Friday, November 15, 2024

The Morning Call--A technical smorgashbord

 

The Morning Call

 

11/15/24

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/fed-accompli-fail-powell-pontification-prompts-puke-stocks-bonds

 

            S&P stalls.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/spx-stalls-russell-wobbles-despite-inflow-mania

 

            Is this rally in need of a rest?

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/red-sweep-reversals-0

           

            Tariffs and the rally.

            https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/11/market-watch-how-trumps-tariff-strategy-could-reshape-this-rally/

 

            Q4 performance in election years.

            https://www.indexologyblog.com/2024/11/12/equity-exuberance-and-fixed-income-foreshadowing/

 

            Today is the largest November option expiration ever.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-2016-analogs-largest-november-opex-ever-sp-6000

 

            Why the dollar keeps getting stronger.

            https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/strong-dollar-trump.html

 

            Or not.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/massive-dollar-reversal-making

 

            Bitcoin and the $200,000 destination.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/bitcoin-and-ultimate-200k-destination

 

            Three reasons for the plunge in gold.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/three-reasons-behind-recent-plunge-gold

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

October retail sales were up 0.4% versus estimates of up 0.3%; ex autos, they increased 0.1% versus +0.3%.

 

The November NY Fed manufacturing index came in at 31.2 versus predictions of -0.7.

 

                        International

 

Q3 Japanese GDP grew 0.2%, in line; the Q3 YoY price index was up 2.5% versus up 2.8%; Q3 capital expenditures fell 0.2% in line; Q3 private consumption was up 0.9% versus +0.2%; September industrial production was up 1.6% versus +1.4%.

 

Q3 UK GDP grew 0.1% versus consensus of +0.2%; Q3 YoY construction orders declined 9.4% versus +17.0%; the September trade balance was -L16.3 billion versus -L16.2 billion; September industrial production was -0.5% versus +0.1%.

 

October Chinese YoY industrial production was up 5.3% versus expectations of +5.6%; October YoY retail sales were up 4.8% versus +3.8%; October YoY fixed investment was up 3.4%, in line; the October unemployment rate was 5.0% versus +5.1%.

 

October German PPI was up 1.6% versus forecasts of +1.4%.

 

                        Other

 

                          Jobless claims return to pre-hurricane trend.

                          https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2024/11/jobless-claims-complete-their-reversion.html

 

            Monetary Policy

 

              What’s the Fed to do?

              https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-14/inflation-stops-falling-and-needs-subtlety-it-s-getting-trump?srnd=homepage-americas

 

            Fiscal Policy

 

              An argument for why my concern with deficit spending is overblown.

              https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/us-debt-is-risky-a-rant-about-evidence

 

            Inflation

 

              Trumponomics, inflation and interest rates.

              https://www.capitalspectator.com/10-year-us-treasury-yield-fair-value-estimate-14-november-2024/

 

              A plan to tame inflation.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/plan-tame-inflation

 

            Tariffs

 

              China is not a reason for across the board tariffs.

              https://cafehayek.com/2024/11/china-isnt-an-incantation.html

 

              Tariffs are taxes on us.

              https://cafehayek.com/2024/11/on-trumps-proposed-across-the-board-tax-hike.html

 

    Bottom line

 

            Stocks aren’t cheap.

            https://sherwood.news/markets/sp500-stocks-high-premium/

 

            Trumponomics versus the EU

            https://www.ft.com/content/51d839fb-b695-4fa8-8721-72062b9d561b

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

Nike (NYSE:NKE) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, an 8.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.37.

 

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) declares $2.25/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

 

What I am reading today

 

           

 

 

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