Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The Morning Call--Money supply growth points to recession

 

The Morning Call

 

6/15/22

 

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Tuesday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/oil-gas-bonds-dump-dollar-vix-jump-ahead-fed

 

            Stocks rally around Fed day.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/cezianxc7x

 

            The majority of the biggest market up days occur during a bear market.

            https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-bear-markets-trick-gullible-investors-11654880407

 

            The latest Fund Manager Survey.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mood-wall-street-has-never-been-more-apocalyptic

 

            Hedge funds just sold stocks at the fastest pace on record.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hedge-funds-just-sold-stocks-fastest-pace-record-surpassing-even-lehman-liquidation-spree

 

            Yield curve now inverted.

            https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/wall-street-s-favorite-recession-signal-is-back-as-curves-invert?sref=loFkkPMQ

 

            Japanese bond futures suffer biggest rout since 2013.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japanese-bond-futures-suffer-biggest-rout-2013-trigger-circuit-breakers-after-soros-style

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

Weekly mortgage applications were up 6.6% while purchase applications were up 8.1%.

 

Month the date retail chain store sales grew less rapidly than in the prior week.

 

                          May PPI was up 0.8%, in line; core PPI was up 0.5% versus +0.6%.

                          https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2022/06/14/may-producer-price-index-final-demand-up-10-8-yoy

 

May retail sales fell 0.3% versus expectations of +3.0%; ex autos, they were up 0.5% versus +0.8%.

 

The June NY Fed manufacturing index came in at -1.2 versus forecasts of +3.0.

 

                        International

 

                          April Japanese machinery orders rose 10.8% versus consensus of -1.5%.

 

The April EU trade balance was E-32.4 billion versus predictions of E-23.0 billion; April industrial production was up 0.4% versus +0.5%.

 

May Chinese YoY industrial production was up 0.7% versus estimates of -0.7%; May YoY retail sales were down 6.7% versus -7.1%; May YoY fixed asst investment was up 6.2% versus +6.0%; the May unemployment rate was 5.9% versus 6.1%.

 

                        Other

 

                          The June macroeconomists survey.

                          https://econbrowser.com/archives/2022/06/igm-ft-macroeconomists-survey-for-june

 

                          Economic hurricane?

                          https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/economic-hurricane-hyperbole-or-real-possibility

           

            The Fed

 

              What could cause the Fed to pivot?

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/catastrophic-recession-assured-here-are-5-things-can-force-fed-pivot

 

              The ECB’s dilemma.

              https://www.philosophyofmoney.net/euro-crisis-ii/

 

              ECB emergency meeting delivers nothing burger.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ecb-holds-emergency-meeting-discuss-market-turmoil

 

              Central banks coming under fire (and it is about time).

              https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/06/after-decades-of-god-like-omnipotence-central-bankers-are-finally-fair-game.html

 

              Money supply growth points to recession.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/slowing-money-supply-growth-2022-points-recession

 

     Bottom line

 

            Forward earnings estimates are too high.

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

 

            No one said this was easy.

            https://alhambrapartners.com/2022/06/12/weekly-market-pulse-no-one-said-this-was-easy/

 

            Tackling a bear market.

            https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1095147/an-8-step-plan-to-tackle-a-bear-market

 

            The math on possible lows.

            https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=stockmarket

 

              Back to basics investing.

  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/global-stock-rout-prompts-call-for-some-cfa-exam-style-    investing?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg&sref=loFkkPMQ

 

              How close are we to a bottom?

              https://www.capitalspectator.com/sp-500-risk-profile-14-june-2022/

 

              Estimating future stock returns.

              https://alephblog.com/2022/06/14/estimating-future-stock-returns-march-2022-update/

 

              Pay more attention to earnings trends than multiples.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/ckcazjg5-g

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) declares $1.15/share quarterly dividend, 53.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.75.

 

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) declares $0.62/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

 

What I am reading today

 

           

 

 

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