Job growth and household formation are healthy. However, housing starts are falling behind. Not to mention the yawning gap between renter-occupied versus owner-occupied housing units. The post-financial crisis recovery is just three months short of completing a decade. Great Recession … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the Mar 1-15 period in 10 S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) XLB (54.56) short interest fell to a seven-month low. Shorts probably feared a breakout at … Continued
Stocks rallied for three months in defiance of deteriorating macro data. By essentially putting an end to the tightening cycle, the Fed is acknowledging this. Stocks could be the next. What just happened? Many are probably asking that question after … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 19, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 164k, down 12.5k. The Fed Wednesday held interest rates steady at 225-250 basis points. This was expected. What was not expected was the dovish … Continued
The Fed Wednesday held interest rates steady. No surprise there. But the bank was even more dovish than markets expected. That was a surprise. Even more surprising is how stocks reacted. The Fed Wednesday left the fed funds rate unchanged … Continued
Stocks continue to trudge higher. Volume is low and action listless. But price tells us otherwise. Amidst this, some divergences are showing up, and they are worth paying attention. Equity bulls deserve kudos. Since the October-December decline last year, they … Continued
The Fed meets this week. It already shifted its bias from hawkish to dovish, helping stocks. With the economy softening, in due course the Fed may once again deploy balance sheet as a tool, which will initially help stocks, but … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 12, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 176.4k, down 56.9k. Non-commercials continue to cut back net shorts, which late September last year was at a new record. The 10-year Treasury yield … Continued
Since late December, US stocks have rallied massively. Yet, investor sentiment has not caught up. Reason for bulls to worry or rejoice? The answer may lie in who decisively wins the bull-bear tug of war around 2800 on S&P 500. … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the February 19-28 period in 10 S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) Two weeks ago, XLB (55.51) was rejected at 56. This resistance goes back a couple … Continued