What Yesterday’s Rate Cut Means for Markets

What’s in Today’s Report: What Yesterday’s Rate Cut Means for Markets.

Sevens Report’s Tom Essaye quoted in USA TODAY on December 4, 2018

Sevens Report’s Tom Essaye quoted in USA TODAY on December 4, 2018. His take on markets, price action, S&P 500 and more.

Sevens Report’s Co-Editor Tyler Richey appeared on TD Ameritrade on December 4, 2018.

Sevens Report’s Co-Editor & Commodities Analyst Tyler Richey appeared on TD Ameritrade on December 4, 2018. His take on oil, market, energies and more.

OPEC’s Catch-22

OPEC’s Catch-22 Explained, ISM Manufacturing PMI Analysis, futures are modestly lower as the Trump-Xi “trade truce” continues to be digested this morning while the yield curve flattened further overnight, underscoring growth concerns, the major underlying story this morning is the yield curve as the 2’s-10s spread compressed to new lows overnight (13bp) and the 2’s-5’s actually inverted. and more.

What the Trade Truce Means for Markets

What The U.S./China Trade Truce Means for Markets, Four Keys to A Bottom Updated: Getting Closer, but Not There Yet, Weekly Market Preview, Weekly Economic Cheat Sheet (All About Growth and Jobs) and more.

Trump/Xi Meeting Preview

Trump/Xi Meeting Preview: The Good, the Expected & the Ugly, there are no economic reports today and just one Fed speaker, Williams (1:00 p.m. ET), but he won’t move markets. So, markets should be in a general holding pattern ahead of the G-20 and I’d expect a quiet day and more.

Was Powell’s Speech a Bullish Gamechanger?

Was Powell’s speech a bullish gamechanger? No, oil update – another bearish report, the unexpected Winner from Powell’s Speech (Yield Curve), today focus will be on economic data, and the most important report will be the Core PCE Price Index (E: 1.9%). and more.