Real estate is a huge bubble, and is going to collapse any day!As noted above, real estate / housing has numerous segments that are further divided across geographies with wildly different tax, capital, and regulatory regimes. Saying that "real estate" will crash is like saying the “food industry” will crash. What segment and where? US soybean growers? Fast Food? Argentinian ranchers? McDonalds in particular?
Everyone needs a place to live, therefore housing can never go downEveryone needs a place to eat, but restaurants and grocery stores are famously low margin businesses (5). Farms supply an even more basic need, but many go bankrupt (6). The question isn’t whether housing will go down or not, but whether it will return an attractive rate of return compared to alternative investments.
It's supply and demand. There's a nationwide housing shortage so prices can only go up!This one has some factual basis. Freddie Mac put out a study in Feb 2020 (18) which indicated that there is a shortage of housing units between 2.5 - 3.3 million units. Some interesting notes about this study is that they consider the “missing” household formation and extrapolate interstate migration trends. As noted below, the US builds ~1.3 million housing units a year, so this reflects ~2 years of housing construction. It’s also worth noting the geographic variation, with “high growth” states like Massachusetts, California, Colorado, etc. seeing ~5% housing deficits vs. states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc. seeing housing surpluses of ~2-4%.
Real estate is a safer investment than the stock market!This one honestly irritates me. While there are many advantages to real estate I can see, safety is not one of them. It is a highly leveraged, illiquid, extremely concentrated asset when bought individually (i.e not in a REIT). Let’s use an example here. Is there a financial advisoy in the world who would recommend you put your entire investment portfolio in Berkshire Hathaway? Of course not, diversification is the bedrock of modern personal finance. And yet Berkshire Hathaway is an extremely diversified asset manager with well run and capitalized companies ranging from Geico to Berkshire Homes to Berkshire Energy. Oh, and it also has $130 billion (with a B) in cash equivalents.
You won’t build your wealth in the stock marketOne common theme I’m already noticing listening to podcasts, reading blogs, etc. is that many people started investing in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis (2009 - 2011). And, in retrospect, it was clearly a great time to buy property! But it was also a great time it turns out to buy almost every investment.
![]() | Good evening autists, submitted by xcessinmoderation to wallstreetbets [link] [comments] I've decided to make this post in order to give you all insight of what I see as a underexamined area of weakness (especially in this sub) and I believe is a possible harbinger of what lies ahead, which is the logistics industry. There are many moving parts and niches in the industry and most businesses rely on logistics services to support their operations (from the supply of raw materials, moving product from manufacturer to distribution center, clearing freight through customs, storage, or delivering final products to stores or customer's door). There are steamship lines (SSLs), airlines (ALs), freight forwarders, customs brokers, truckers, distribution centers, warehouses and they all participate to assist companies who import their products to different markets get them there as fast as possible (unless you're an SSL) at the lowest cost. These services have allowed products to be made more cheaply internationally due to low labomaterial costs, mainly, which in turn allows markets to buy them cheaper. For the US, this is critical because it doesn't really manufacture much anymore as it's moved on from a manufacturing economy to a more service based economy over a handful of decades (trade deficit for March increased to $44.4 billion difference in imports over exports https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/data/index.html ). We're on a downtrend due to trade war, which is good, but $44 bil on 3month avg is basically impossible to make up for in any kind of short-term basis. With this change from a manufacturing economy to a more service based economy, basic logistics services have seen steady growth for multiple decades. In general, when an industry is in its infancy, you have many small players (usually) and over time they consolidate. Well, this is similar to what's happened in the SSL sector of the logistics industry and this is where I'll start. SSLs You can do your own research, or just take my word for it, but SSL alliances have picked up starting the last decade or more ('08 recession put upward pressure on this) as record losses were prominent for almost all carriers due to over-supply and reducing demand. This fact then pushed them into rate wars (SSLs undercutting freight rates to push out competition). Rate wars then forced alliances among the SSLs. Larger players forming pacts with similar larger players in order to wipe out the smaller players, which in turn has