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


As we look at today’s set up for the S&P 500, the range is 25 points or -0.43% downside to 1329 and 1.44% upside to 1354. 

                                            

SECTOR AND GLOBAL PERFORMANCE


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EQUITY SENTIMENT:

  • ADVANCE/DECLINE LINE: on 07/12 NYSE -792
    • Down versus the prior day’s trading of 75
  • VOLUME: on 07/12 NYSE 763.79
    • Decrease versus prior day’s trading of -55bps
  • VIX:  as of 07/12 was at 18.33
    • Increase versus most recent day’s trading of 2.12%
    • Year-to-date decrease of -21.67%
  • SPX PUT/CALL RATIO: as of 07/12 closed at 1.31
    • Up from the day prior at 1.10 

CREDIT/ECONOMIC MARKET LOOK:

  • TED SPREAD: as of this morning 36
  • 3-MONTH T-BILL YIELD: as of this morning 0.09%
  • 10-Year: as of this morning 1.48%
    • Increase from prior day’s trading at 1.47%
  • YIELD CURVE: as of this morning 1.23
    • Down from prior day’s trading at 1.22 

MACRO DATA POINTS (Bloomberg Estimates):

  • 8:30am: PPI M/m, June, est. -0.5% (prior -1%)
  • 8:30am: PPI Ex Food/Energy M/m, June, est. 0.2% (prior 0.2%)
  • 9:55am: U. of Michigan Conf., July, est. 73.5 (prior 73.2)
  • 11am: Fed to purchase $1.5b-$2b coupon securities in 2/15/2036 to 5/15/2042 range
  • 1pm: Baker Hughes rig count
  • 1:20pm: Fed’s Lockhart speaks in Jackson, Mississippi 

GOVERNMENT:

    • Opening news conf. at Natl Governors Assn. meeting, 10am
    • House meets in pro forma session, Senate schedule TBA
    • N.Y. Fed releases documents on troubles detected with Libor
    • CFTC holds closed meeting on enforcement matters, 10am
    • SEC holds closed meeting on enforcement matters, 1pm
    • Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank speaks at opening of first U.S. Patent and Trademark Office satellite in Detroit
    • Wikimedia hosts 2012 Wikimania conference on government use of Wiki information networks, 9am
    • National Academy of Sciences holds conference call briefing to discuss report on three options for National Bio-, Agro- Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, 1pm 

WHAT TO WATCH: 

  • JPMorgan releases earnings; 2-hr call with analysts 7:30am
  • Wells Fargo releases earnings
  • Google’s Page in much better health, Chairman Schmidt says
  • Lexmark cuts 2Q sales forecast, citing European demand
  • Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on BTV at 8am
  • China’s growth slows to 3-yr. low on trade, demand
  • New York Fed to release documents on Libor
  • P&G board members said to discuss replacing CEO McDonald
  • Bank of Korea trims 2012 growth forecast after cutting rates
  • Italy credit rating cut by Moody’s; contagion, funding risks
  • Italy readies $6.1b bond sale
  • Darden Restaurants to buy Yard House USA for $585m
  • Bernanke testifies, China housing, GOOG: Wk Ahead July 14-21
  • JPMorgan’s ‘London Whale,’ two supervisors leave bank: WSJ 

EARNINGS:

    • JPMorgan Chase (JPM) 7am, $0.76
    • Webster Financial (WBS) 8am, $0.44
    • Wells Fargo (WFC) 8am, $0.81 

COMMODITY/GROWTH EXPECTATION (HEADLINES FROM BLOOMBERG) 

  • Carbon Surge Stokes Suspicion EU Ideas Leaked: Energy Markets
  • U.S. Tightens Iran Noose With Sanctions on Tankers, Front Firms
  • Copper Traders Most Bearish in Six Weeks on Demand: Commodities
  • Asian Corn Demand Seen Gaining as Drought Shrivels U.S. Crop
  • Oil Rises on China Stimulus Optimism, Tightening Iran Sanctions
  • Corn Rallies in Best Weekly Run Since November on U.S. Drought
  • Copper Advances as China Slowdown May Signal Additional Easing
  • India to Review Sugar Exports After Sales Reach 2 Million Tons
  • Gold Advances in New York on Speculation Over Stimulus by China
  • Cocoa Advances After Falling 5.1% on Lower European Processing
  • Malaysia Weather Dept. Sees 58% Chance of El Nino From August
  • Bipartisan Attacks Stymie Bill to Overhaul U.S. Agriculture
  • Malaysian Cocoa Maker Guan Chong Said to Consider Bids for Stake
  • U.K. Seen Doubling Power Price to Guarantee New Reactor: Energy
  • Rubber Gains, Paring Weekly Loss, as Rains Cut Thai Supplies
  • Palm Oil Rebounds as Some Investors Cover Bets on Further Losses
  • India to Sell Wheat From Reserve as Prices Surge on U.S. Drought

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CURRENCIES

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EUROPEAN MARKETS


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ASIAN MARKETS

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MIDDLE EAST

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The Hedgeye Macro Team