Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The MOrning Call--The Fed's monetary policy has screwed the average American

 

The Morning Call

 

12/7/21

 

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Monday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stocks-erase-payrolls-puke-bonds-battered-crypto-bounces-back

 

            Not a bear market yet.

            https://allstarcharts.com/not-a-bear-21/

 

            But more bearish sentiment.

            https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-yardeni/detail/recent-activity/

 

            And more depreciating breadth.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/chf8n33-zu

 

            On the other hand……

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/bubbles

 

            Oil market hit by hedge fund liquidations.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/oil-market-hit-tsunami-hedge-fund-liquidations

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

Q3 nonfarm productivity was down 5.2% versus estimates of -4.9%; unit labor costs were +9.6% versus +8.3%.

 

The October trade balance was -$67.1 billion versus expectations of -$66.8 billion.

 

                        International

 

Q3 EU GDP growth was reported at +2.2%, in line; Q3 unemployment change was +0.9%, also in line; December economic sentiment was 26.8 versus 23.2.

 

October Japanese household spending was up 3.4% versus consensus of +3.6%; October YoY cash earnings were up 0.2% versus +0.7%; October preliminary leading economic indicators were 102.1 versus 100.2.

                       

The November Chinese trade balance was $71.7 billion versus projections  of $82.7 billion.

 

December German economic sentiment came in at 29.9 versus forecasts of 29.1.

 

                        Other

                        

                           Real wages through November.

                           https://econbrowser.com/archives/2021/12/real-wages-through-november

 

                           Goldman cuts 2022 GDP growth forecast.

                          https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/economy/goldman-sachs-us-gdp-omicron/index.html

 

                           Update on seven high frequency economic indicators.

                           https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2021/12/seven-high-frequency-indicators-for.html

 

                           Housing inventory down last week.

                           https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2021/12/housing-inventory-december-6th-update.html

                                

             The Fed

 

                 The Fed’s monetary policy has screwed the average American.  

                 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/feds-monetary-policy-has-screwed-americans

 

            The coronavirus

 

              A return to normalcy.

              https://brownstone.org/articles/bidens-throat-frog-hints-at-the-coming-normalcy/

 

              The precautionary principle is poison.

              https://cafehayek.com/2021/12/the-precautionary-principle-is-poison.html

 

     Bottom line

 

            The latest from John Mauldin.

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2021/12/03/capital-excess

               

            The latest from Morgan Stanley.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/omicron-didnt-start-fire-morgan-stanley-sees-powell-raining-fire-and-brimstone-market

 

            Investors are setting themselves up for a fall.

            https://www.ft.com/content/32e000cf-c95a-4940-8985-f67ca6170ae8

 

            Focus on your portfolio and stop worrying about everyone else’s.

            https://allstarcharts.com/take-care-of-your-business/

 

            Is this how the story ends?

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/perhaps-how-our-story-ends-run-dollar-takes-hold-worlds-reserve-currency-collapses

 

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What I am reading today

 

           

 

 

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