Yardeni QuickTakes (Page 87)

CPI Inflation Close to Zero...In China

Apr 11, 2023 2 min read paid

The March CPI report is likely to show that inflation remains high in the US, but is continuing to moderate. In February, the headline and core CPI inflation rates were 6.0% and 5.5% on a y/y basis. Stock and bond prices should rally if the March numbers are lower by around 50bps. They would probably sink if the results are around 50bps higher. We are expecting the

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Market Call

Apr 10, 2023 2 min read

The tug of war between the bulls and the bears has been at a standstill recently with the S&P 500 holding above both its 50-dma and 200-dma (chart). That's quite impressive considering the banking crisis that started on March 10 when SVB imploded. Some observers (including us) think that the Fed Put is back. This time the Fed is shoring up the banking system with a

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Rollercoaster Ride in the Bond Market

Apr 10, 2023 2 min read paid

At the start of this year, the widespread economic consensus was that a hard landing is coming. The consensus changed dramatically during February, when January’s stronger-than-expected economic indicators suggested that a no-landing scenario was more likely. Last week’s batch of economic indicators revived concerns about a hard landing. We watched this rollercoaster ride with our feet firmly planted on the ground. The outlook still looks like a soft

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The Economic Week Ahead: April 10-14

Apr 9, 2023 1 min read paid

The banking crisis is bound to keep investors on edge. This week, the big banks will report their earnings. Last week, in his annual letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders, Jamie Dimon wrote "the crisis is not yet over." The other executives at the major banks are likely to say the same during their earnings conference calls later this week. The magnitude of their concern will be revealed by

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On the Lookout for a Bank Credit Crunch

Apr 9, 2023 3 min read

The Silicon Valley Bank imploded on Friday, March 10. To avert a widespread bank run, the Fed announced, on Sunday, March 12, that liquidity would be provided by the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP). The Fed's press release stated that this new liquidity facility will offer loans of up to one year in length to financial intermediaries pledging US Treasuries, agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, and other qualifying

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Sentimental Journey: Mixed Feelings

Apr 6, 2023 2 min read paid

The Bull-Bear Ratio climbed for the second week to 1.94 this week—the highest reading since the January 4 week last year—after falling the prior two weeks from 1.83 to 1.38 (chart). Bullish sentiment increased for the second week, jumping to 48.6% this week, equaling the end-of-January peak, which was the highest since the end of 2021. Bulls outnumbered bears for the 20th consecutive week.

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Stock Market Rally 'Don't Get No Respect'

Apr 5, 2023 1 min read

The comedian Rodney Dangerfield often lamented during his hilarious monologues , "I don't get no respect." That applies to the stock market rally since October 12. The naysayers are saying that it is a bear market rally and that the S&P 500 will soon be falling below its October 12 low. They also claim that only the MegaCap-8 stocks have participated in the rally, while

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Dr Ed's Video Webcast 3/3/23

Apr 5, 2023 1 min read paid

The S&L crisis of 1990 caused a mild, short-lived recession impacting earnings but not triggering a bear market in stocks. Conversely, we had a bear market last year but no recession (yet?). Similarly, though, the commercial real estate market was hit hard during 1990’s banking crisis and stands now in the eye of the SVB storm, since small banks—the most vulnerable—make most CRE loans. Below

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Bond Yields Spiraling Downward

Apr 5, 2023 2 min read

What does the bond market know that the equity market doesn't? The yield on the 10-year Treasury is down from 4.25% on October 24, 2022 to 3.29% today. The S&P 500 is up 8.0% over the same period. Bond investors must believe that the banking crisis will soon morph into a credit crunch and a recession, so inflation will continue to fall perhaps

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Falling Interest Rates

Apr 4, 2023 2 min read

Interest rates continued to fall today after Jamie Dimon, who is the President, CEO & Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, warned that the banking crisis is "not yet over" and will cause "repercussions for years to come." He did so in his annual letter to stockholders. With all those titles, he must know what he is talking about. He observed that potential losses from held-to-maturity bonds,

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OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production

Apr 4, 2023 2 min read paid

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Market Call

Apr 3, 2023 2 min read paid

No news is good news. Every day that nothing terrible happens in the banking system is a good day for the stock market. That helps to explain last week's strong rally (up 3.5%) (chart). Yes, but this morning, there's bad news on the energy front as OPEC+ is cutting oil production sending oil prices higher. That's good news for the S&P

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CPI Inflation Close to Zero...In China

Market Call

Rollercoaster Ride in the Bond Market

The Economic Week Ahead: April 10-14

On the Lookout for a Bank Credit Crunch

Sentimental Journey: Mixed Feelings

Stock Market Rally 'Don't Get No Respect'

Dr Ed's Video Webcast 3/3/23

Bond Yields Spiraling Downward

Falling Interest Rates

OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production

Market Call