TODAY’S S&P 500 SET-UP – September 11, 2013
As we look at today's setup for the S&P 500, the range is 32 points or 1.37% downside to 1661 and 0.54% upside to 1693.
SECTOR PERFORMANCE
EQUITY SENTIMENT:
CREDIT/ECONOMIC MARKET LOOK:
- YIELD CURVE: 2.48 from 2.49
- VIX closed at 14.53 1 day percent change of -7.04%
MACRO DATA POINTS (Bloomberg Estimates):
- 7am: MBA Mortgage Applications, Sept. 6 (prior 1.3%)
- 10am: Wholesale Inventories M/m, July, est. 0.3% (pr -0.2%)
- 10am: Wholesale Sales M/m, July, est. 0.5% (prior 0.4%)
- 10:30am: DoE Inventories
- 11am: Fed to purchase $1.25b-$1.75b in 2036-2043 sector
- 1pm: U.S. to sell $21b 10Y notes in re-opening
GOVERNMENT:
- De Blasio gets most votes in New York Democratic mayoral primary
- House, Senate in session
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Cmte to unveil Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, 2pm
- House Oversight panel meets to review TARP inspector general’s report on Treasury role in Delphi pension bailout, 1:30pm
- House Financial Svcs panel holds hearing on the Fed at 100 years, 2pm
WHAT TO WATCH:
- Obama pursues Russian proposal on Syria chemical weapons
- IBM to sell customer-service business to Synnex for $505m
- Apple iPhone 5C seen as expensive: analysts
- Vodafone $10.2b Kabel Deutschland deal under threat
- Disney delays fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film
- Canada, Ontario sell $1.1b in GM shares
- Verizon said to plan record bond sale of up to $49b
- China’s richest man hunts hotel mgmt cos. in U.S.
- KKR said to weigh teaming with Japan INCJ for Panasonic unit
- U.K. unemployment unexpectedly falls to 7.7%
EARNINGS:
- Dollarama (DOL CN) 7:30am, C$0.78
- Evertz Technologies (ET CN) 4pm, C$0.14
- Men’s Wearhouse (MW) 5:30pm, $1.14
- Vera Bradley (VRA) 4:03pm, $0.32
COMMODITY/GROWTH EXPECTATION (HEADLINES FROM BLOOMBERG)
- Ruthenium Slides to Eight-Year Low as Hard-Disk Demand Declines
- Tin Shortage Worsens as Indonesia Rules Curb Supply: Commodities
- Copper Climbs as Banks Project Stronger Chinese Economic Growth
- Brent Crude Rises From Two-Week Low as Syria Strike Risk Remains
- Gold Swings Near Three-Week Low as Obama Seeks Syria Delay
- Soybeans Gain Before USDA Report Set to Signal Lower U.S. Output
- Cocoa Rises to 1-Year High in New York on Shortage; Coffee Gains
- Aluminum Buyers in Japan Said to Win Fee Cut From Suppliers
- Sugar Harvest in India Seen Beating Estimate to Worsen Glut
- Hurricane Humberto Is First of Season; Storm Gabrielle Weakens
- Goldman Expects Decline in Commodities Index in 12 Months on Oil
- Power Prices to Hold Near 8-Year Low on Weather: Energy Markets
- China Scrap Copper Imports Surge as Smelters Struggle: BI Chart
- Gold Decline Seen by Goldman as Fed’s Tapering to Spur Selling
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The Hedgeye Macro Team