Broad Equity Market Tone:
- Advance/Decline Line: Substantially Higher
- Sector Performance: Almost Every Sector Rising
- Market Leading Stocks: Performing In Line
- Volatility(VIX) 19.5 -.4%
- DJIA Intraday % Swing 1.39%
- Bloomberg Global Risk On/Risk Off Index 56.9 +2.6%
- Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 147.2 +.9%
- Emerging Markets Currency Volatility(VXY) 10.6 -.09%
- CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index 38.2 -.7%
- ISE Sentiment Index 88.0 -6.0 points
- North American Investment Grade CDS Index 72.35 -2.8%
- US Energy High-Yield OAS 355.5 -2.2%
- Bloomberg TRACE # Distressed Bonds Traded 318.0 -19.0
- European Financial Sector CDS Index 87.81 -3.5%
- Credit Suisse Subordinated 5Y Credit Default Swap 376.50 -.48%
- Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 182.0 basis points unch.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 106.6 +.7%
- Emerging Market CDS Index 227.07 -1.5%
- China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 28.09 +.16%
- 2-Year Swap Spread 24.0 basis points -1.25 basis points
- TED Spread 18.75 basis points +.5 basis point
- 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -14.0 -.25 basis point
- MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 138.0 -2.0 basis points
- Bloomberg US Agg CMBS Avg OAS 108.0 -2.0 basis points
- Avg. Auto ABS OAS .72 -3.0 basis points
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 48.5 +.02%
- 3-Month T-Bill Yield 4.65% +1.0 basis point
- China Iron Ore Spot 125.8 USD/Metric Tonne +.11%
- Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 66.0 euros/megawatt-hour -1.3%
- Citi US Economic Surprise Index -17.7 unch.
- Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 84.6 -3.1 points
- Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 4.0 -2.9 points
- S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 228.28 -.19: Growth Rate +10.7% -.2 percentage point, P/E 17.6 +.4
- Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index .27 +6.0 basis points
- Yield Curve -71.75 basis points (2s/10s) -1.0 basis point
- US Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast +3.53% unch.
- Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcast Core PCE YoY +4.45% unch.: CPI YoY +6.34% unch.
- 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.28 +5.0 basis points
- Highest target rate probability for March 22nd FOMC meeting: 88.5%(+9.4 percentage points) chance of 4.75%-5.0%. Highest target rate probability for May 3rd meeting: 57.4%(+.8 percentage point) chance of 4.75%-5.0%.
US Covid-19:
- 105
new infections/100K people(last 7 days total). 7.2%(-.0 percentage
point) of 1/14/22 peak(1,740) -0/100K people from prior report.
- New
Covid-19 patient hospital admissions per 100K population -81.0%(-3.5
percentage points) from peak 7-day avg. of 1/9/22 - 1/15/22
Overseas Futures:
- Nikkei 225 Futures: Indicating +229 open in Japan
- China A50 Futures: Indicating +170 open in China
- DAX Futures: Indicating +46 open in Germany
- Higher: On gains in my commodity/medical/tech/industrial sector longs
- Disclosed Trades: Covered some of my (IWM)/(QQQ) hedges, then added them back
- Market Exposure: 50% Net Long