Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Bear Radar

Style Underperformer:
  • Small-Cap Value -1.3%
Sector Underperformers:
  • 1) Oil Service -3.5% 2) Airlines -3.5% 3) Gaming -2.7%
Stocks Falling on Unusual Volume: 
  • NOVA, CHDN, COG, NUVA, JWN, STL, EPRT, GRAF, BCSF, SBNY, KSS, PENN, SPR, MTN, CLR, CZR, GES, EOG, SSP, NKLA, SLB, WLL, SUI, AXSM, FLXN, BEAM, ARCH, EQT and UNFI
Stocks With Unusual Put Option Activity:
  • 1) ARMK 2) AR 3) ON 4) CZR 5) ALXN
Stocks With Most Negative News Mentions:
  • 1) IVDN 2) BTU 3) NKLA 4) WPX  5) DVN
Charts:

Bull Radar

Style Outperformer:
  • Mid-Cap Growth +.2%
Sector Outperformers:
  • 1) Gold & Silver +1.7% 2) Alt Energy +1.6% 3) Computer Hardware +1.0%
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume:
  • ANGO, SRNE, IPOB, BYND, AMSC, AXNX, FRG, HGEN and PTON
Stocks With Unusual Call Option Activity:
  • 1) FIT 2) EMB 3) UNFI 4) TAP 5) PEP
Stocks With Most Positive News Mentions:
  • 1) SRNE 2) ANGO 3) AYRO 4) ASC 5) SWM
Charts:

Morning Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

 

Monday, September 28, 2020

Tuesday Watch

Night Trading 
  • Asian equity indices are -.25% to +.5% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 77.25 + basis points.
  • China Sovereign CDS 49.25 + basis points.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 59.41 .
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index -31.0 - points.
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 31.95 -.%
  • FTSE 100 futures +.24%.
  • S&P 500 futures +.23%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures +.27%.
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Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate

Before the Open:
  • (ANGO)/-.07
  • (INFO)/.69
  • (MKC)/1.52
After the Close:
  • (CMTL)/.06
  • (HTZ)/-3.48
  • (MU)/.94
  • (PRGS)/.77
  • (SNX)/2.26
Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
  • Advance Goods Trade Balance report for August is estimated at -$81.7B versus -$79.2B in July.
  • Wholesale Inventories MoM for Aug. is estimated to fall -.1% versus a -.3% decline in July.
  • Retail Inventories MoM for Aug. is estimated to rise +1.1% versus a +1.2% gain in July.
9:00 am EST
  • S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City MoM for July is estimated to rise +.1% versus unch. in June.
10:00 am EST
  • The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for Sept. is estimated to rise to 90.0 versus 84.8 in Aug.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Quarles speaking, Fed's Clarida speaking, US weekly retail sales reports, Eurozone inflation data report and the China Manufacturing PMI report could also impact trading today.
Market Hours
Normal:
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by consumer and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to weaken into the afternoon, finishing mixed. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the day.

 

Morning Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Monday Watch

Night Trading
  • Asian indices are unch. to +.75% on average.
  • Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 77.75 +6.75 basis points.
  • China Sovereign CDS 50.5 +1.25 basis points.
  • Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 59.07 -.03%.
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 125.0 +34.0 points.
  • Volatility Index(VIX) futures 31.10 -.40%. 
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures +1.28%.
  • S&P 500 futures +.30%.
  • NASDAQ 100 futures +.26%.

Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate

Before the Open:
  • (CALM)/-.55
  • (SINA)/.50
  • (THO)/1.40
  • (WB)/.46
After the Close:
  • (UNFI)/.72
Economic Releases
10:30 am EST
  • The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index for Sept. is estimated at 10.0 versus 8.0 in Aug.
Upcoming Splits
  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Mexico Trade Balance report and (BABA) investor day could also impact trading today.
Market Hours
Normal:
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly higher, boosted by technology and consumer shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly higher and to maintain gains into the afternoon.  The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the week.