Friday, October 3, 2025

The Morning Call--the US's loss of privilege

 

The Morning Call

 

10/3/25

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/stocks-shrug-shutdown-day-2-bitcoin-rips-gold-dips

 

                Thursday in the technical stats.

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

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

            https://www.barchart.com/stocks/signals/new-recommendations

 

            The latest from Goldman’s trading desk.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-trader-says-something-very-strange-going-market

 

The short term technicals in gold are getting iffy.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/down-candles-hanging-man-shooting-star-gold-trouble

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

                        International

 

The August Japanese unemployment rate was 2.6% versus forecasts of 2.4%.     

 

The August EU PPI was -0.3% versus expectations of 0.0%.

 

The September Japanese services PMI was 53.3 versus estimates of 53.0; the composite PMI was 51.3 versus 51.1; the September German services PMI was 51.5 versus 52.5; the composite PMI was 52.0 versus 52.4; the September EU services PMI was 51.3 versus 51.4; the composite PMI was 51.2, in line; the September UK services PMI was 50.8 versus 51.9; the composite PMI was 50.1 versus 51.0.

 

         

                       

 

                        Other

 

                          The consensus has been wrong since January.

                          https://www.apolloacademy.com/we-in-the-economics-profession-need-to-look-ourselves-in-the-mirror/

 

                          Inflation adjusted home prices below 2022 peak.

                          https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/10/inflation-adjusted-house-prices-27.html

 

                          Another problem with those pesky statistics.

                          https://www.ft.com/content/4efed04a-0871-491e-b0ee-2665b418e5d3

 

            Fiscal Policy

 

              The debate over the shutdown:

 

                        GOP: https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/01/you-call-this-a-shutdown/

                        Dems: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/opinion/government-shutdown-republican-obamacare.html

 

              Evidence of the US’s loss of privilege.

              https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/privilege-lost

 

 

            Tariffs

 

This is a great description of the benefits of free trade. What it fails to consider is (1) theft of US intellectual property, (2) other countries exploiting minorities to produce cheap goods, (3) other countries expecting the US to pay for their defense and (4) congress’s unwillingness to raise tax revenue sufficient to cover its spending.

              https://www.kiteandkeymedia.com/videos/international-trade-comparative-advantage-imports-exports-specialization/

 

                  Though this author thinks item (4) above is a ‘rounding error’.

                  https://reason.com/2025/10/02/the-government-shutdown-is-a-distraction-from-our-37-trillion-debt/

 

                This author doesn’t.

            https://wolfstreet.com/2025/10/01/tariff-cash-keeps-rolling-in-record-30-billion-in-september/

 

     Investing

 

A statistical look at equities’ performance in September, October and the fourth quarter.

https://www.carsongroup.com/insights/blog/a-quarter-for-the-history-books-now-what-2/

 

            September dividends by the numbers.

            https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2025/10/dividends-by-numbers-in-september-2025.html

 

            Update on valuations.

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/10/02/buffett-valuation-indicator-market-cap-gdp-september-2025

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/10/01/pe10-market-valuation-september-2025

                https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/10/01/qratio-market-valuation-september-2025

                https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/10/01/regression-to-trend-s-p-composite-193-above-trend-in-september

 

                        Current S&P Q3 and Q4 earnings estimates.

            https://talkmarkets.com/content/stocks--equities/making-sense-of-current-earnings-expectations?post=525150

 

 

                        Debt, the Fed and the bullish case for gold.

            https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2025/10/02/nomi-prins-debt-fed-bullish-case-gold-silver

                       

            The number one cognitive bias.

            https://almossawi.substack.com/p/cognitive-biases-investing-barry-ritholtz

 

                        What is the stock market discounting?

            What Is The Stock Market Discounting?

 

                        Goldman client survey finds AI FOMO off the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-client-survey-finds-ai-fomo-charts-year-end-performance-panic

 

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios

 

 

What I am reading today

 

           

 

 

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