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April 3, 2018
Today's topics include the BoJ's exit, auto sales, technical analysis, Bitcoin, an alternative to LIBOR, private financing, volatility and Manhattan property prices.
Today's topics include the BoJ's exit, auto sales, technical analysis, Bitcoin, an alternative to LIBOR, private financing, volatility and Manhattan property prices.
Ties between oil prices and major asset classes are strengthening just as crude oil prices look increasingly vulnerable.
Financial conditions are finally tightening, however disruption has not yet been seen across U.S. high yield. We are watching the correlation between U.S. high yield and the U.S. 2-year 10-year spread, world equity drawdowns, and zombie companies to determine when credit spreads will finally widen. The Fed may be the instigator with less room than previously thought to tighten.
U.S. economic data looks poised to miss expectations after deterioration across the Eurozone, U.K., and Canada. U.S. 30-year yields should find difficulty ascending relative to other major developed economies.
Stock and Bond Total Returns Through March 2018.
A look at the March 30, 2018 CoT report.
Today's topics include stock market sentiment, risk-on/risk-off, transparency in the Treasury market, QE's effect on income disparity, corporate debt by rating, balance sheet normalization, earnings, economic stability and Bitcoin.
Interest rate-sensitive industries have dramatically underperformed during this era of tightening Federal Reserve policy. Not surprisingly, these very industries possess the greatest proportion of near-zombie companies. A return to lower U.S. Treasury yields would avoid tumult and help these industries recover some losses. However, an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve without the tailwind of inflation and global economic growth could push some of these companies into the walking dead.
Industrial real estate continues to outperform as Amazon expands both its distribution networks and brick and mortar retail presence.
Despite the volatility in the stock market over the past couple months, sentiment has yet to turn truly bearish.