Wednesday Macros
Markets reacted to the new Powell Hawkishness... He has now ditched the word transitory, and has come out swinging... We feared he felt boxed in as just as he was beginning to tighten, excuse us, remove accommodation, but he came out definitively worried more about inflation than Covid...In fact he seemed more concerned by a Covid related supply chain increase than a destruction of demand... He is tightening, the gloves are off for now...Markets flattened first and that has continued this morning... 5/30, which we focus on, is now down to 60... Our expectation is 56, based on charts...
10 years rallied to 1.50 overnight. We see 1.43 as resistance today, while 1.52 is weak support , with 1.60 behind that...remember one week ago the 10 year peaked at 1.69... And 5 years look to be in a 1.34-1.04 range for now... But with the Fed to discuss accelerating tapering, we think higher yields are in store.... Many view the Fed now has made a policy mistake... In many ways we agree with that, but we are looking forward... And it seems like the Fed has prioritized inflation over Covid for now... We continue to believe the war continues between the two...
Omicron...Israel... Data this morning out of Israel shows that vaccinated people have only mild symptoms of Covid...according to channel 12... " the Pfizer vaccine is just slightly less effective in preventing infection with Omicron than with Delta...90% as opposed to 95%, while it is 93% effective with the Booster in preventing serious symptoms"... One can wait for the WHO, but the equity markets are already rallying.
December is a good month for equities... The latter half of the month is better than the first half... Nonetheless, the Russell 2000 did hit corrective territory, other averages not really close... Today we are seeing a nice 56 point move up in S+P futures... It will be choppy, but we expect a rally for December...
Corporate bonds new issues were shut out yesterday due to the volatility... Spreads widened 7 OAS according to BB... We saw weakness across the curve. HY spreads are better by 5 this morning according to CDX... Global Junk Bonds had their worst November in 10 years. The yield on the debt widened 50 basis points to 4.89...
sorry for the lateness ADP already is out... Inline... Powell up again and employment on Friday... The chop will continue