i see a lot of volatility
supposedly that is good for stock pickers
value investing and hold is what my undergrad classes taught
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i see a lot of volatility
supposedly that is good for stock pickers
value investing and hold is what my undergrad classes taught
Vix is still under 30. Along way to go before anykind of sign of a panic. Been pretty systematic so far.
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i meant to say volatility coming
I believe you will be correct. Things may quieten down though latr this month. Pretty rare to have a wild summer, but maybe they just can’t hide it anymore.
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.75 increase in the fed funds rate seems to be on the table
that will hurt the s an p average
Not an economist.
But it’s becoming clear that the days of PPP Loans and spending like a drunken sailor are quickly coming to an end.
I would think earnings forecast are gonna start to be revised much lower and it’s gonna be another wild ride but down.
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Good entry point for bonds. Could inflation continue? Yep. But I think most of the rate movement has happened (and it’s been significant). 7.5% in high yield, 450 IG, could it go higher? Yup. But I think the real risk is inflation driving the Fed to turn the screws. And we are back to 150 on the 10. We get 2more cpi prints like today…10y rates maybe go to 350-400?
And holding onto my energy names.
Fun calculator. From 1997 (pre internet) to now total return is around 9% a year. With rates where they have been and are a long term rate of 7% would still be good so a lot more downside is certainly possible.
https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/
In tech hiring for example, Microsoft announced a hiring freeze but still has 2500 open job listings on its website.
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Is may 2022 the trough?
Yikes.
https://twitter.com/charliebilello/s...PGZnfNT0w&s=19
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I'd like to better understand the idea that bonds won't continue go down in value as rates continue to rise. Isn't buying bonds at the moment a bet against further rate increases?
I have no idea where the bottom is for equities, but I've upped my automated bimonthly purchases of VTSAX in the anticipation of a further downturn or extended sideways time period.
I have an SGOL position. Anyone have any allocation into other commodities funds (I might have asked before)? Seems like the futures contracts commodity ETFs have a lot of inefficiencies, but I do like the idea of more commodity exposure.
Bonds have already priced in forward Fed guidance right or wrong. The 2yn added 20+ bp on Friday which effectively priced in an additional 25 points to what the market already perceived as terminal rate. So the cash bond market is looking out 24 months to the future. Your own perception of the future two years from now is what matters. Personally, I think we drop below trend growth and wages and employment will stall. The overwhelming risk in my view is a systemic risk to bonds due to QT and liquidity problems. A broken market. There are already some signs of that.
To me, a guaranteed 3% yield for 10y is attractive and is at a 10+ year high.
I also suspect a long sidewise equity market which is being forecast with a benign Vix in the face of these declines. Remember, the seventies was a long sideways slog for stocks as was the 2000’s.
Also, the 10y note rate is more than double the dividend rate on the SP 500.
I've been short the 20yr since december and will continue to hold. +25% since...I think we will see rates in the 6-10% range. This is Jimmy Carter 2.0. Not because of what has happened, but because the telegraphed response. They are telling you they will double down on making it worse.
Spot on with energy...both oil/gas and utilities.
Good luck with you all investing!
Burry is a bit negative and all, but:
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https://www.cherrycreekmortgage.com/lous-credit-news
This does not seem like something that is going to keep moving sideways for very long
Meanwhile I’m over here trying to figure out where to move 11k on Monday morning. XOM call assigned at $97, already had some cash sitting there. I may stay cash liquid and sell out of the money puts on midstreams I want to own anyways.
WTI is not much higher than it was in March. Gasoline is up considerably.
I put a lot of money to work in April and May. Early and maybe wrong.
I went long BOND at 98.35 in April. It’s paid .50c in dividends and is trading at 95.50 now. So I’m down about 3% on the trade and it has a forward yield of about 3.25% with a 7 year duration. I could get a lot worse but we’ll see. I like the position. It’s 25% of my holdings.
I went long PDI at 22.60 and it’s paid .45c in dividends currently trading 22.10. About a scratch. It yields almost 12%. It’s 20% of holdings.
Long EMB at 93.50. It’s paid .70c trading at 87.22. Yields almost 6% Total disaster in the face of strong dollar. 12% of holdings.
Long FMSDX at 13.75. Total disaster. Don’t even want to talk about it. Lol. Completely on the wrong side of the yield curve and other problems. Down about 6% after dividends. 35% of holdings.
Long JEPI at 57.40 and it’s paid .40c in dividends. 6% of holdings.
I have a good sized position in T in A taxable
Anyway. I’m not overly concerned with price and all these are steady payers with a combined yield around 5.5%. So in essence I’ve lost a full year of dividends in three months. As long as they pay I don’t care. I know anything with a yield above 2% is risky but I like that my yield is 3.5x the SP500 and it has a lot of interest yield vs dividend payout.
For the people that think I’m way offsides on rates I hope your not long too much duration and growth.
