Massive Short-Squeeze Sends Small Caps Soaring; Big-Tech Skids, Bitcoin & Black Gold Bid

Jobless claims just won't quit and were enough to send Treasury yields higher today after ARM and DIS earnings' blast-offs last night.

Rate-cut expectations drifted lower still (hawkish)...

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Source: Bloomberg

But stocks hit a new record high...

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Source: Bloomberg

The S&P 500 hit 5000.4 intraday... thanks to a miraculous sudden huge buy program in the last few seconds...

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No, 'banking crisis 2.0' is not over. NYCB dumped today...

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...and the overall Regional Bank index went sideways...

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Today saw small caps rip higher while the rest of the majors trod water (at a very marginal new high for S&P)...

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This was the second-best daily RTY-NDX outperformance in two months, which happened to occur at a critical resistance level...

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It's been quite a wild ride this week for the RTY-NDX pair - whipsawing from one side to the other... PRESUMABLY tomorrow brings a big Nasdaq outperformance day...

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ARM was up 50% (yes 5...0)... lol

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Source: Bloomberg

DIS rallied over 11% on the day, to one-year highs...

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Source: Bloomberg

MAG7 stocks drifted very modestly lower on the day...

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Source: Bloomberg

Amid a massive short-squeeze...

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Source: Bloomberg

Treasury yields were higher on the day (despite a strong 30Y auction), with the belly (5-10Y) underperforming (2Y +2.5bps, 10Y +6bps, 30Y +4bps).

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Source: Bloomberg

Even though the 30Y auction was solid, yields pushed up to two week highs...

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Source: Bloomberg

Bitcoin surged back above $45,000 today...

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Source: Bloomberg

...after yet another strong day of net inflows to spot bitcoin ETFs...

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...and bitcoin notably outperformed ethereum today...

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The dollar jumped higher on the strong claims data...

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Source: Bloomberg

Gold ended the day practically unchanged (despite the dollar strength), after diving to $2020 and finding support...

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Source: Bloomberg

Oil prices surged today with WTI back above $76, erasing the drop at the end of last week...

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Source: Bloomberg

Finally, all eyes remain on tomorrow's CPI revisions and next Tuesday's January CPI print. With S&P vol skews at near-record lows...

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...what could go wrong?

Authored by Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge February 8th 2024