Wednesday, March 29, 2023

The Morning Call--A Fed pivot is not bullish

 

The Morning Call

 

3/29/23

 

The Market

         

    Technical

                

            Tuesday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/banks-big-tech-breakdown-credit-calm-bitcoin-bullion-bounce

 

            S&P trapped---which way will it break?

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/spx-time-decide-0

                

            Short squeeze in oil.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/oil-chase

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

Weekly mortgage applications were up 2.9% while purchase applications were up 2.0%.

 

                          March consumer confidence came in at 104.2 versus consensus of 101.0.

 

Note: the above notwithstanding, Goldman says consumer sentiment is   turning lower.

                          https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-sentiment-quickly-turning-negative-us-consumer

 

The March Richmond Fed manufacturing index was -17 versus forecasts of +3.

 

                        International

 

February UK consumer credit rose L1.4 billion versus predictions of +L1.3 billion.

 

The April German consumer confidence index was -29.5 versus expectations of -29.2.

 

                        Other

 

            The Fed

 

              A Fed pivot is not bullish.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/federal-reserve-pivot-not-bullish

 

            Inflation

 

              Dust off the stagflation hedges.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/itprudent-dust-stagflation-hedges-again

 

            Recession

 

  Serious mortgage delinquency rate declined in February.

              https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2023/03/freddie-mac-mortgage-serious.html

 

              Gundlach warns of imminent recession.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/economic-headwinds-are-building-jeff-gundlach-warns-imminent-recession

 

            The Banking System

 

              It was not a crisis of confidence, it was a profitability problem.

              https://www.ft.com/content/c34e195a-2877-4a4c-bf4e-71fbf7704ee4

 

              The Fed and bank failures.

              https://www.promarket.org/2023/03/27/the-fed-and-bank-failures/

 

            The coronavirus

 

              The economic damage of the Covid vaccine.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bombshell-vax-analysis-finds-147-billion-economic-damage-tens-millions-injured-or-disabled

 

     Bottom line

 

            A countertrend move?

            https://alhambrapartners.com/2023/03/26/weekly-market-pulse-perspective/

 

            Stability breeds instability.

            https://investoramnesia.com/2023/03/27/stability-breeds-instability/

 

            Blackrock thinks that markets are wrong on rate cuts.

            https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-28/markets-are-wrong-on-us-rate-cut-bets-blackrock-says?srnd=premium&sref=loFkkPMQ#xj4y7vzkg

 

            Three warning signs from the bond market.

            https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1147114/3-warning-signs-from-the-bond-market

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

 

 

What I am reading today

 

            The age of average.

            https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average

 

 

                        Quote of the day.

            https://cafehayek.com/2023/03/quotation-of-the-day-4221.html

 

 

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