Anyone can post up a bias tweet. Beneath energy is weakening prices and economy. Shipping rates are cratering now so that’s one element that’s also weakening.
“Some nifty math. When you strip out of the CPI all the items that are linked to energy (air fares, moving/freight, rental cars, delivery services, new and used vehicles), the core was +0.36% and the YoY steadied near 4%. The truth beneath the veneer.”
https://twitter.com/EconguyRosie/sta...7N1ZMmqNURWhKA
US import demand is dropping off a cliff
container spot rates from China to the West Coast have plunged 38% month-over-month to $9,630.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us...ff-a-cliff/amp
Did import demand crater... or did supply?
I don’t man, but if I can’t find a new 4 runner for sticker in the next yr I’m going to have to rebuild my pilot. It’s almost a classic anyway.
I still think a lot of this is Covid related. It’s just not fixing itself as soon as soon as people think. We shut off the economy overnight, poured trillions into it, then turned it on like nothing ever happened after the election. I’m not a doctor, but the patient could have permanent damage.
Can you imagine the supply disruption if China took Taiwan?
iPhone 7’s would sell for 5k.
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That’s not what the LA port authority has said. No interruptions.
If I though the sky were falling would I have added value, FX, and duration to my holdings? Would have been just the opposite?
Inflation, Rates, and the dollar are peaking. That’s the basis of my theme.
You can read his link for the doomer porn he picked, or “reverting to prepandemic levels” and “massive volumes moved between these two countries in 2021 were at unprecedented and unsustainable levels”. You could also read the correct imo correct assessment that inflationary pressures in energy and food were caused by supply shocks not artificially stimulated demand (which is contra to the politics of the hard money doomers). Feel free to look at the graphs of “total demand destruction” that look like reversion to the mean. Your choice. Target having to start discounting patio stuff before 4th of July when they aim to have all of that sold through before Labor Day is a lot closer to the mean than “everything flies off the shelf immediately without discounts”
great questions. first, make sure your commodities etf's aren't leveraged or gaining on curve moves...hopefully they're based on spot prices.
anyway. in every other period where the Fed started to hike rates, going back to the 70s (some of this is from an environment that may not even be comparable anyway but it still fits the narrative) interest rates had the bulk of their jump BEFORE hike #1.
Also, yields right now overall are higher than they have been in...15 years? From 2y to 30y, things are "cheap" (yields are high). Yes, for good reason. We are seeing CPI prints that don't look great! But the 10y went from 150 to 3/315 and for 6 weeks its been pretty rangebound. Mammoth, market-concerning inflation numbers come out on Friday...and the 10y goes up 12bps? Thats it? 12bps. The market is priced for inflation. All the inflation we see out there...its priced in. Now, 3 50bp rate hikes in June July Sept are all priced in. And Fed funds futures are pricing in over 3% early next year. So the expectation/market is saying inflation will be as bad or worse than we've already seen it.
Now...should the August CPI data come in much higher than already-high expectations. Which is the risk. 1. The economy at that point will already start to melt in certain sectors, certain businesses, certain workforces. 2. The Fed will launch an absolute missile of 75/75/???. The Fed will put the screws to the market, which ALREADY has cracks in it. Consumer credit is jumping up. Fed beige book is reporting districts where businesses are already slowing. Inventories are going through the roof. Growth is ok overall, but slowing, and really slowing in certain districts/businesses/industries.
Add in law of large numbers, hard to get sustained high inflation levels. Long run breakevens (inflation expectations) are like 3%. Yawn
Could inflation and rates go up, and bonds lose value? Yup. Short term, definitely could happen. But...stocks can also go down. Youre buying bonds cheap now. Recession next year (or this year) you'll be happy you bought low. Nothing happens and rates stay where they are...you carry 5%. Inflation exceeds even the high expectations...Fed jumps in and throws the flamethrower at it (and adds to an impending recession).
Buy bonds.
EDIT- Im not a bond guy.
A few thoughts floating in my head on the bond debate . . .
As the rates go up, bonds become more attractive, so if buyers take advantage of that, rates could level/drop.
Have mkts priced in Fed increases? Theoretically, yes. But "transitory" inflation eventually became "peak" inflation and, since Friday, I'm not sure where the discussion/pricing goes.
The Fed is no longer buying bonds at $80B per month, so there's a big loss of demand. And, it believes its tightening is equivalent to a rate hike, so another tailwind to rates.
Japan is a big buyer of U.S. Treasuries but has been retreating.
What does that mean for overall demand and bond prices/yield? I personally think the rates have some space to go up but arguments on both sides seem very persuasive.
Not a fan of bonds in an increasing rate environment. Say you buy $10k worth at a 3% yield, that is $300 yield. Rates go to 4%, now your $10k investment is worth $7,500 X 4% = $300 if you want to sell. Only buy bonds if your certain rates are going down so the inverse is true.