A quiet macro day allowed a post-VIXperation market room to do what it does best, 'sell-vol, and bid stocks' as the US majors did their best to erase yesterday's ugliness and VIX puked back to a 14 handle.
Because, well why not... love is in the air...
VIX actually began to puke right after the cash close last night...
The Nasdaq rallied back into the green post-CPI and the S&P 500 got close, Small Caps are still laggards but made up a lot of ground from Terrible Tuesday...
'Most Shorted' stocks recovered more than two-thirds of yesterday's losses...
Source: Bloomberg
Magnificent 7 stocks rebounded but only modestly (only around 30% of the drop from Monday highs)...
Source: Bloomberg
Treasuries were bid today with the short-end outperforming (2Y -9bps, 30Y -2bps), recovering some of yesterday's losses...
Source: Bloomberg
Given the exuberance in bonds and stocks, we note that rate-cut expectations barely budged with June still the most likely timing for the first rate-cut...and the market is still pricing in less than 4 rate-cuts this year.
Source: Bloomberg
The dollar gave back some of the gains from yesterday too...
Source: Bloomberg
Gold went nowhere today, stuck below $2000...
Source: Bloomberg
Oil slipped back after a large crude build reported today...
Source: Bloomberg
Bitcoin soared back above $52,000 today for the first time since December 2021...
Source: Bloomberg
As Bitcoin ETF inflows hit a new high since inception (now almost $4 billion since inception)...
Source: Bloomberg
Finally, one more leg higher in NVDA?
Source: Bloomberg
And if NVDA goes, all the king's horses and all the king's men fall...
Source: Bloomberg
...that's too easy, right?
