Actually, that is what everybody needs to know…are we nonetheless in a bull market or are we again in a bear market? And even crazier…what if the bull market was only a mirage attributable to 7 mega cap tech shares artificially inflating the S&P 500 (SPY)? 43-year funding veteran Steve Reitmeister shares his newest market insights together with an outline of his high 10 picks for the times forward. Learn beneath for extra….
The +4.9% studying for Q3 GDP on Thursday morning was a little bit of a shock… nevertheless it reveals that the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow mannequin was extremely on track.
Oddly, this implies that the US economic system could also be overheating, which might put further stress on inflation. Surprisingly, the alternative is true.
The Fed’s favourite measure of inflation, Core PCE, really fell from 3.7% to 2.4%…fairly near their goal degree of two%.
That is nice information, is not it?…so why did the S&P 500 (SPY) proceed to fall on this information falling additional and additional beneath its 200 day shifting common?
Transferring averages: 50 days (yellow), 100 days (orange), 200 days (pink)
As a result of bond charges stay elevated. Some traders worry what this implies for future softening of the economic system going ahead, as I mentioned on this latest commentary on price normalization.
Warning> Buyers brace for ‘sea change’
The above is not essentially an indication of bearish issues to return…nevertheless it speaks to how charges returning to regular ranges after a puuuuuunnoonnnngggg interval of ultra-low charges would most likely equate to slower progress and shares not being extraordinarily bullish.
Above is the nice model of the story. A way more sinister model of the story was offered in my commentary earlier this week on the idea of a “debt supercycle.” You may learn that within the article beneath:
A bear market warning from the bond market?
So now we marvel…are we in a bull or bear market now???
The definition of a bull market is when the S&P 500 rises 20% above its low. Properly, an October low of three,491 x 20% = 4,189. We have been effectively above that for a lot of the yr…and now we’re a step beneath that. The purpose is that from this basic standpoint we’re in a bull market.
Sadly, everyone knows that the S&P 500 is not a very good inventory index as a result of it’s too closely influenced by tech shares with 7 megacaps having an excessive amount of leverage. That is why individuals usually like to take a look at broader measures of the market such because the Equal Weighted model of the S&P 500 (RSP).
There we understand that the low was 124.92 and the 52-week excessive was 24.7% above at 155.77. That additionally passes the bull market take a look at… however is faltering shortly as we’re presently 13.19% beneath that late July peak.
Now let’s take into account the lowercase crammed Russell 2000 which really peaked in November 2021 at 2,421 and is now 31.56% down at 1,657. That actually would not sound bullish.
The underside line is that proper now the bull/bear debate is ongoing as excessive bond charges, which can proceed to rise, name into query the longer term well being of the economic system. This places the inventory market in limbo.
Not fairly bullish…not fairly bearish…however completely unsure. Sadly, when the market is unsure, it has a downward bias, which has been clearly seen currently.
This has made me extra cautious in my method within the Reitmeister Whole Return service which is now lowered to solely 50% lengthy the inventory market after latest trades to promote some shares… plus including 2 inverse ETFs to the portfolio for appreciation if the general market continues to say no.
If issues worsen within the outlook, particularly if the prospect of a future recession is on the rise, then I’ll proceed on this defensive course to take away all shares from the portfolio and easily go brief with inverse ETFs.
The sign to borrow once more will come from the 200-day shifting common, which has confirmed to be the perfect timing indicator through the years for the long-term trajectory of the inventory market.
Conversely, if the speed hike ends, then shares are prone to come again to life. So a return above the 200-day shifting common could be the perfect sign to anticipate an prolonged bull run. That ought to drive everybody again to a 100% invested portfolio targeted on Threat On positions.
All in all, we’re at a turning level. So what occurs subsequent is prone to have long-term penalties. I am glad we all know what to do when Mr. Market reveals his hand.
What subsequent?
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Moreover, I’ve added 5 ETFs which can be all in sectors which can be effectively positioned to outperform the market within the weeks and months forward. (And sure, you might have some inverse ETFs within the combine that go up because the market goes down).
That is all primarily based on my 43 years of investing expertise seeing bull markets…bear markets…and the whole lot in between.
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Shares of SPY had been buying and selling at $413.60 per share on Friday morning, up $1.05 (+0.25%). 12 months-to-date, SPY has gained 9.35%, in comparison with the % achieve of the benchmark S&P 500 index throughout the identical interval.
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