Friday, October 28, 2022

The Morning Call---How the Fed causes inflation

The Morning Call

 

10/28/22

 

 

The Market

 

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nukes-pukes-big-tech-bond-yields-plunge-putin-pentagon-earnings-panic

 

            Santa Claus rally aside, the big capitulation is yet to come.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/big-stock-capitulation-yet-come

 

            Too early to bet on King Dollar’s demise?

            https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/wall-street-says-it-s-too-early-to-bet-on-king-dollar-s-demise?srnd=premium&sref=loFkkPMQ

 

    Fundamental

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

                          Advance Q3 GDP growth was 2.6% versus predictions of +2.4%.

                          https://econbrowser.com/archives/2022/10/not-a-recession-yet

 

September personal spending was up 0.6% versus forecasts of 0.4%; September PCE was up 0.3% versus +0.2%; core PCE was up  0.5%, in  line.

 

The October Kansas City Fed manufacturing index was -22 versus consensus of +6.

                          https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2022/10/27/kansas-city-fed-mfg-survey-activity-ticks-down-in-october

 

                        International

 

The September Japanese unemployment rate was 2.6% versus projections of 2.5%.; October YoY CPI was 3.5% versus 2.9%; core YoY CPI was 3.4% versus 3.1%.

 

October German CPI was 0.9% versus expectations of +0.6%.

 

October EU economic sentiment came in at 92.5, in line; October industrial sentiment was -1.2 versus -1.8; October services sentiment was 1.8 versus 3.2; October consumer confidence was -27.6, in line.

                         

                        Other

                       

                          More on low diesel fuel supplies.    

                          https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/major-fuel-supplier-code-red-diesel-crisis-hits-southeast

 

                                      Mortgage rates rise to 7.16%.

                                       https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-mortgage-interest-rates-jump-716-highest-since-2001-2022-10-26/

 

                 The Fed

 

                   Investors preparing for a ‘pivot;’ but will it happen?

                   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/preparations-buy-all-things-are-taking-place

 

                     The Treasury market is the Fed’s next crisis.

                    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/treasury-market-feds-next-crisis

 

                Inflation

 

                  Inflation adjusted housing prices down 2.3%.

                  https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/10/inflation-adjusted-house-prices-23.html

 

                  How the Fed causes inflation (or the problem with ivory tower econometric     

                  models) Must read.

                  https://ritholtz.com/2022/10/fed-causes-inflation/

 

                  Used car bubble about to pop

                  https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/autonations-ceo-warns-about-used-car-bubble-popping

 

               The coronavirus                   .

 

                 A case for optimism?

                 https://www.capitalspectator.com/us-covid-19-risk-is-relatively-low-will-that-change-this-winter/

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

AbbVie press release (NYSE:ABBV): Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $3.66 beats by $0.10.

Revenue of $14.81B (+3.3% Y/Y) misses by $130M.

 

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) declares $1.48/share quarterly dividend, 5% increase from prior dividend of $1.41.

 

Exxon Mobil press release (NYSE:XOM): Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $4.45 beats by $0.65.

Revenue of $112.07B (+51.9% Y/Y) beats by $9.11B.

 

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) declares $0.91/share quarterly dividend, 3.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.88.

 

Apple press release (NASDAQ:AAPL): Q4 GAAP EPS of $1.29 beats by $0.02.

Revenue of $90.15B (+8.1% Y/Y) beats by $1.38B.

 

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) declares $0.23/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

 

What I am reading today

 

            An interesting fact about ‘green’ energy.

            https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/10/3-8-trillion-for.php

 

A disordered world (read only if you want to be depressed).

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/10/satyajit-das-a-disordered-world-part-2-susceptibilities.html

 

A survey of the American middle class---they are more optimistic than the title of this article implies.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-us-midterms-middle-class-wealth/?srnd=premium&sref=loFkkPMQ

 

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