forced the smaller players to build pacts in order to fight back. If you're wondering how this isn't an antitrust issue, it has been brought up and investigated by the DOJ though I'm not going full on into the weeds on that but basically, "Antitrust investigators believe that due to a history of legally having the ability to discuss pricing under antitrust immunity, the industry lacks a disciplined culture and is therefore susceptible to illegal activity. For example, the DOJ regularly issues a statement raising concerns after the FMC allows a shipping alliance or major vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) to take effect" * https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/container-lines/us-antitrust-probe-container-shipping-ends_20190226.html (think OPEC-ish). With the formation of these pacts came investment in new containerships at a record pace. It was a race to see who could buy the largest ship in order to save cost through economies of scale and crush the competition on the highest traffic lanes globally (i.e. major import lanes like Shanghai to Los Angeles or Shanghai to Rotterdam). The first major player to fall was Korean SSL Hanjin just over 4 years ago. At the moment, we only have 3 alliances that control~80% of the capacity of ocean cargo transported globally. The breakdown of alliances is below (https://www.morethanshipping.com/the-impact-of-the-container-shipping-alliances/ ). Pick your poison However, unfettered competition remains within these main trades regardless of the alliances made. It is tantamount to a war of attrition and that is going to be devastating in the current environment. See below recent reports on SSLs. An April 8th article in WSJ ( https://www.wsj.com/articles/container-ship-operators-idle-ships-in-droves-on-falling-trade-demand-11586359002 ) stated the below points
So, if this industry sector was reduced to a 1.16 Z score for the 12 months ending Sept 2019 (5 SSLs produced a scores of less than 1 and all were under the 1.8 level), it's probably a safe bet this score has not gone up since. If more SSLs were to go bankrupt, this would further constrain capacity to even fewer SSLs who are already trying to minimize port calls and slow down how fast ships cycle through their scheduled port calls (their "string"), causing backlogs that in turn send freight rates higher. Part of the reason they do this is because of the headhaul vs. backhaul issue that occurs on many vessel strings (i.e. lots of freight moving from a ship's origin to particular destinations, but not from the destinations back to the ships origin or future port calls) causing them to issue "blank sailings" for some ports, which is their notice that the port will be skipped by a particular vessel. This causes many problems with equipment (container) availability and can further distort freight rates and cause backlogs. If they can only make money going one way, they're losing money more often than not. Furthermore, inactive containership capacity through 2020 is projected to move even higher, increasing the recent record statistic for the sector. Below articles for support. April 8th article (https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/Containearticle12067889.ece) stating the below points.
SSL TL;DR - Steamship lines have been broken for a while but beervirus has potential to be the catalyst to push many over the edge into insolvency. In order to stabilize freight rates, SSLs have been parking container ships at a record pace with capacity projected to shrink by more than 3 million TEU (20' container equivalent), which has never happened before. The more SSLs revert to parking vessels in order to stabilize freight rates, the closer it pushes them to bankruptcy (a double edge sword, if you will) and in turn the more companies will pay to move freight in the future. Even if no SSLs go bankrupt, companies will be paying more to move freight regardless due to virus disruption. ALs There has been much already addressed and available about the ALs and I'm just going to assume you're more aware of their history as compared to the SSLs, so I'll make this section short and only provide the details most of you might not get if you're not really involved with logistics. An article published on May 4th (https://www.stattimes.com/news/global-air-cargo-capacity-down-by-29-seabury-reports/ ) stated the below points (w/ visuals). You already knew this but ALs getting hammered due to passenger decline related to beervirus. That in turn has affected the flow and capacity of airfreight Passenger aircraft belly capacity reached an all time low at the beginning of April. It has rebounded slightly, but forecasts shows capacity will not be returning to normal in 2020
Another article release today by the NY Times also states the dire circumstances ALs face currently (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/business/airlines-coronavirus-bleak-future.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap). This article isn't particularly logistics focused, but it provides insight into the passenger side of ALs, which is where they make a majority of their revenue. I've added important points below.
