TODAY’S S&P 500 SET-UP – January 30, 2012

As we look at today’s set up for the S&P 500, the range is 29 points or -1.47% downside to 1297 and 0.73% upside to 1326. 

 

SECTOR AND GLOBAL PERFORMANCE

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EQUITY SENTIMENT:

TREASURIES – rising inflation expectations slow growth expectations – the 10yr yield is getting smoked this morning down to 1.86% and is right back into what we call a Bearish Formation. The Yield Spread has compressed 13bps in a week with Bernanke leaning on the long-end. Jaime Dimon won’t be pleased; neither will US Equity investors looking for rotation out of bonds.

  • ADVANCE/DECLINE LINE: 857 (918) 
  • VOLUME: NYSE 850.21(-1.89%)
  • VIX:  18.53 -0.22% YTD PERFORMANCE: -20.81%
  • SPX PUT/CALL RATIO: 1.94 from 2.03 (-4.43)

CREDIT/ECONOMIC MARKET LOOK:

  • TED SPREAD: 50.03
  • 3-MONTH T-BILL YIELD: 0.05%
  • 10-Year: 1.85 from 1.89
  • YIELD CURVE: 1.65 from 1.68

MACRO DATA POINTS (Bloomberg Estimates):

  • 8:30am: Personal Income, Dec., est. 0.4% (prior 0.1%)
  • 8:30am: Personal Spending, Dec., est. 0.1% (prior 0.1%)
  • 10:30am: Dallas Fed., Jan., est. 0.5 (prior -3.0)
  • 11am: Export inspections: corn, soybeans, wheat
  • 11:30am, U.S. to sell $31b 3-month, $29b 6-month bills
  • U.S. Treasury Releases Quarterly Borrowing Estimates

GOVERNMENT:

    • Quinnipiac University releases latest Fla. poll, a day before Republican primary, 8am
    • House not in session; Senate in session
    • House subcommittee field hearing on drilling in Cuba, Bahamas 10am

WHAT TO WATCH: 

  • EU leaders gather for their first summit of 2012 as a deteriorating economy, struggle to complete Greek debt writeoff risk sidetracking efforts to stamp out financial crisis
  • ABB to buy Thomas & Betts for $72/shr, or $3.9b, to expand its North American distribution network, boost low-voltage equipment
  • Facebook said to plan IPO filing as early as coming week
  • U.S. consumer purchases in Dec. may have risen 0.1% for a third consecutive month, economists est.
  • Euro-area confidence in the economic outlook improved less than forecast in January
  • Ex-UBS trader Kweku Adoboli pleads not guilty over $2.3b loss
  • El Paso is in advanced talks to sell its oil-exploration unit to a group led by Apollo Global for ~$7b: WSJ
  • Citigroup Chairman Richard Parsons considers stepping down: WSJ
  • Bank of America named Christian Meissner sole leader of global investment banking
  • Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Citigroup made some of the yr’s biggest pay cuts in compensation, avg. as much as 30%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg
  • TonenGeneral agreed to buy partner Exxon’s Japanese business for $3.9b
  • Delta Air Lines is studying a bid for US Airways Group
  • "The Grey,’’ an action film starring Liam Neeson, opened in first place in U.S., Canadian cinemas with $20m
  • Fed’s pledge to keep interest rates low, possibly boost asset purchases will release cash into system, helping equities, Templeton’s Mark Mobius tells Bloomberg
  • No IPOs scheduled: Bloomberg data

EARNINGS:

    • Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 6:30am, $0.45
    • Wendy’s (WEN) 8am, $0.04
    • Gannett (GCI) 8:15am, $0.68
    • Hologic (HOLX) 4:01pm, $0.32
    • Plum Creek Timber (PCL) 4:04pm, $0.39
    • McKesson (MCK) 4:10pm, $1.38
    • Graco (GGG) 4:30pm, $0.51
    • Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) 5pm, $1.84
    • SL Green Realty (SLG) Aft-mkt, $1.00

COMMODITY/GROWTH EXPECTATION (HEADLINES FROM BLOOMBERG)

  • Hedge-Fund Bulls Add to Bets as Rally Accelerates: Commodities
  • Gasoline Shutdowns Spur Record Bullish Futures: Energy Markets
  • Gold Drops From Seven-Week High as Euro Declines, Demand Weakens
  • Natural Gas Rises for Second Day on Forecast for Colder Weather
  • Copper Falls for Second Day on Speculation Prices Rose Too High
  • Soybeans, Corn Drop as Rains Ease South American Crop Concern
  • Cocoa Falls on Ivorian Forward Sales Speculation, Sugar Advances
  • Vietnam May Export up to 3.5 Million Tons of Rice in First Half
  • EU to Decide in July on Free Post-2012 CO2 Permits for Power
  • Africa Seen Mirroring Brazil in Atlantic Coast Drilling:Energy
  • Rubber May Gain to Highest Since September: Technical Analysis
  • JFE Forecasts First Annual Loss as Slowing Economies Hurt Demand
  • Barclays Says Sell Usiminas on Steel Imports: Brazil Credit
  • COMMODITIES DAYBOOK: Hedge-Fund Bulls Add to Bets as Rally Gains
  • Oil Falls a Second Day on Speculation EU Debt Talks May Fail
  • Gold January Rally Pointing to Record $2,300: Technical Analysis
  • Kloeckner Drops as CEO Sees Lower Steel Demand: Frankfurt Mover

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CURRENCIES


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EUROPEAN MARKETS

GERMANY – if the Greeks think they’re going to play a game of chicken with the Germans, we’ll take the Germans. Critically, the DAX backs off its long-term TAIL line of 6503 hard this morning as European stocks and bonds finally have a down day of consequence.


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ASIAN MARKETS


ASIA – the Chinese came back from holidays and just sold (we’re long Chinese Equities). They should have because Bernanke just jammed them with a commodity inflation tax and that’s the #1 thing, on the margin, that slows Chinese, Indian, etc growth. India’s Sensex(we’re short) failed at its TAIL line of 17,643 resistance and the Nikkei (we’re short) closed down for 3rd consecutive day.


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MIDDLE EAST


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The Hedgeye Macro Team