Friday, December 18, 2020

The Morning Call---Have a great holiday and keep your powder dry

 

The Morning Call

 

12/18/20

 

I am taking off thru New Year’s.  Hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday.

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dollar-slump-sparks-surge-small-caps-lumber-copper-crypto-gold

 

            This is a bit ‘techie’ but it still gives you an idea of what the quants think short term.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sp-call-wall-rises-3750-ahead-25-billion-quad-witch-spotgamma

 

            The dollar and inflation.

            http://econbrowser.com/archives/2020/12/debasing-the-dollar-or-inflation-looming-again

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

  The December Kansas City Fed manufacturing index came   in at 12 versus       November’s reading of 20.

                              

                        International

 

November Japanese CPI was down 0.4% after being down 0.1% in   October.

 

November German PPI rose 0.2% versus estimates of up 0.1%; the December business climate index was reported at 92.1 versus 90.0.

 

November UK retail sales declined 3.8% versus expectations of -4.2%, ex fuel, they were down 2.6% versus -3.3%; December consumer confidence was -26 versus -31.

 

                        Other

 

The coronavirus

 

  How the ‘experts’ got it all wrong (must read):

  https://www.aier.org/article/the-decimal-point-that-blew-up-the-world/

 

              And still are.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/tom-woods-virus-your-fault

 

              And it is no wonder.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/seriously-gunshot-deaths-counted-among-covid-19-fatalities-colorado

 

                  Still more cavalry in on the way---FDA gives thumbs up to Moderna vaccine.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fda-advisory-panel-confirms-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-benefits-outweigh-risks

 

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) declares $0.375/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

 

FedEx (NYSE:FDX): FQ2 Non-GAAP EPS of $4.83 beats by $0.82; GAAP EPS of $4.55 beats by $0.60.

Revenue of $20.6B (+19.1% Y/Y) beats by $1.15B.

 

What I am reading today

 

            Oldest carving in East Asia found.

            Oldest carving in East Asia found. But its maker is a mystery. (nationalgeographic.com)

 

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