Friday, December 3, 2021

The Morning Call--Food prices continue to soar

 

The Morning Call

 

12/3/21

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/markets-turmoil-easing-omicron-anxiety-battles-surge-technical-default-fear

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

                          Weekly jobless claims were up 222,000 versus estimates of up 240,000.

                          https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2021/12/weekly-initial-unemployment-claims.html

 

November nonfarm payrolls rose 210,000 versus expectations of up 550,000.

                                  https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/november-payrolls-huge-miss-just-210k-jobs-added-fewest-december-2020

 

                        International

 

                          October EU retail sales were up 0.2%, in line.

 

The November Japanese final services PMI was reported at 53.0 versus consensus of 52.1; the composite PMI was 53.3 versus 52.5; the November Chinese final services PMI was 52.1 versus 53.0; the composite PMI was 51.2 versus 51.0; the November German final services PMI was 52.7 versus 53.4; the composite PMI was 52.2 versus 52.9; the November EU final services PMI was 55.9 versus 56.6; the composite PMI was 55.4 versus 55.8; the November UK final services PMI was 58.5, in line; the composite PMI was 57.6 versus 57.7.

 

                        Other

 

                          The JP Morgan global manufacturing PMI was off slightly in November.

                          https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/938c51c888bd41c0b5c0d81725abc6a9

 

                          Business cycle indicators as of 12/1.

                          https://econbrowser.com/archives/2021/12/business-cycle-indicators-as-of-december-1st-2

 

            The Fed

 

              Thoughts on ‘transitory.’

              https://www.pragcap.com/three-things-i-think-i-think-transitory-is-transitory/

 

            Inflation

 

              Food prices continue to soar.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/global-food-prices-rise-again-hitting-new-decade-high

 

     Bottom line

 

            November dividends by the numbers.

            https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2021/12/dividends-by-numbers-in-november-2021.html#.YajvldDMKUk

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

 

What I am reading today

 

            Why the woke are the new Victorians.

            https://edwest.substack.com/p/why-the-woke-are-the-new-victorians

 

            Third worldizing America.

            https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2021/12/02/third-worldizing-america-n2599978

 

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