Wednesday, July 7, 2021

The Morning Call--A backwards K in earnings season?

 

The Morning Call

 

7/7/21

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Tuesday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/growth-gains-value-pains-yields-plunge-dollar-jumps-crude-dumps

 

            Watch the VIX.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/crushed

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

Weekly mortgage applications fell 1.8% while purchase applications were down 1.1%.

 

The June services PMI came in at 64.6 versus expectations of 64.8; the June composite PMI was 63.7 versus 63.9.

                       

The June ISM nonmanufacturing index was reported at 60.1 versus  projections of 63.5.

                          https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2021/07/06/ism-services-13th-month-of-growth

 

                        International

 

May Japanese leading economic indicators came in at 102.6 versus 103.5 recorded in April.

 

May German industrial production declined -0.3% versus estimates of +0.5%.

 

                        Other

 

            Inflation

 

              Persistent inflation threatens the recovery.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/patrick-hill-persistent-inflation-threatens-recovery

 

     Bottom line.

 

            June dividends by the numbers.

            https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2021/07/dividends-by-numbers-in-june-2021-and.html#.YOSndOhKiUk

 

            Pay down debt or invest?

            https://alephblog.com/2021/07/03/pay-down-debt-or-invest/

 

            More on valuation.

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2021/07/06/the-q-ratio-and-market-valuation-june-update

 

            A backwards K coming in earnings season?

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/backward-k-and-coming-earnings-surprises

 

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

 

 

What I am reading today

 

            The collective American meltdown.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/victor-davis-hanson-genesis-our-american-collective-meltdown

 

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