ALs TL;DR - With beervirus, passenger belly space has shrunk to unprecedented levels, causing air freight rates to increase by 5 or 6 times their normal costs on many lanes as planes are parked. Companies are forced to pay through the nose for air freight when cargo critical to their operations is needed due to SSL capacity constraints and the extended lead times across all modes of transportation. Companies trying to utilize air cargo will be paying higher costs indefinitely as air capacity doesn't look to return to normal within 2020. Last, I'd like to move on to look at US inventories and US consumer spending as they are the major catalyst when it comes to freight demand. Using US census data, summarized in the below table (this is preliminary data, so not reflecting recent update today but breakdown takes this into account) , tradingeconomics.com ( https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wholesale-inventories ) provides this breakdown of Us inventories: "Wholesale inventories in the US fell 0.8 percent month-over-month in March of 2020, less than an initial estimate of a 1 percent drop. Still, it is the biggest decline in inventories since September of 2011. Stocks of nondurable goods slumped 2.7 percent (vs –2.6 percent in the preliminary estimate), while durable goods inventories edged up 0.5 percent (vs 0.1 percent in the preliminary release). Year-on-year, wholesale inventories were down 1.7 percent in March." https://www.census.gov/econ/indicators/tab2adv.pdf Typically, high inventory points to economic slowdown, while a low reading points to stronger growth. However, this generality is not true in the current environment. We're seeing inventories lower due to supply shocks presented by the beervirus but at the same time we're seeing major demand shocks so we have this peculiar instance where inventories have fallen the most in over a decade, but still did not fall as much as expected. Now look at consumer spending ( https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/consumer-spending ). Splash Mountain And now with tradingeconomics.com forecast. https://preview.redd.it/657ykdocy1y41.png?width=875&format=png&auto=webp&s=76997dad3a5c80c6fe82186241cf690bf94f7cf6 I argue that this shows supply is catching up to demand, as we can see that consumer spending has fallen off a cliff and is projected to fall further. So, you might be wondering, what does all of this means and what am I getting at? Within logistics there is a phenomenon that occurs when supply and demand are not managed and become dislocated. This is called the Bullwhip Effect. With the turmoil associated around major players in the logistics industry (SSLs & ALs) and general uncertainty in regards to the the economic outlook, we can expect increased costs associated with inventory, if companies have too much inventory (which is looking like the lesser of two evils IMO depending on the situation), or increased cost in freight spend, if companies don't have enough inventory (which, considering the wild swings in rates, could be devastating in cost). Either way, the point is cost. Costs are going to go up to move all the consumer goods we have been accustomed to buying so cheapy over the last decades of the expansion of the global market place that was supported by the expansion of capacity in global SSLs and ALs. That is why I'm not buying the deflation narrative that is being passed around currently and supported by the FED. Logistics services have been widely overlooked as a major contributor to the deflation in CPI we've seen over the last decade or so, as this coincides with the alliances created in SSLs and rate wars that ensued. We will see consumer prices increase and inflation will return whether the economy rebound quickly or not. I am short gold, silver, and select precious metal equities, long on global risk assets until this mess can be sorted out. TL;DR - Logistics services have expanded with globalization and have become key players in keeping companies operating smoothly. SSLs have been creating alliances over the last decade, which caused rate wars (lowering freight costs). Due to beervirus, SSLs and ALs are severely hampered and are parking assets at a record pace, severely reducing capacity that is extremely difficult to expand in any kind of short-term basis. The disruption to supply chains will cause bullwhip effects across supply chains worldwide. This will raise prices for most goods with certainty. I am short gold, silver, and select precious metal equities, long on global risk assets until this mess can be sorted out. |
The final week of August — the bittersweet end of summer for many— could be highly volatile, as markets fret over the economy and the latest developments in trade wars.
President Donald Trump joins the G-7 leaders in France over the weekend, and markets will be watching to see if the meeting exposes new fault lines in the shaky relations among a once fairly congenial leadership group that fought the Great Recession together. Trump is expected to discuss the U.S. economy and highlight the U.S. pro-jobs, pro-growth agenda, under his leadership.
