Did you ever actually purchase the bullish argument touted by some to start out the brand new yr? Sure, it was an amusing fable that has now misplaced its luster because the bears are firmly again in cost as confirmed by the break under the 200 day shifting common for the S&P 500 (SPY). What occurs from right here? Steve Reitmeister shares his views within the new commentary under.
It’s not uncommon for the brand new yr to start out bullish. Only a recent dose of optimism comes with flipping the calendar.
These good vibes are over!
Now extra traders are coming again round to the bearish premise that by no means actually went away. Add in a dose of considerations in regards to the well being of the monetary trade and we lastly broke under the 200 day shifting common with odds of rather more draw back on the way in which.
I’m right here to make sense of all of it on this week’s market commentary under…
Market Commentary
As they are saying an image is price a thousand phrases. So, let’s begin with the image of the S&P 500 (SPY) this previous yr together with the long run pattern line higher often called the 200 day shifting common (in purple).
You’ll be able to see how important the 200 day shifting common has been in framing the motion this previous yr. First being the bearish break under in April 2022 with many subsequent suckers’ rallies that failed as they approached this key degree.
Nevertheless, the bulls actually tried to make a convincing run of issues by lastly breaking above in January and staying above for practically two months. That social gathering ended yesterday with the primary shut under the 200 day (3,941). And right this moment was a convincing comply with by way of session to the draw back.
Now the bears are firmly in cost as soon as once more. Let’s focus on why…
On Tuesday of this week Fed Chairman Powell reminded all people why they need to rethink their bullish methods. In essence he said that given the information in hand that charges will doubtless have to go greater than beforehand said…and keep in place for longer.
This led to a -1.5% dump on Tuesday. Only for readability, right here is the important thing quote from Powell so that you respect that there’s little room for misinterpretation.
“The method of getting inflation again right down to 2% has a protracted option to go and is prone to be bumpy. As I discussed, the newest financial knowledge have are available stronger than anticipated, which means that the last word degree of rates of interest is prone to be greater than beforehand anticipated. If the totality of the info have been to point that sooner tightening is warranted, we might be ready to extend the tempo of charge hikes.”
This reminds of us of the Feds intent to decrease demand…which is a flowery means of claiming prone to create a recession as a vital evil to tamp down the flames of inflation. Exhausting to be bullish when the Sheriff of the financial system is placing up a roadblock to financial advance.
When you’ve gotten this clear message already in hand, then it turns into pointless to attend all the way in which for the Fed assembly on 3/22 to start out promoting. This notion was taken to the following degree on Thursday with the primary break under the 200 day shifting common in fairly a while.
A lot of the funding media retailers said that the rationale for this downward stress is that extra individuals have been getting spooked in regards to the chance of employment report being too sturdy on Friday which might be a cherry on prime for additional Fed hawkishness.
That was a prescient transfer as certainly we discovered Friday at that US financial system added 311,000 jobs in February about 50% greater than expectations. Apparently, the month over month wage enhance was a notch decrease than anticipated at +0.2%.
Nevertheless, that may be a very risky indicator month over month. What actually issues is that with the unemployment charge at report lows…and this many roles nonetheless being added…and with greater than 10 million job openings nonetheless being printed…then it’s a fairly good indicator of wage inflation doubtless being far too excessive sooner or later. This information had shares bolting decrease as soon as once more on Friday reconfirming the break under the 200 day shifting common.
Observe we now have made it this far and I’ve not but introduced up the Silicon Valley Financial institution scenario. Little question about it…this occasion can be a part of the latest dump as traders are haunted by “Ghosts of Monetary Disaster Previous“.
My early take is that that is an remoted incident and never an announcement of systemic monetary disaster as we endured in 2008. Nevertheless, there’s doubtless extra juice to squeeze from this story as traders will doubtless demand some type of stress testing of banks to insure confidence. That’s not a fast repair resolution and can doubtless solely add to draw back stress in coming weeks.
Trying forward there are extra fireworks set to go off in coming weeks comparable to:
3/14 Shopper Value Index (CPI). The important thing being the month over month tempo to see if we’re heating up just like the February report…or cooling down like the previous couple of months.
3/15 Producer Value Index (PPI). Insiders know that that is extra vital than CPI as a result of the costs paid by producers right this moment results in the ultimate product and providers within the months forward. (Present PPI results in future CPI).
3/22 Fed Assembly with Curiosity Charge Determination & Financial Projections. Final month was solely a 25 foundation level hike. Nevertheless, the chances makers at the moment are leaning to 50 factors this time round given Fed statements of needing to go even greater for longer.
I believe these occasions will solely reconfirm the logic behind the latest break again under the 200 day shifting common.
The following battle floor is 3,855 which is the official border of bear market territory representing a 20% drop from the all time excessive (4,818). The Friday shut of three,861 means we’re already knocking on the door.
Only for good measure lets speak about the potential for what lies under.
3,491 is the low made in October and prone to be retested.
3,180 would mark a 34% decline from the all time excessive which is the typical decline throughout a bear market.
3,000 is a degree of significant, critical psychological resistance and exhausting to think about going under until some presently unexpected disaster develops.
Placing it altogether, the bear market by no means left the scene. It simply light to the background for some time as bulls had some enjoyable in January and early February.
That social gathering is over!
The following factor to do is respect the sound logic behind the bearish argument and the way a lot draw back is probably going nonetheless on the way in which. That ought to compel you to enact methods which are suited to a bear market surroundings. The following part will assist you to with that…
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