Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Contrarian Updates on 03 Jun 2024

 

·         MSCI World 3450, SPX 5278, DJI 38686, Nasdaq 16735, Shanghai Comp 3078, Hang Seng 18386, Nikkei 38941, EuroStoxx 5009, MSCI Asia 1351, FTSE 8288, CAC 8011, Nifty 23221, Sensex 76272

 

·         2Y UST 4.885%, 10Y UST 4.496%, 2Y CGB 1.755%,  10Y CGB 2.323%,  LQD 106.89, EMB 89.05, HYG 77.13

 

·         SPGSCI 573.27, XAU $2324, XAG $30.15, WTI Crude $77.11, Nat Gas $2.685,  

 

·         DXY 104.64, ASIADOLR 90.41, EUR 1.0841, JPY 157.18, GBP 1.2721, AUD 0.6635, AUD/¥ 104.30

 

·         BTC $68890, ETH $3816, XRP $0.5212, SOL $165.03, BNB $625.17, USDC $1.0005

 

·         VIX 13.24, EUR 3M Vol 5.4%, JPY 3M Vol 8.75%, GBP 3M Vol 6.3%, XAU 3M Vol 13.4%

 

·         Economic Calendar

o   ISM Manufacturing PMI

o   ADP Non-Farm Payrolls

o   BoC Rate Decision

o   US Unemployment Rate

 

·         Earnings Calendar

o   CrowdStrike Holdings, CRWD

o   Hewlett Packard, HPE

 

·         No major movement from last week with the exception of commodities such as oil and natural gas. VIX has popped lately with the intraweek volatility. In particular, oil prices appear capped around 200 SMA which suggest it might make another dip lower for a few weeks

 

·         China manufacturing PMI unexpectedly contracted to 49.5 in May versus expectations of 50.5 which caused some pullback in Asian stocks. US PCE 2.8% matched expectations which restored confidence somewhat that the disinflation trend remains on track despite slew of hawkish Fed comments.  

 

·         The Street talking about ETH surging to $4500 now before ETF trading goes live. There lots of good volume and strong support around 50-day EMA $3225. Fed President Kashkari still talking hawkish saying “policymakers have not completely dismissed the possibility of further interest rate increases”. NASDAQ has closed above $17k for the 1st time on 28/05. UBS raises XAG forecast to $38 per troy  ounce on the back of industrial demand which is expected to rise by 9% due to the photovoltaic sector and mining shutdown in Peru.

 

·         Temu has dethroned Alibaba to become China’s most valuable e-commerce company. Temu is the international version of Pindoduo both owned by PDD. Bargain-hungry Americans have been flocking to Temu as it continues to grow rapidly in the US whilst aggressively expanding to Australia, NZ, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the UK. Alibaba’s $4.5B convertible bond sales oversubscribed allowing it to buy back its heavily beaten down stock.

 

·         DBS Bank is a ETH whale according to on-chain analytics firm Nansan amounting to 173,753 ETH which equals $647M position and $200M PnL. Binance has announced its intention to delist altcoins OMG, WAVES, WNXM and NEM due to sharp price declines. Coinbase followed Ripple and a16z in each giving a new $25M to their political action committee, Fairshake as the US general election 2024 approaches. Only 10.3% of total ETH supply is currently on centralized crypto exchange, the lowest level in years. Appears to be triggered by May 23 approval of spot Ether ETFs in the US signalling a potential upcoming supply squeeze

 






 

 




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