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๐Ÿปโ™‰๏ธโ†—๏ธโ†˜๏ธโ†”๏ธโš ๏ธ๐Ÿšฉ๐Ÿ”บ๐Ÿ”ป๐Ÿงฎ ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Macro Review ๐Ÿงต
01/15/2023

1/11

Core #CPI running at +3.1% SAAR confirmed #Goldilocks for Q422 and catalyzed a ๐Ÿš€ in equities, metals, and hydrocarbons

#Core CPI - 3-month SAAR
Dec - 3.1%
Nov - 4.2%
Oct - 5.7%

Chart: #CoreCPI 5.7% ๐Ÿ”ป
1a/11

Despite all the recession talk - including my own, the @AtlantaFed #NowCast is projecting Q4 growth of +4.1%, an acceleration.

Growth ๐Ÿ”บ + Inflation ๐Ÿ”ป = #Quad1 #Goldilocks

Chart:
2/11

While #Quad1 #Goldilocks may be good for risk assets, itโ€™s decidedly poor for the $USD, which continued โ†˜๏ธ and took out the 50% retracement level of 102.12

Chart: $USD -1.64% (w) -9.94% 3M = T = Trend
3a/11

With a -0.76 correlation to the $USD over (T) duration, $GOLD +2.78% continued to ๐Ÿš€ and is now +18.7% off the October lows and VERY OVERBOUGHT

Chart: $GOLD +5.23% YTD
3b/11

Dr. $COPPER turned decidedly โ™‰๏ธ the week ending 11/11/22 and has been๐Ÿšฆbullish Trend ever since, front running China re-opening announcement by over a month.

Chart: $COPPER +7.8% (w) +23.9% (T)
4/11

Declines in energy costs in December nearly offset the rise in shelter costs in the #CPI report. The commensurate real wages โ†—๏ธ put pressure on hydrocarbons this week = sowing the seeds #Goldilocks early demise

Chart: $GASO +13.39% (w) -3.67% (T)
4a/11

๐Ÿ“Œ Importantly, I want to note that oil ๐ŸŒŠ has fallen to multi-month lows as speculators have been shaken from the market.

Time to get long energy ๐Ÿ›ข folks.

Chart: $OVX 38.19 at the lowest level in a year.
5/11

While the "the food index increased +10.4% over the last yearโ€ in the December #CPI report, grains have been decidedly subdued since peak inflation in June.

Chart: $DBA -0.15% (w) -2.64% (T) could be the next to join the โ™‰๏ธ party
6/11

With event risk behind us, the $VIX ๐Ÿ”ป to 18.35, a 1-year low and supporting equity prices as both realized and implied vol fall.

Chart: $VIX 18.35 has some calling for long zee puts, but Iโ€™m not so sure
6a/11

Small caps led ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ equity indices โ†—๏ธ

Chart: $IWM +5.33%
6b/11

High beta โ™ฃ๏ธ low beta by a wide margin

Chart: $SPHB +5.96% (w) compared to $SPLV -0.43% (w)
6c/11

Growth had a slight edge over value

Chart: $SPYG +2.78% (w) compared to $SPYV +2.7% (w)
6d/11

With real wages rising, consumers ostensibly have more ๐Ÿ’ฐ in their pockets to spend.

Accordingly, consumer discretionary led US Sectors โ†—๏ธ while Staples -1.37% on the week.

Chart: $XLY +5.78% (w) +3.27% (T)
7/11

A weak $USD has also catalyzed โ™‰๏ธ moves in international indices over the past 3 months with both Europe and the Pac Rim showing outsized ๐Ÿ’ช

Chart: $DAX +3.26% (w) and +22.7% off the October lows
8a/11

In bond land, the yield curve remains deeply inverted as the short-end has been ๐Ÿ“Œ by the Fed and bonds have rallied on slowing inflation and the prospect of #recession in the year ahead

Chart: 10Y3M to -118 bps
8b/11

Corporate bonds led bond ETFs โ†—๏ธ

Chart: $LQD +1.72% (w) +10.05% (T)
9/11

Supporting all of this โ™‰๏ธ ๐Ÿš€, 374B has come out of reverse repo (money markets) and into risk assets since the end of December ๐Ÿ”ฅ

It only takes 50-100B to move markets each day

Chart: Overnight reverse repo
10a/11

The big question for investors is how long can this #Quad1 #Goldilocks โ™‰๏ธ last - especially as it runs into a ๐Ÿฆ… #FOMC on 02/01/23, one day after the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for Q422 is released.

Remember, this Fed is focused on wages aka "services ex-shelter"
10b/11

Iโ€™m inclined to agree with @BobEUnlimited that this #Goldilocks is transitory and that it will sow its own seeds of destruction as moribund commodities spring to life and as real wage gains spur a resilient consumer, pushing #inflation โ†—๏ธ

blog.unlimitedfunds.com/transitory-golโ€ฆ
10c/11

In the meantime, we will run a Goldilocks play ๐Ÿ“— in combination with our recession play ๐Ÿ“•

Image: #Goldilocks play ๐Ÿ“—
11/11

Despite extremely overbought conditions in equities, expect positive vanna and charm ๐ŸŒŠ into #OPEX ๐Ÿฅ as well as more #TGA spend as Janet front runs Congress & reverse repo ๐Ÿ’ฆ as chasers chase the 200-day #FOMO

Note $SPX resistance at 4075-4100 and have a super ๐Ÿ’ฐ week!

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Hello Friday and the week to date!

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$WTIC -8.22%
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Hello Thursday!

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$NIKK 25717 -1.45% ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
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$DAX 14415 +1.65%
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Hello Tuesday and the first trading day of 2023!

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๐Ÿปโ™‰๏ธโ†—๏ธโ†˜๏ธโ†”๏ธโš ๏ธ๐Ÿšฉ๐Ÿ”บ๐Ÿ”ป๐Ÿงฎ ๐Ÿ’ฐ

My Q12023 outlook reflects the massive forces current under way ๐Ÿงต

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