Big-Tech & Small-Caps Record High But Bonds, Bullion, & Black Gold Bounce

This seemed appropriate…

Quick summary – ISM/PMI beat (good news) and stocks sank but as Europe closed (Italy was ugly again today), so a mysterious bid returned to US stocks – the Dow and S&P scrambled back green briefly, Nasdaq and Small Caps surged again to new records, bond yields fell (bonds were bid), commodities rallied (gold and oil bid), as the dollar tumbled in the late day to unchanged (erasing the overnight gains). Make sense, good.

Tech surged again along with Small Caps as the Dow and S&P trudged sideways around unchanged… Small Caps and Nasdaq ramped into the close to the highs of the day…

Another ramp in small cap and another massive short-squeeze…

US Banks were flat today while EU banks tumbled on Conte’s comments…

Tech extended its run relative to financials to a new post-2000 peak high..

And for fun, here is TECL – the triple-levered tech ETF which is up 4,000% since inception…

Twitter shares extended their overnight spike gains above $40 after inclusion in the S&P 500…

VIX pushed higher to a 13 handle briefly before closing lower on the day…

Notably, the RVX/VIX (Russell 2000 VIX / S&P 500 VIX) ratio has spent 83 consecutive days below 1.2, the longest such period in the history of the two indices. Only in 2008 did the ratio remain below 1.2 for longer than 35 days, in a very volatile period for stocks of all market caps alike.

Short-dated HY Corporate bond ETF fund flows are showing massive exits…

Which may help explain the massive decoupling between stocks and HY bonds recently…

Treasury yields slid lower today, erasing yesterday’s rise…

Bonds traded in a narrow range today

Notably 10Y found resistance – just as we suspected – at the close from the weekend before Italy’s chaos hit…

Another chaotic day in the US Dollar ended with a close of almost unchanged (1168, 1170, 1169, 1168, 1169, 1168, 1171, 1173, 1177, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1171, 1172…)