TODAY’S S&P 500 SET-UP – February 13, 2012

 

As we look at today’s set up for the S&P 500, the range is 22 points or -0.35% downside to 1338 and 1.29% upside to 1360. 

 

SECTOR AND GLOBAL PERFORMANCE

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EQUITY SENTIMENT:

  • ADVANCE/DECLINE LINE: -1604 (-1640) 
  • VOLUME: NYSE 750.64 (-1.13%)
  • VIX:  20.79 11.59% YTD PERFORMANCE: -11.15%
  • SPX PUT/CALL RATIO: 1.40 from 1.54 (-9.09%)

CREDIT/ECONOMIC MARKET LOOK:

  • TED SPREAD: 42.47
  • 3-MONTH T-BILL YIELD: 0.08%
  • 10-Year: 2.02 from 1.99
  • YIELD CURVE: 1.75 from 1.71

MACRO DATA POINTS (Bloomberg Estimates):

  • 11am: Export inspections: corn, soybeans, wheat
  • 11:30am: U.S. to sell $33b 3-mo., $31b 6-mo. bills
  • 9:45pm: Fed’s Williams speaks in Claremont, Calif.

 GOVERNMENT:

  • Obama delivers remarks on FY2013 budget request in speech to Northern Virginia Community College students, 11am
  • Numerous departments, including transportation, HHS, energy, hold budget briefings
  • House meets in pro forma session, 1pm. Senate meets 2pm    

 WHAT TO WATCH: 

  • Greek parliament approves austerity measures as rioters battled police, set fire to buildings in Athens
  • European finance ministers will meet Feb. 15 to ratify Greek aid package
  • Japan’s 4Q GDP fell more than expected, -0.6% on quarter vs -0.3% est.
  • U.S. Budget to outline how govt. spends more than $3 trillion in next fiscal year
  • Vodafone says in early stages of evaluation a potential offer for Cable & Wireless
  • Weatherford cleared of Macondo disaster liability, Judge says
  • Apple adds patent infringement claims against Samsung with suit
  • ‘The Vow’ is No. 1 movie with $41.7m in ticket sales, second weekend on record that four movies gross more than $20m each
  • Goldman to Sell 9.5m Shares in Hana Financial: Dow Jones
  • EU Willing to Be Flexible on Airlines Emissions Tax: WSJ

 EARNINGS:

  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) 7 a.m., $(0.61)
  • Diebold (DBD) 7:30 a.m., $0.84
  • Brookfield Renewable Energy (BEP-u CN) 8 a.m., $0.07
  • Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) 4 p.m., $0.04
  • Rackspace Hosting (RAX) 4 p.m., $0.15
  • Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX) 4:01 p.m., $0.23
  • Gen-Probe (GPRO) 4:01 p.m., $0.68
  • Health Management Associates (HMA) 4:01 p.m., $0.21
  • Lender Processing Services (LPS) 4:05 p.m., $0.58
  • Seattle Genetics (SGEN) 4:05 p.m., $(0.30)
  • Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 4:06 p.m., $0.65
  • Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 4:30 p.m., $0.56
  • Masco (MAS) 5 p.m., $(0.02)
  • TAL International Group (TAL) 5:48 p.m., $0.98

COMMODITY/GROWTH EXPECTATION (HEADLINES FROM BLOOMBERG)

OIL – hooo-wah! Big breakout for Brent Oil to $118.28/barrel this morning with no immediate-term TRADE resistance to $120ish. If you’re looking for the #1 factor that will slow global consumption growth sequentially here in February (vs what was a big growth ramp in DEC/JAN), the black stuff in the barrel is it.

  • Speculators Lift Wagers to Highest Since September: Commodities
  • Gold Advances in London as Weaker Dollar Spurs Investor Demand
  • Oil Rises From Three-Day Low as Greece Passes Austerity Measures
  • Copper Rises as Equities, Euro Gain on Greek Austerity Approval
  • Wheat Gains as Drought Threatens Ukraine, Egypt Buys From U.S.
  • Robusta Coffee Rises as Vietnamese Exports Fall; Sugar Advances
  • Iran Sanctions Tighten as OSG to Frontline Halt Crude Loading
  • Soybean Oil Futures Rise in China to 3-Month High: Beijing Mover
  • Dragon-Year Baby Boom Seen Boosting China’s Milk-Powder Imports
  • Rusal Plans to Keep First-Quarter Output Stable, Sell Inventory
  • Chinalco Unit Expects China Aluminum Market in Surplus This Year
  • Hedge Fund Heating Oil Bets Surge on Deadly Cold: Energy Markets
  • First Solar-to-Vestas Wind Profit Crash Deters New CEOs: Energy
  • Crude Rises From Three-Day Low on Greece
  • Russia Wheat Exports Restricted by Domestic Price, SovEcon Says

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CURRENCIES

 

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EUROPEAN MARKETS

 

FRANCE – alongside covering our SPY short, we covered our French Equity short position on Friday as well. Typically, short-and-hold isn’t what we do. That said, we’re watching the long-term TAIL line of resistance for the CAC of 3556 very closely as we think that’s going to be a good proxy for non-German European growth/inflation for the next few quarters.


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ASIAN MARKETS

 

JAPAN – top 3 economy in the world drops to a -2.3% y/y GDP print in Q411 (brutal); now its full throttle game on for the Japanese as we head toward a massive sovereign debt maturity in March ($745B!). When we were getting hawked up about Italian debt in Feb of 2011, consensus didn’t have it in the area code of its map either. Stay tuned…

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MIDDLE EAST

 

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The Hedgeye Macro Team