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Was the Strong CPI Report A Bearish Gamechanger?
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What the Disappointing Jobs Report Means for Markets
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What Would Make the Fed Less Dovish?
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A Crack in One Pillar of the Rally
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Tom Essaye Quoted in Barron’s on August 28, 2020
“Now, over the medium and long term, the Fed’s average inflation target means that when cyclicals start to outperform, and when yields begin to rise, both those rallies will last longer…” writes Tom Essaye of The Sevens Report newsletter. Click here to read the full article.
Tom Essaye Quoted in Positively Scottish Scot on August 24, 2020
“What does that mean for us? It usually means remain long stocks in more time-dated accounts, and make confident you…” Sevens Report Study founder Tom Essaye recently spelled out to Yahoo Finance. Click here to read the full article.
Is Inflation The Next Big Thing? (How to be Positioned)
What’s in Today’s Report:
- Is Inflation The Next Big Thing? (How to be Positioned)
- OPEC Meeting Preview: Bullish If/Bearish If
Futures are modestly lower following a generally quiet night as markets digest this weeks’ gains ahead of jobless claims and the Powell speech.
On the coronavirus front, news was again positive as Austria and Denmark became the first European countries to begin to lift coronavirus restrictions.
Economic data overnight was better than feared as German exports and British IP both beat estimates.
Today focus will be on Jobless Claims (E: 5 MM) and the Powell speech (10:00 a.m. ET). For claims, it’d be a positive surprise if they declined from last week’s number and that’d add to the good news from this week, while a spike towards 10MM would be a modest negative vs. expectations.
For the Powell speech, markets just want reassurance that the Fed is committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure orderly operation of markets, which is what we should get.
How to Recognize a Blow Off Top
Good Morning,
Today’s Report is attached as a PDF.
What’s in Today’s Report:
- How To Recognize a Blow Off Top
- Don’t Sleep on Inflation? (PPI Just Hit a Multi-Year High)
Futures are slightly lower as markets digest yesterday’s rally following a mostly quiet night of news.
News on COVID-19 was mixed as China did another “diagnostic change” and the number of COVID 19 cases fell, while in South Korea the number of infections rose. But, markets still view the transmission rate of the disease as peaking (and this assumption is what’s driving markets higher – and it’s also the greatest source of near term risk for stocks if the situation changes).
Economic data was sparse but German GfK Consumer Climate and British Retail Sales both beat estimates, although neither is moving markets.
Today there are two notable economic reports, Jobless Claims (E: 211K) and Philly Fed (E: 12.0), and as remains the case, the stronger the data, the better (markets will especially be looking for confirmation of the strong Empire report from Philly Fed). There is also one Fed speaker, Barkin at 1:20 p.m. ET, but he shouldn’t move markets.
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Economic Breaker Panel: July Update
What’s in Today’s Report:
- Economic Breaker Panel – July Update
Futures are trading modestly higher this morning as investors digest the mixed set of corporate earnings releases so far this week after an otherwise quiet night of macro news.
Eurozone inflation was 1.3% vs. (E) 1.2% year/year in June, but the slightly firmer than expected print was not enough to alter the outlook for ECB policy (the euro is flat).
Today, there is one economic report to watch: Housing Starts (E: 1.260M) and one Fed official scheduled to speak: George (12:30 ET).
With news-flow considerably slower today than yesterday, investor focus will remain on earnings as the reporting season continues to pick up.
Notable releases today include: BAC ($0.70), PNC ($2.83), USB ($1.07), BK ($0.94) before the open, and NFLX ($0.56), IBM ($3.06), EBAY ($0.62), AA (-$0.34), KMI ($0.23) after the close.