Oct 18, 2021
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“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” – William Shakespeare
It’s looking like a weak start to trading for the week as futures are firmly lower ahead of the opening bell. We’ve seen a big jump in interest rates over the last two trading sessions as BoE Governor Bailey came out with some hawkish comments related to inflation. In economic data, Chinese GDP came in below forecasts with Q3 growth coming in at just 0.2 on a quarter/quarter basis.
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Outside of Communication Services which fell nearly 1%, every other sector within the S&P 500 finished last week higher, and in some cases, a lot higher. Materials, Real Estate, and Consumer Discretionary all rallied more than 3% with the latter also hitting a new high. Every other sector besides Health Care (and Communication Services) were all up by over 1%. In terms of where each sector finished the week relative to its 50-day moving average, they are currently all over the map. Sectors like Consumer Discretionary, Energy, and Financials are all at ‘extreme’ overbought levels while Health Care and Communication Services are still below their 50-DMAs. Even Real Estate, which was the second-best performing sector, still finished the week below its 50-DMA.
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Oct 15, 2021
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“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
There’s a decent amount of economic data on the calendar this morning with Empire Manufacturing, Retail Sales, and Import Prices just hitting the wires. Empire Manufacturing came in a bit shy of forecasts, but Retail Sales came in higher across the board. Not only that but August’s reading was also revised higher. While Import Prices aren’t as widely followed as CPI and PPI, the headline reading showed lower than expected increases.
The increase in risk appetite from yesterday appears to be in place again this morning as futures are firmly positive (and higher now then before the data hit) and interest rates are higher. Goldman earnings just hit and the headline numbers were all much better than expected and the stock is trading up nearly 2%.
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We’re seeing it again this morning where some companies are reporting weaker results or guidance citing the impact of supply chain issues, labor shortages, and inflation. Perhaps the biggest question heading into this earnings season is whether these issues, which are impacting just about every company out there, have been sufficiently priced into the market.
In looking at Google Trends search data for these three terms, it’s not as if they aren’t front and center. The chart below shows the frequency of search results for the three terms (Inflation, Labor Shortage, and Supply Chain) going back to 2004, and all three have spiked enormously this year to levels not seen in the history of the data. In the case of ‘labor shortage’ and ‘supply chain’ searches for these two terms hit a record this month.
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Oct 14, 2021
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“It will fluctuate.” – J. P. Morgan
Futures were already strong heading into this morning’s economic data, and they remained strong after both jobless claims and PPI came in below forecasts. As things stand now, the major averages are indicated to open up by 1% or more. While yields aren’t changed all that much today, we would note that the 10-year yield has declined nearly 10 bps this week.
On the earnings front, bank earnings this morning have been strong, and most of them are trading higher in the pre-market. Overall, of the eleven companies reporting this morning, just two (Commercial Metals and Domino’s) missed EPS forecasts. Top line results versus consensus forecasts have been equally strong.
In what has become a trend for a lot of big banks, JP Morgan Chase (JPM) declined in reaction to its earnings report yesterday falling by 2.64%. Yesterday’s decline marked the 5th straight time that shares of JPM declined in reaction to earnings. While these weak reactions to earnings reports tend to cause a fair amount of near-term angst on the part of investors towards the stock, it’s important to focus on the big picture rather than the day-to-day squiggles. Despite a negative one-day reaction to each of its last five earnings reports, shares of JPM are up 66% since the start of last November.
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Oct 13, 2021
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“Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.” – Robert Orben
Earnings season kicked off this morning and all five of the major companies reporting before the bell topped consensus estimates. In terms of share price reactions, four of the five names are either flat or slightly higher, but SAP which reported an earnings triple play is trading up over 5% in the pre-market. So far, so good.
With all of the earnings reports out of the way, the focus will shift to CPI and how bad the inflation pressures were on the economy in September. Then, at 2 PM the FOMC will release the minutes from its most recent meeting three weeks ago.
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With consensus estimates anticipating headline CPI to rise 0.3% on a month/month basis in September, it would represent the 10th straight month that headline inflation came in ahead of the five-year average of 0.2%. That being said, if the actual m/m increase comes in close to forecasts of 0.3% it will clearly represent a slowdown in the pace of price increases from the spring and summer months. Still above average, but getting back more in line with the historical norm.
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Oct 12, 2021
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“Many will start fast, few will finish strong.” — Gary Ryan Blair
After a very quiet start to the week due to the Columbus Day holiday, today is all business for the markets. In the early going, futures have rebounded from overnight lows and are firmly positive ahead of the opening bell. Treasury yields have come in slightly with the 10-year trading right at 1.6%. Asian stocks were mostly lower following news that Evergrande missed another coupon payment, and while European stocks opened lower, they have rebounded a bit during the trading session.
As we head into earnings season and expect to hear endless commentary about supply chain disruptions, inflationary pressures, and labor shortages, there were some encouraging comments on the subject over the last 24 hours. For starters, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he feels as though supply chain issues won’t be a problem “next year at all.” Also, both Intel and Samsung have said they expect their plants in Ho Chi Minh city to resume full operations by the end of November.
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In a pattern that’s becoming all too familiar these days, the S&P 500 traded higher throughout the day yesterday only to give up those gains heading into the closing bell and finishing at the lows of the day. In the 28 trading days since the start of September, the S&P 500 has traded lower in the last hour of trading 18 times. The trend has been even more pronounced over the last two weeks as there have only been two trading days in the last ten that the S&P 500 closed the day higher than where it was at 3 PM. Like an old pair of socks where the elastic isn’t strong enough anymore, equities have looked a lot like quitters since the unofficial end to summer.
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Oct 11, 2021
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“The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.” – James Cash Penney
“No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.” – J. P. Morgan
It isn’t a holiday for everybody, and while the bond market is closed today, equities have a full session. Futures are lower to kick off the week, but they’ve been drifting higher off their overnight lows. With no earnings reports or economic data to speak of, there’s not a whole lot of direction to the market today, and there’s unlikely to be much as the day drags on.
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Due to the Columbus Day Holiday, there are no actual earnings reports today, but this week marks the unofficial start to earnings season as the major banks kick things off with their quarterly reports later in the week. Between Wednesday and Friday of this week alone, eight of the ten largest components in the sector representing 40% of its market cap will report earnings. As noted in last week’s Bespoke Report, the record of how these companies have reacted to prior earnings reports in recent quarters has been skewed to the downside, so the near-term direction of the sector has a lot hinging on how this week’s report comes in relative to market expectations.
Heading into this big week of earnings, the Financials sector just broke out of a four-month sideways trading range last week and hit a new 52-week high. In the short term, that prior resistance at the highs from June and August should act as support, but first, the sector has to get through this week’s earnings.
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