Credit markets are accurately stating DINO's credit risk with a YTW of 6.012% relative to an Intrinsic YTW of 5.632% and an Intrinsic CDS of 110bps. Meanwhile, Moody's is overstating the firm's fundamental credit risk, with its Baa3 credit rating two notches lower than Valens' IG4+ (Baa1) credit rating.
Yesterday's hotter-than-expected CPI report continues to suggest a more restrictive Fed policy than the market has been expecting. This raises the possibility of further consolidation for small- and mid-caps. Meanwhile, large-cap indexes (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100) remain bullish, finding support at their respective 20-day MAs since November 2023; the only question is whether that will continue to be the case, as our main concern remains rising Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar (DXY), which have bro...
Credit markets are overstating DINO's credit risk with a YTW of 7.024% relative to an Intrinsic YTW of 5.924% and an Intrinsic CDS of 127bps. Furthermore, Moody's is overstating the firm's fundamental credit risk, with its Baa3 credit rating two notches lower than Valens' IG4+ (Baa1) credit rating. Incentives Dictate Behavior™ analysis highlights mostly positive signals for credit holders. Management's compensation framework should drive them to focus on all three value drivers: margins, asset ...
Downgrading Manufacturing to Market Weight Near-term we continue to see the S&P 500 moving higher, likely heading toward 4600 resistance. We also still believe it is possible we have seen the lows for this pause/pullback on the S&P 500, and we see a low probability of a meaningful correction if the SPX is above 4300-4325 (1.5-year support). As initially discussed in our 8/29/23 Compass, we would not be surprised to see another month+ (i.e., through the end of September, and possibly longer) of ...
ime For A Rest We believe a pause, or a pullback is increasingly likely when some areas of the market become extended. For instance, the QQQ's achieved the second highest extension above its 200-day moving average in the last 20-years. The previous period occurred in September of 2020 when the Fed was in the midst of a record amount of stimulus during the Covid Pandemic. We remain constructive on the S&P 500, and we expect to see support at its 50-day MA moving forward (currently 4443). Short t...
MPC, PSX, VLO, DINO, PBF, CVI, DK, ESNT, MTG, RDN, NMIH, BRK.B, CB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, CNA, LII, FIX CSWI Upgrading Financials to Market Weight Fitch's U.S. credit downgrade has done little to change the intermediate-term trend; we continue to believe the path of least resistance is higher for the major equity indexes, which has been our stance since our 5/30/23 ETF Pathfinder. We remain bullish on the S&P 500, and we expect to see support at its 50-day MA moving forward (currently 4415). Short ...
Small-Caps Starting to Lead We continue to see the current environment as a bear market rally with the potential for it turn into something more following bullish breadth thrust signals. Large-cap US indexes (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100) have been treading water for a week (bull flags?), but many other indexes such as the Russell 2000 (IWM), DAX, Hang Seng, MSCI China (MCHI), and China Internet (KWEB) have continued to move higher following their bullish reversals from the prior two weeks. We are also ...
Bear Market Rally With Potential for More In last week's Compass (May 24) we noted the S&P 500 was testing support at 3800-3860 within its downtrend channel and that we were on watch for a potential bear market rally/oversold bounce. This has officially begun following the break above 4030 on the S&P 500, which was confirmed by bullish reversals on the Russell 2000 (IWM), Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), DAX, Hang Seng, MSCI China (MCHI), and China Internet (KWEB). For now, we are treating this as a bear mark...
S&P 500 Downtrend Channel Intact & Testing Support We see the S&P 500 as trading within a downtrend channel; as long as it remains within this channel, our intermediate to long-term outlook is bearish at the index level. With that said, the S&P 500 is currently testing support within the downtrend channel, and we are on watch for a potential bear market rally. S&P 500. Last week, on May 18th, the NYSE had a 93% downside volume day, effectively negating the May 13th 92% upside day. Still, the 3...
Fed Set to Hike 50 bps As Indexes Test Support We have warned over the past month that a test of the lows, and possibly a break to new lows, is increasingly likely on the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM). This has played-out as we recently made marginal new lows amid additional indiscriminate selling on Tuesday and Friday last week. There is potential for an oversold bounce, but we will need to see back-to-back 80%+ upside volume days or one 90%+ upside volume day on the NYSE i...
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