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- Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:04 PM China's monetary stimulus is starting to take effect, writes Sober Look, pointing to March's jump in new lending. A look at a chart of new loans over a 4-year period shows what an outlier March's figure is. The market is looking for stimulus "no matter where it comes from ... China seems to be just as good (as the Fed)." Comment! [Global & FX, Financials]
- Thursday, April 12, 2012, 11:39 AM Add Dan Fuss to the list of bond fund giants liking equities more than fixed income. "We're in the foothills of a gradual rise in interest rates," he says, adding the move will be secular in nature. When the Fed stops sitting on the long end, "you need to get out of the market risk that's in fixed income and into company-specific risk you can find in stocks. 1 Comment
- Thursday, April 12, 2012, 9:14 AM This could be the 3rd time in 3 years the markets and economic consensus have over-reacted to economic news, says BAML, noting the divergence between its Economic Diffusion Index (down) and the S&P (up). In mid-late 2011, the Index shot higher as stocks tanked, presaging a nice bull run. Could the opposite be in store now? Comment!
- Thursday, April 12, 2012, 8:51 AM Investors stampeded out of the bullish camp in the week ended April 11, the AAII Sentiment Survey showing the percentage of bulls dropping 10 points to 28.1%. The bear camp soared 13.8 points to 41.6%, garnering not just the exiting bulls, but a few neutrals as well. 7 Comments
- Thursday, April 12, 2012, 8:40 AM The poor jobless claims print (including the previous week being revised higher, yet again) and fast core PPI number take some of the steam out of U.S. stock index futures. S&P 500 +0.2% after being up more than 0.5%. Futures had been given a charge on extremely dovish comments out of Fed Vice-Chair Yellen last night. 4 Comments
- Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 7:10 AM "Not scared yet," asks a punter, putting up a chart of the VIX (VXX) going back a few years. The "fear index" has sunk to the level from about where it makes a seemingly annual charge higher - yesterday's big move up hardly registers. 5 Comments
- Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 10:20 AM With a 3.5% loss today, Italy's MIB index joins Spain's IBEX (down 12.1%) in the red for 2012. The big divergence in major indices began in early February, and the S&P and Nasdaq remain the only ones higher now than they were then (Germany about flat since that time). A nice gain awaits those who can figure how this will be resolved. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
- Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 8:11 AM "Recent market aversion to small caps is a yellow flag," writes Robert Sinn, noting a favorite indicator - the ratio of the DJIA (DIA) to the Russell 2000 (IWO) - has moved above 1.40, a level when breached that has often led to significant market sell-offs. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas]
- Monday, April 9, 2012, 2:26 PM "I believe that the current market environment is setting up for a major retrenchment in risk assets," writes John Burbank to his investors, adding he has as strong of a conviction about Passport Capital's positioning as he's ever had. He thinks a recession is coming in 2012 or 2013, and with it a major decline in equity values. 3 Comments [Global & FX]
- Monday, April 9, 2012, 9:46 AM No need to wait until May, writes Doug Kass, sell stocks now. The economy is slowing and the likely return to power of Obama and a Republican Congress (at least the House) means gridlock in D.C. Remember, the default scenario for 2013 is a large fiscal contraction (also pointed out by Alan Blinder). 17 Comments
- Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:09 AM "What we've observed in the employment figures is not recovery, but desperation," writes John Hussman. Of the 1.84M gain in payrolls since the recession's "end," 2.96M jobs have gone to workers 55+, while employment for those under 55 has shrunk by 1.12M. By shorting savers of interest income and promoting repeated booms/busts - but no durable returns - "the Fed has successfully provoked job growth of the obligatory, low-wage variety." 15 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:44 PM The percentage of bulls in the AAII Sentiment Survey falls 4.3 points to 38.2%. It's the lowest level since late December and only the 2nd time in 4 months below the historical average of 39%, notes Charles Rotblut. Bearish sentiment rises 2.3 points to 27.8%, also below its historical average (30%). 7 Comments
- Thursday, April 5, 2012, 9:43 AM Barton Biggs expects a 5-7% decline in the S&P, reports Betty Liu. Bloomberg's Hedge Brief charts Biggs' calls over the past few years and finds him mostly a good contrarian indicator, but also proving the adage about a stopped clock. 9 Comments [Quick Ideas]
- Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 11:03 AM The Fed has trapped itself in a conundrum of providing cheap liquidity, Bill Gross tells CNBC. He doesn't believe yesterday's FOMC minutes lowered the chance of additional QE as today's market slide shows what will happen without continual pump-priming. It's QE or else. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 10:10 AM Real disposable income is contracting, housing market data keeps missing expectations, Europe is slowing, the government is about to start cutting back: BAML takes issue with yesterday's headline - Economy of U.S. Enters Sweet Spot. "The range of plausible outcomes is very wide and includes some very ugly outcomes." 20 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 3:33 PM "You are here now," writes ZH, digging up a classic Citigroup chart of the market cycle the world has seemingly been locked in for years. "Here" is the point where policymaker dithering leads to markets selling off. Next stop: "Outlook deteriorates." 5 Comments
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