The U.S. trade war with China escalated sharply in the past week, with a new round of tariffs from China on U.S. goods announced Friday and new threats from Trump, who “ordered” American companies to find alternatives to China. That immediately triggered speculation that the trade war will be extended and more contentious, and the U.S. economy risks falling into recession.
After the close Friday, Trump retaliated against China’s tariffs by raising existing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods to 30% from 25%, as of Oct. 1. In a tweet, he also said he was raising new tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods that have not yet gone into effect to 15% from 10%.
Friday’s trading was volatile, and stocks fell by about 2.5%, erasing what would have been a second positive week for the market. Treasury yields, which move opposite price, continued to go lower amid worries about the economy and fears the Fed will not act aggressively enough to head off a recession.
Stocks have been volatile, and the S&P 500 is down about 4.5% in the month of August.
Michael Arone, State Street Advisors chief investment strategist said the first seven months of the year were more certain for investors in terms of their expectations for Fed rate cuts and a possible trade deal. But the trade tensions have worsened, and the trade war could escalate even further.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at Jackson Hole Friday morning, but while he left the door open for rate cuts, he did not explicitly promise rate cuts.
“The Fed has become a lot less certain. Until we get more clarity, you’re likely to see this volatility, and stocks will trade sideways,” Arone said. Even though corporate earnings weakened, “investors took a big leap of faith in the first seven months of the year, expecting both a trade deal and monetary policy easing.”
The escalation of the trade war makes a deal unlikely anytime soon. This, however, did drive market expectations for rate cuts higher Friday afternoon, and the market was expecting three more cuts this year.
Trump tied his feuds with China and the Fed together Friday, when he tweeted that the Fed is not helping with easier rate policy, along with a question about “who is the bigger enemy” — China President Xi Jinping or Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
“I think the Fed is in uncharted territory, and I continue to have empathy for Chairman Powell. I think markets want faster and more aggressive policy. He’s dealing with challenges the Fed has never had,” said Arone.
”[Powell] is literally walking a tight rope. He has the president who is daily bashing him,” he said. “Bond markets are demanding a much greater number of rate cuts, and he’s got geopolitical challenges, whether it’s Brexit or trade. He’s also got dissension among Fed voting members. That’s a lot to balance.”
There is some important data in the coming week, including durable goods Monday and personal spending and consumption data Friday, which also includes the PCE deflator, the Fed’s preferred inflation indicator.
“The data will give us some indications on business spending. Durable goods has capital expenditure orders. It looks look consumer confidence will come out [Tuesday] as well,” Arone said. Business spending has been taking a hit from the trade wars, and economists are concerned it will continue to weaken, ultimately leading to weakness in the consumer economy.
The week ahead could see some swings ahead of the long Labor Day Holiday weekend. “Given high absentees and low volumes, my guess is it’s going to add to volatility,” said Arone.
Frank Cappelleri, Nomura executive director, said he also expects volatility, and the S&P could test the outer limits of its recent range.
Of the 17 trading days this month, nine of them saw absolute 1% moves in the S&P 500. The last time that occurred was in December, when there were 10 days with 1% moves, according to Cappelleri. The most in one month was February, 2018 when there were 12. Contrast that to the entire year of 2017, when there were just eight.
Friday’s action was volatile, and the S&P 500 was down as much as 3%.
“This is the third-biggest decline we’ve had this month. Each of them started within 10 points of each other, near the top of the range,” said Cappelleri. The top of the range is 2,943, its Aug. 13 high, and the bottom is 2,820, near the Aug. 5 low.
“We’re obviously still in a trading range that has been characterized by sharp moves and acute turns, so I think when we had that initial drop on Aug. 5, the question is where is it going to stop,” he said, adding traders are watching that Aug. 5 level to see if it will act as a floor.
Following three straight days of gains, the market has recovered a sizable portion of its losses from earlier in the month. Losses earlier in the month and gains over the past three days (prior to today) have tracked August’s typical trading pattern for over the last 21-years quite closely. The magnitude of the moves this year has been larger than average, but the pattern has been tracked.
