Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The Morning Call---So that's it?

 

The Morning Call

 

6/24/25

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Monday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/oil-crashes-stocks-soar-traders-call-bullshit-iranian-retaliation-gold-crypto-jump

 

            Monday in the technical stats

            https://www.barchart.com/stocks/momentum

            https://www.barchart.com/stocks/sectors/rankings

 

            Wall Street is acting like nothing happened.

            https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/investing/stock-market-dow-oil-iran

 

            Technicals show very weak Sell bias.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/probably-worst-sell-case-all-times

 

                Is a rebound coming in crypto?

            https://talkmarkets.com/content/market-commentary-education/bitcoin-and-crypto-market-could-be-now-finishing-a-correction-within-bullish-trend?post=505289

 

            How to trade gold now.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/gold-summer-flex-long

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

                          May existing home sales rose 0.8% versus consensus of -1.3%.

                          https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/06/23/existing-home-sales-unexpectedly-inch-up-in-may

 

The June flash manufacturing PMI was 52.0 versus projections of 51.0; the flash services PMI was 53.1 versus 52.9; the flash composite PMI was 52.8 versus 52.5.

 

                        International

 

The June German business climate index came in at 88.4 versus estimates of 88.2; the June current conditions index was 86.2 versus 86.5.

 

The June UK industrial trends orders index was -33 versus expectations of -27.

 

                        Other

 

                          Update on Q2 nowcasts.

                          https://econbrowser.com/archives/2025/06/gdp-nowcasts-as-of-6-20

 

            Overnight News

 

              Tuesday morning Middle East war update.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/white-house-press-secretary-hints-iran-regime-change-claims-intel-said-weeks-nuclear

 

The custodians of trillions of dollars of global central bank reserves are eyeing a move away from the greenback into gold, the euro and China's yuan as the splintering of world trade and geopolitical upheaval spark a rethink of financial flows.

 

Japanese Economy Minister Akazawa is reportedly arranging to visit the US as early as June 26th for tariff talks, according to Yomiuri.

 

The EU said it would not give up decision‑making power for a US trade deal, according to the WSJ citing European Commission President von der Leyen.

 

US and South Korean trade ministers reaffirmed commitment to reaching a tariff deal early, according to the South Korean ministry.

 

            Fiscal Policy

 

              Social Security is still headed over a cliff.

              https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3448790/social-security-headed-for-fiscal-cliff/

 

This is a great argument for reforming our immigration policies but hardly one for altering Donald’s tariff regime (even though I think that it should be altered).

              https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/06/23/openness_to_brains_will_create_much_more_wealth_than_tariff_closure_1118110.html

 

                          The threat to the dollar: decline from within.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dollars-decline-meets-rising-dedollarization-threat-comes-within

 

            Tariffs

 

              Is this Trump’s planned outcome?

              https://www.apolloacademy.com/is-trump-a-genius/

 

            Geopolitics

 

              When everything is a nail.

  https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-22/us-midnight-hammer-attack-on-iran-carries-echoes-of-forever-wars?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=loFkkPMQ

 

              Iran’s options.

  https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-23/iran-has-three-options-to-respond-to-us-bombing-but-two-are-terrible?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=loFkkPMQ

 

              The longer term impact on the price of oil.

              https://www.ft.com/content/9c1aa046-c430-4e28-b6fa-5db0fb4fad1e

 

              Is that all there is?

              https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/white-house-press-secretary-hints-iran-regime-change-claims-intel-said-weeks-nuclear

 

     Investing

 

            Don’t panic.

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2025/06/23/iran-struck-u-s-markets-risk-rational-investing

 

            Navigating war.

            https://www.optimisticallie.com/p/navigating-war

 

            For traders: a rules based sizing of positions.

            https://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2025/06/best-trading-practice-rule-based-sizing.html

 

            Three factors supporting a positive outlook for gold.

            https://talkmarkets.com/content/commodities/three-macro-factors-supporting-a-bullish-outlook-for-gold?post=505384

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

 

What I am reading today

 

           

            You can’t have it both ways.

            https://www.econlib.org/you-cannot-have-it-both-ways/

 

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