Weekend Review
June 14, 2021 (Monday) cloudy to partly sunny Mercury retrograde (May 30 - June 23) newspaper holiday
Weekend NY stocks
Dow: 34,479.60 +13.36 (+0.04%) (rebounded for the first time in 2 days) (Dice 8-4)
Nasdaq: 14,069.42 +49.09 (+0.35%) (up for 2 days) (Dice 9-3)
S&P 500 Index: 4,247.44 +8.26 (+0.19%) (up for 2 days) (Dice 8-4)
CME 225 in USD: 29,030 yen (up 150 yen vs Osaka futures) Osaka futures 28,880 yen (6/11)
CME 225 in yen: 29,000 yen (up 120 yen vs Osaka futures)
Osaka futures (as of 5:30 on 6/11): 29,020 yen (day gains +140 yen)
Nikkei Average (in USD): 264.59 +0.22 (6/11, up for 2 days)
(Year-to-date high 2021: 288.79 (2/16); Year-to-date low 2021: 261.83 (3/24); 2020 high 265.85 (12/29); 2020 low 151.99 (3/19))
U.S. long-term interest rate (U.S. 10-year Treasury): 1.4569% +0.0234 +1.63% (U.S. 2-year Treasury) 0.15% (6/11)
Exchange rates: USD/JPY: 1 USD = 109.663 JPY; EUR/JPY: 1 EUR = 132.746 JPY
(Chicago futures market yen-denominated positions: 6/8, 12 weeks of shorts in a row (shorts 37,314) (week-over-week -9,801, 3 weeks of shorts decreasing))
European stock markets
FTSE 100 Index (London): 7,134.06 +45.88 (+0.65%) (up for 2 days)
DAX Index (Frankfurt): 15,693.27 +122.05 (+0.78%) (rebounded after 5 days)
CAC 40 Index (Paris): 6,600.66 +54.17 (+0.83%) (up for 2 days)
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VIX (Fear Index): 15.65 -0.45 -2.80%
VXV (3-month VIX futures): 19.64 -0.44 -2.19% (VXV/VIX 0.80%)
Skew Index: 159.28 +4.47 (6/11) (third day up) 130+ for 136 days in a row (Nov 18 onward) (max 2018-08-13: 159.03)
Fear & Greed Index: 54 (6/11)
0-25 Extreme Fear (risk-off); 76-100 Extreme Greed (risk-on)
26-50 Fear (neutral to risk-off); 51-75 Greed (neutral to risk-on)
(Below 10 is bottoming range; 85+ signals overall optimism peaking)
SOX Index (Philadelphia Semiconductor Index): 3,210.06 +13.85 +0.43% (up for 2 days, 6/11)
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