  

• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 84.76 -2.87%
  

• Emerging Market CDS Index 157.33 -2.1%
  

• China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KCCB) 39.11 -.36%

• 2-Year Swap Spread 7.75 -.25 basis point

• TED Spread 11.5 +.25 basis point
  

• 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -2.0 +.5 basis point
  
• MBS  5/10 Treasury Spread  66.0 +1.25 basis points
  
• IHS Markit CMBX BBB- 6 73.75 +1.25 basis points
  

Economic Gauges:

• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 61.72 +.60%
• 3-Month T-Bill Yield .02% unch.
  

• Yield Curve 146.0 +2.0 basis points
  

• China Iron Ore Spot 200.0 USD/Metric Tonne +2.1%

• Citi US Economic Surprise Index 10.5 -2.8 points

• Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 146.0 -6.3 points
  

• Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 59.60 +.1 point

• 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.42 -3.0 basis points
• 93.0% chance of no change at Sept. 22nd meeting, 93.0% chance of no change at Nov. 3rd meeting

Overseas Futures:

• Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +203 open in Japan 
• China A50 Futures: Indicating -1 open in China

• DAX Futures: Indicating +11 open in Germany

Portfolio:

• Higher: On gains in my tech/industrial/biotech/commodity/medical sector longs
  

• Disclosed Trades: None
  

• Market Exposure: 100% Net Long