While #Quad1#Goldilocks may be good for risk assets, itโs 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 ๐ 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 been๐ฆbullish 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
๐ Importantly, I want to note that oil ๐ has fallen to multi-month lows as speculators have been shaken from the market.
Time to get long energy ๐ข 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 ๐ป 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 Iโm not so sure
6a/11
Small caps led ๐บ๐ธ equity indices โ๏ธ
Chart: $IWM +5.33%
6b/11
High beta โฃ๏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 ๐ฐ 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 ๐ช
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 ๐ 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 ๐, 374B has come out of reverse repo (money markets) and into risk assets since the end of December ๐ฅ
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 ๐ฆ #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
Iโm 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
Despite extremely overbought conditions in equities, expect positive vanna and charm ๐ into #OPEX ๐ฅ as well as more #TGA spend as Janet front runs Congress & reverse repo ๐ฆ as chasers chase the 200-day #FOMO
Note $SPX resistance at 4075-4100 and have a super ๐ฐ week!
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1> Fed, Treasury, and big market players (reverse repo) who are draining liquidity from the markets will make for a messy start for risk assets to start the new year.
This coincides with ๐ฅ๐ช of weakness into Jan 10.