Correlation Update 25.04.2015

Nifty one year daily return correlations

Nifty one year daily return correlations

Nifty one month daily return correlations

Nifty one month daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one year daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one year daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one month daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one month daily return correlations

Midcap one year daily return correlations

Midcap one year daily return correlations

Midcap one month daily return correlations

Midcap one month daily return correlations

A lot of thick blue squares mean that positive correlations are high. Red squares mean negative correlations are high. Whites are the doldrums.

Weekly Recap 18.04.2015

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -5.54%
CAC(FRA) -1.85%
UKX(GBR) -1.34%
NKY(JPN) -1.28%
SPX(USA) -0.98%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -1.47%
INMEX(MEX) +0.21%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +0.22%
XU030(TUR) -0.29%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -0.40%
SHCOMP(CHN) +6.27%
NIFTY(IND) -1.99%
INDEXCF(RUS) -0.03%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.76%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +10.29%
RBOB Gasoline +7.53%
WTI Crude Oil +9.18%
Ethanol +3.14%
Natural Gas +5.26%
Heating Oil +7.64%
Metals
Copper +1.82%
Gold 100oz -0.26%
Silver 5000oz +0.62%
Palladium +1.02%
Platinum -0.04%

Currencies

USDEUR:-2.00% USDJPY:-1.11%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) -0.60%
USDMXN(MEX) +0.89%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.04%
USDTRY(TUR) +1.81%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -1.57%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.17%
USDINR(IND) +0.07%
USDRUB(RUS) -2.66%
USDZAR(ZAF) +0.76%
Agricultural
Cotton -2.53%
Orange Juice +3.22%
Soybeans +1.79%
Cattle -0.63%
Cocoa -0.05%
Coffee (Robusta) -0.66%
Soybean Meal +1.71%
Corn +0.66%
Lean Hogs +12.76%
Sugar #11 +2.10%
Coffee (Arabica) +3.00%
Feeder Cattle +0.28%
Lumber -7.98%
Wheat -6.23%
White Sugar +1.78%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM -0.13%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.08%
Markit CDX NA IG +0.10%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +0.96%
Markit iTraxx Australia +0.03%
Markit iTraxx Europe -0.46%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +1.35%
Markit iTraxx Japan -3.42%
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +0.69%
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) -0.02%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) -2.29%
Nifty looks benign compared to what hit the broader market. Friday was especially brutal for the German DAX and the negative sentiment might spillover to the Asian markets on Monday. However, the Shanghai Composite seems to be on another planet altogether…

Nifty Heatmap

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Index Returns

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Advance Decline

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Market Cap Decile Performance

Decile Mkt. Cap. Adv/Decl
1 (micro) -2.71% 76/59
2 +3.43% 71/63
3 +2.70% 74/60
4 +2.47% 69/66
5 +1.37% 70/64
6 +1.34% 66/68
7 +0.36% 66/69
8 +0.41% 73/61
9 -0.36% 69/65
10 (mega) -0.99% 67/68
Large caps got hammered…

Top Winners and Losers

SSLT +4.40%
ONGC +6.54%
OIL +11.39%
BHARATFORG -10.11%
LUPIN -9.88%
SRTRANSFIN -9.75%
Bharat Forge and Lupin got shellacked by downgrades…

ETF Performance

PSUBNKBEES +3.39%
GOLDBEES +0.41%
CPSEETF -0.28%
INFRABEES -0.93%
NIFTYBEES -1.54%
BANKBEES -2.24%
JUNIORBEES -3.26%
Note the divergence between PSU banks and the overall banking sector. Puzzling…

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
GSEC TB -0.01 +0.15%
GSEC SUB 1-3 -0.63 -0.31%
GSEC SUB 3-8 -0.06 -0.04%
GSEC SUB 8 +0.01 +0.24%
The long-end caught a bid…

Investment Theme Performance

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

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Index Update 18.04.2015

MOMENTUM

We run our proprietary momentum scoring algorithm on indices just like we do on stocks. You can use the momentum scores of sub-indices to get a sense for which sectors have the wind on their backs and those that are facing headwinds.

Traders can pick their longs in sectors with high short-term momentum and their shorts in sectors with low momentum. Investors can use the longer lookback scores to position themselves using our re-factored index Themes.

You can see how the momentum algorithm has performed on individual stocks here.

Here are the best and the worst sub-indices:

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Refactored Index Performance

50-day performance, from February 03, 2015 through April 17, 2015:

Correlation Update 18.04.2015

Nifty one year daily return correlations

Nifty one year daily return correlations

Nifty one month daily return correlations

Nifty one month daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one year daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one year daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one month daily return correlations

Bank Nifty one month daily return correlations

Midcap one year daily return correlations

Midcap one year daily return correlations

Midcap one month daily return correlations

Midcap one month daily return correlations

A lot of thick blue squares mean that positive correlations are high. Red squares mean negative correlations are high. Whites are the doldrums.

Holiday Bell 14.04.2015

Your world at 9am

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -0.29%
CAC(FRA) +0.26%
UKX(GBR) -0.36%
NKY(JPN) -0.04%
SPX(USA) -0.46%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -0.17%
INMEX(MEX) +0.30%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +0.74%
XU030(TUR) -1.03%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +0.05%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.49%
NIFTY(IND) +0.61%
INDEXCF(RUS) +1.28%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.37%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +0.86%
Ethanol +0.00%
Heating Oil +0.85%
Natural Gas +0.48%
RBOB Gasoline +0.57%
WTI Crude Oil +0.98%
Metals
Copper +0.00%
Gold 100oz +0.11%
Palladium -0.74%
Platinum +0.29%
Silver 5000oz +0.00%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.13% USDJPY:-0.24%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.09%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.13%
USDNGN(NGA) -0.00%
USDTRY(TUR) -0.26%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +1.49%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.03%
USDINR(IND) +0.30%
USDRUB(RUS) -0.29%
USDZAR(ZAF) -0.48%
Agricultural
Cattle +0.00%
Coffee (Robusta) +0.00%
Lumber -1.66%
Wheat +0.10%
White Sugar +0.00%
Corn +0.13%
Orange Juice -2.09%
Cocoa +0.00%
Coffee (Arabica) -0.74%
Cotton -0.08%
Feeder Cattle +0.00%
Lean Hogs +0.00%
Sugar #11 +1.17%
Soybean Meal +0.42%
Soybeans +0.21%

Must reads

S&P: India’s hard-won fiscal improvement is vulnerable to financial or commodity shock, because of high subsidy and public debt. (ET, #economy)

Consumer price inflation hit a three-month low of 5.17% in March. (FE, #inflation)

Soon, we will all be totally jobless:

  • Robot cook: A pair of dexterous robotic hands, suspended from the ceiling, assemble the ingredients, mix them, and cook them in pots and pans as required, on a hob or in an oven. When the dish is ready, they then serve it with the flourish of a professional. (Economist)
  • On-call scheduling: Software that forecasts staffing needs based on real-time sales and traffic information. (WSJ)
  • Proof that income inequality cannot be fixed by education: High-skilled workers have moved down the occupational ladder and have begun to perform jobs traditionally performed by lower-skilled workers. (NBER)

Markets closed today on account of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti