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A Potentially Pivotal Week for the 2024 Bull Market

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A Potentially Pivotal Week for the 2024 Bull Market: Start a free trial of The Sevens Report.

What’s in Today’s Report:

  • A Potentially Pivotal Week for the 2024 Bull Market
  • Weekly Market Preview:  Important Updates on Growth, Rate Cuts and AI Enthusiasm
  • Weekly Economic Cheat Sheet:  Jobs Report Friday, Fed Wednesday.

Futures are solidly higher on momentum from Friday’s rally and following a mostly quiet weekend of news, as investors look ahead to an important week for economic growth, rate cut expectations and mega cap tech earnings.

Geopolitically, tensions increased between Israel and Hezbollah following an attack in the Golan Heights and subsequent Israeli retaliation, but for now it’s not moving oil markets.

This week will give us a lot of color on the state of economic growth and a check on market rate cut expectations, but the important events don’t start until tomorrow (MSFT & AMD earnings) as there are no notable economic reports today.

Looking deeper at earnings, about 40% of the S&P 500 reports this week, including several major mega-cap tech stocks, but those important reports don’t start until tomorrow.  Today, we’ll be watching: MCD (E: $3.08), ON (E: $0.92) and SFM (E: $0.77).

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Oil futures appropriately popped in the wake of the release

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 Oil futures appropriately popped in the wake of the release: Sevens Report Co-Editor, Tyler Richey, Quoted in Morningstar

Oil prices climb as U.S. data show crude supplies down a fourth straight week

Wednesday’s EIA report was “solid and oil futures appropriately popped in the wake of the release,” said Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research.

Still, the “trend of strong consumer demand has faltered in July,” underscored by the fact the four-week moving average of gasoline supplied remains about 30,000 barrels per day off the early July year-to-date highs, he told MarketWatch.

Going forward, the “energy bulls will want to see more evidence of strong and persistent consumer demand in order for oil to hold above key technical support at $76.50 because recession worries are on the rise and volatility is picking up, both of which are typically headwinds for the price of oil,” said Richey.

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Massive rotation from tech and tech related sectors

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Massive rotation from tech and tech related sectors: Sevens Report Editor, Tom Essaye, Quoted in Barron’s

Why Tech Stocks Dropped — And Everything Else Popped

“Bottom line, this massive rotation from tech and tech related sectors was caused primarily by investors positioning for a rate cutting cycle and secondarily by anticipation for a Trump administration and negative tech news,” writes Sevens Report’s Tom Essaye. “The intensity of it was absolutely turbocharged by the historically crowded trade of ‘long mega-cap tech,’ which is making this rotation out of tech and into cyclicals, value and the ‘rest of the market’ more intense.”

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What Caused This Rotation From Growth to Value (And How Long Can It Last?)

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • What Caused This Rotation From Growth to Value?
  • How Long Can It Last?

Futures are slightly higher as tech stocks bounce modestly following better than expected earnings overnight.

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) posted solid earnings and the stock is modestly higher pre-market and that’s helping the tech sector to bounce and support futures.

Economically there were no important reports overnight.

Today is a busy day of economic data and central bank speak.  First, on the data front, the most important report is the July Philly Fed Survey (E: 3.0) followed closely by Jobless Claims (E: 230k).  Economic data so far this week has been Goldilocks and that’s helped stocks and markets will welcome more Goldilocks reports today, while “Too Cold” data will increase growth worries.

Looking at central banks, there’s an ECB Rate Decision later this morning but they aren’t cutting rates (the only question is how forcefully they telegraph a September cut and the more forcefully, the better for stocks).  Looking at the Fed, we have three speakers today, Logan (1:45 p.m. ET), Daly (6:05 p.m. ET) and Bowman (7:30 p.m. ET) and if they echo recent sentiment that it’s “almost time” to cut rates that should also help support stocks.

Finally, on the earnings front, we get some notable reports today including TSM ($1.37), NFLX ($4.70) and PPG ($2.48).

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The performance gap between tech and the rest of the market

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The performance gap between tech and the rest of the market: Tom Essaye Quoted in Forbes

Why A Magnificent 7 Breather Could Be A Good Thing For The Stock Market

“The performance gap between tech and the rest of the market is so wide that it’s reasonable to expect continued closing of that gap as markets more fully embrace the idea of the start of a rate cutting cycle,” summarized Sevens Report founder Tom Essaye, noting in the “near term” non-tech sectors may mount a catchup rally. Essaye is referring to Thursday’s strong inflation data which bolstered calls for the Federal Reserve to soon lower interest rates, which broadly help most equities but tend to favor certain rate-sensitive sectors like real estate.

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I think this will cause a bit of a correction

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I think this will cause a bit of a correction: Sevens Report Editor, Tom Essaye, Quoted in Barron’s

What to Buy if the Stock Market Rotation Is Real

“It was almost sort of getting feverish just how relentlessly these stocks were rising,” Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye tells Barron’s. “I think this will cause a bit of a correction, and a bit of a widening. How long it lasts depends on growth.”

Essaye says traders are looking at the prospect of lower rates and noting small caps, utilities, and real estate investment trusts are both cheap and could benefit from lower rates.

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The Important Question in a Noisy Market

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • The Important Question in a Noisy Market

Futures are slightly higher mostly on momentum as markets again ignore disappointing retailer earnings.

Hugo Boss became the latest retailer to post poor results and cut guidance as anecdotal warnings on consumer spending continue to grow.

The only notable economic number overnight was the German ZEW Sentiment Index and it met expectations.

Today focus will stay on economic data and earnings. The key economic report today (and of the week) is Retail Sales (E: -0.3%) and if that number is weaker than expected, look for concerns about a slowdown to grow (although that likely won’t hit stocks immediately as bad data is still good for stocks).  We also get the Housing Market Index (E: 43) and one Fed speaker, Kugler (2:45 p.m. ET), but they shouldn’t move markets.

On the earnings front the season continues to heat up and reports we’ll be watching today include:  BAC ($0.79), UNH ($6.65) and MS ($1.65).

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July MMT Chart and Powell Testimony Takeaways

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • Powell Testimony Takeaways – Underappreciated Growth Risks
  • July MMT Chart – All Scenario Targets Hit New Highs

Futures are higher again this morning amid firming Fed rate cut bets after Powell’s first day of semiannual testimony on Capitol Hill while inflation data was mixed overnight.

Economically, inflation data in Asia was mixed as Chinese CPI fell to 0.2% vs. (E) 0.4% y/y but Japanese PPI rose from an upwardly revised 2.6% in May to 2.9% in June.

There are no notable economic reports in the U.S. today which will leave markets primarily focused on Fed Chair Powell’s second day of Congressional testimony, this time before the House Financial Services Committee.

There are two additional Fed speakers this afternoon, Goolsbee and Bowman at 2:30 p.m. ET while Cook speaks later this evening, well after the close (7:30 p.m. ET).

Finally, there is a 10-Yr Treasury Note auction at 1:00 p.m. ET. Yesterday’s 3-Yr Note auction saw solid demand, however there is some uncertainty about demand for longer duration Treasuries right now, and weak results at today’s auction could send those yields higher which has the potential to trigger some profit taking in equities.

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A lack of market breadth won’t lead to markets reversing

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Lack of market breadth won’t lead to markets reversing: Sevens Report Editor, Tom Essaye, Quoted in Barron’s

The Stock Market’s Breadth Is Improving. Why It Matters.

Though a lack of market breadth won’t lead to markets reversing, Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s, it is worth watching.

“The lack of breadth tells you something about the underlying business fundamentals in the economy,” Essaye says. “If everything were as healthy as the S&P 500 would have you believe, breadth would be better.”

He says the index’s performance may be overstating how well things are going for U.S. firms.

“It doesn’t mean the reality is bad—it’s just not as good as that single index is making you think it is,” Essaye says.

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This number reinforces expectations for a September rate cut

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Expectations for a September rate cut: Sevens Report Editor, Tom Essaye, Quoted in Barron’s

Stocks Give Back Gains. Bond Yields Spike.

Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s the report was more of a “Goldilocks” number, meaning it was “just right.” He cited rising new orders, a leading indicator, and declines in prices that indicate easing inflation pressures.

“In the short term, this number reinforces expectations for a September rate cut (which is positive) but at the same time, and beyond the short term, it does keep alive concerns that the economy is weaker than people think and we continue to think that’s the biggest risk to the rally as we start the second half of 2024,” says Essaye.

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