miércoles, 25 de mayo de 2016

miércoles, mayo 25, 2016

Another Big-Time Short Squeeze Boosts Markets
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Explanations for Tuesday’s market rip higher are initially hard to explain.

The Philly Fed President Harker stated late Monday he expected two to three interest rate hikes in 2016. The theme had been, if so, this wouldn’t be bullish for markets. Meanwhile other regional Fed governors, Boston, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta and St Louis recommended keeping the discount rate unchanged.

But with expectations increasing for higher rates the dollar moved higher on weaker expectations from Europe and Japan. This action drove down gold and other commodities but not crude oil which rose on declining rig data.

Let’s remember the largest weights in the S&P for example are Technology, Financials and Energy. All three gained on the day. Tech gained since higher interest rates historically would drive money to the best earnings sector. The same would apply to financials/banks since higher interest rates means better earnings on deposits and lending. And, with oil prices stronger that sector rose as well. So “presto” up we went as another short squeeze was at hand.

Economic data was mixed as the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index fell to -1 vs prior 14 and into contraction. On the other hand, New Home Sales soared to $619K vs 531K with spring weather the likely cause. And, regarding housing it’s important to note the what’s going on with what you can only call “bicoastal” housing inflation.

Fly-over country data doesn’t matter naturally. That provides the Fed with enough data to dilute the overall data so as to not feature housing inflation data. But it features where high paying jobs are combined with high cost housing.

Article here: Dramatic Time Lapse Animation Showing America's Absurd Million Dollar Home Bubble
As indicated stocks rallied across the globe but clearly not supported by volume reflecting weak participation once again.

Below is the heat map from Finviz reflecting those ETF market sectors moving higher (green) and falling (red). Dependent on the day (green) may mean leveraged inverse or leveraged short (red).

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Volume was light given the magnitude of the advance and breadth per the WSJ was positive.

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Charts of the Day


  • SPY 5 MINUTE

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  • USO DAILY

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  • NYMO DAILY

    NYMO DAILY
    The NYMO is a market breadth indicator that is based on the difference between the number of advancing and declining issues on the NYSE. When readings are +60/-60 markets are extended short-term.



  • NYSI WEEKLY

    NYSI WEEKLY
    The McClellan Summation Index is a long-term version of the McClellan Oscillator. It is a market breadth indicator, and interpretation is similar to that of the McClellan Oscillator, except that it is more suited to major trends. I believe readings of +1000/-1000 reveal markets as much extended.

  • VIX WEEKLY

    VIX WEEKLY
    The VIX is a widely used measure of market risk and is often referred to as the "investor fear gauge". Our own interpretation has changed due to a variety of new factors including HFTs, new VIX linked ETPs and a multitude of new products to leverage trading and change or obscure prior VIX relevance.













It’s hard to know if good news or bad news is bullish or bearish given Tuesday’s light volume burst. But that’s old news now.

What isn’t is what lies ahead and that’s unknown. Obviously Tuesday’s conflicting reaction to higher interest rate enthusiasm is difficult to digest.

But there it is and we won’t know more, barring leaks and Fed talking heads, until mid-June when the next Fed Meeting takes place.

Let’s see what happens.

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