{"id":4769,"date":"2016-08-09T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thet3trader.com\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2016-08-09T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:04:24","slug":"sleepy-time-market-spx-vix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2016\/08\/09\/sleepy-time-market-spx-vix\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sleepy Time Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big bad euro bond trade is still in place with UK and Spanish 10-year yields hitting record lows.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bank of England's Ian McCafferty said more easing will likely be required to fight the after-effects of the Brexit, and it's steppinig up its bond purchases.<\/p>\n<p>That's sending the pound lower, while the <strong>FTSE 100<\/strong> is up about 0.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Crude oil is getting a little follow-through and is up through $43. Yesterday, oil popped on chatter that OPEC may cut output, but that is no guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, a lot of folks were expecting output cuts from February through June, and they never happened. So don't get your hopes up &#8212; they could simply be trying to keep oil sellers unnerved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach<\/strong> (COH) reported better-than-expected earnings, which is a nice surprise given all the doom & gloom around luxury retail. However, Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido cut its forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Troubled pharma giant <strong>Valeant<\/strong> (VRX) reported a sales and earnings miss, but kept its full-year forecast unchanged. The stock is up about $1.50 in early trade, indicating traders were bracing for a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those odd days where there's just not much to talk about, and the lack of movement in futures reflects that.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>VIX<\/strong> is down again today, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thet3trader.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/04\/the-morning-hammer-why-the-vix-could-collapse-and-4-other-thoughts-on-todays-market-action\/\">I would not be surprised to see the VIX break below 11 soon.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We're basically past earnings, the Brexit, and a lot of important economic data, so it feels like the media (myself included) is reaching for stuff to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>Each day, I write T3 Live's Daily Recap newsletter. I always break the day's action into 3 easily digestible stories. And when I have trouble coming up with 3 things to talk about &#8212; like I did yesterday &#8212; you know it's bad.<\/p>\n<p>I expect the same today.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the SPX and other major indices basically grinded gears.<\/p>\n<p>Crude oil's bump got oil service stocks and high-yield bonds moving hot and heavy, while health care and biotech soured.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, there wasn't much to look at.<\/p>\n<p>Market volatility is still around 2-year lows, and it seems that everyone's waiting for an excuse to do something.<\/p>\n<p>I'd keep the same game plan on &#8212; watch biotech, oil, high-yield, and small caps.<\/p>\n<p>As long as they behave decently enough, we'll stay in good shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big bad euro bond trade is still in place with UK and Spanish 10-year yields hitting record lows. Meanwhile, the Bank of England&#8217;s Ian McCafferty said more easing will likely be required to fight the after-effects of the Brexit, and it&#8217;s steppinig up its bond purchases. That&#8217;s sending the pound lower, while the FTSE 100 is up about 0.3%. Crude oil is getting a little follow-through and is up through $43. Yesterday, oil popped on chatter that OPEC may cut output, but that is no guarantee. Remember, a lot of folks were expecting output cuts from February through June, and they never happened. So don&#8217;t get your hopes up &#8212; they could simply be trying to keep oil sellers unnerved. Coach (COH) reported better-than-expected earnings, which is a nice surprise given all the doom &#038; gloom around luxury retail. However, Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido cut its forecast. Troubled pharma giant Valeant (VRX) reported a sales and earnings miss, but kept its full-year forecast unchanged. The stock is up about $1.50 in early trade, indicating traders were bracing for a disaster. This is one of those odd days where there&#8217;s just not much to talk about, and the lack of movement in futures reflects that. The VIX is down again today, and I would not be surprised to see the VIX break below 11 soon. We&#8217;re basically past earnings, the Brexit, and a lot of important economic data, so it feels like the media (myself included) is reaching for stuff to talk about. Each day, I write T3 Live&#8217;s Daily Recap newsletter. I always break the day&#8217;s action into 3 easily digestible stories. And when I have trouble coming up with 3 things to talk about &#8212; like I did yesterday &#8212; you know it&#8217;s bad. I expect the same today. Yesterday, the SPX and other major indices basically grinded gears. Crude oil&#8217;s bump got oil service stocks and high-yield bonds moving hot and heavy, while health care and biotech soured. Beyond that, there wasn&#8217;t much to look at. Market volatility is still around 2-year lows, and it seems that everyone&#8217;s waiting for an excuse to do something. I&#8217;d keep the same game plan on &#8212; watch biotech, oil, high-yield, and small caps. As long as they behave decently enough, we&#8217;ll stay in good shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[159,39,8,9],"class_list":["post-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-market","tag-stock-market-recap","tag-stocks","tag-vix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}