Due to the magnitude of this year’s moves, August’s performance over the past 21-years has been plotted on the left vertical axis in the chart above and 2019 is plotted on the right. From right around mid-month or now through the end of August, the historical trend has been weaker. DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 have all averaged a loss in August from 1998 to 2018 and they are on track to repeat this year.
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In the below chart, forty years of daily data for the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies are divided by the Russell 1000 index of largest companies, and then compressed into a single year to show an idealized yearly pattern. When the graph is descending, large-cap companies are outperforming small-cap companies; when the graph is rising, smaller companies are moving up faster than their larger brethren. The most prominent period of outperformance generally begins in mid-December and lasts until late-February or early March with a surge in January. This period of outperformance by small-caps is known as the “January Effect” in the annual Stock Trader’s Almanac.
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In recent years, another sizable move is quite evident just before Labor Day. One possible explanation for this move is individual investors begin to return to work after summertime vacations and are searching for “bargain” stocks. In a typical year, small-caps would have been lagging and could represent an opportunity relative to other large-cap possibilities. As of Friday’s close (August 16, 2019), Russell 2000 is up 10.8% compared to the Russell 1000 being up 15.5% year-to-date. Lagging small-caps and resilient U.S. consumers could be the ideal setup for a repeat of this pattern this year. However, the small-cap advantage does historically wane around mid-September.
The start of business year, end of summer vacations, and back to school made September a leading barometer month in first 60 years of 20th century, now portfolio managers back after Labor Day tend to clean house Since 1950, September is the worst performing month of the year for DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ (since 1971) and Russell 1000 (since 1979). Sizable gains in September 2012, 2013 and 2017 have lifted Russell 2000 to second worst (since 1979). September was creamed four years straight from 1999-2002 after four solid years from 1995-1998 during the dot.com bubble madness. September gets no respite from positive pre-election year forces.
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Although the month used to open strong, S&P 500 has declined eight times in the last eleven years on the first trading day. As tans begin to fade and the new school year begins, fund managers tend to sell underperforming positions as the end of the third quarter approaches, causing some nasty selloffs near month-end over the years. Recent substantial declines occurred following the terrorist attacks in 2001 (DJIA: –11.1%), 2002 (DJIA –12.4%), the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 (DJIA: –6.0%) and U.S. debt ceiling debacle in 2011 (DJIA –6.0%). However, September is improving with S&P 500 advancing in ten of the last 15 Septembers and DJIA climbing in nine.
U.S. leading indicators rebounded in July, a good sign for the durability of the expansion.
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) rose 0.5% month over month, the biggest gain since September 2018, and above consensus expectations for a 0.3% increase. As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, Leading Indicators Slowing But Growing, the LEI climbed 1.6% year over year.
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The LEI, which we include as one of the “Five Forecasters” of our Recession Watch Dashboard, has yet to turn negative this cycle. The index has fallen negative year over year before all nine recessions since 1955.
“Some investors have pointed out slowing LEI growth as a reason for caution,” said LPL Financial Chief Investment Strategist John Lynch. “However, the LEI is signaling moderate U.S. economic growth ahead, with no signs of an imminent recession.”
The LEI is calculated from 10 individual leading data sets, including weekly jobless claims, building permits, and stock prices. This year, the majority of LEI components have boosted month-over-month growth in the index, but more internationally exposed data sets have turned into net drags.
In July, 6 of 10 components rose month over month, but four components—average hours worked, manufacturers’ new orders, new orders for nondefense capital spending, and interest rate spreads—fell month over month. Historically, breadth in LEI components has deteriorated further before a recession began. In contrast, at the end of each of the past six economic cycles, more than half of the LEI components were in decline.
While evidence of slowing growth in leading indicators is disappointing, we are encouraged by what we see outside of manufacturing. Global manufacturing has been the sector hardest hit by prolonged trade tensions and weakened demand, and we don’t expect to see much improvement until a U.S.-China trade resolution is reached. Even then, a recovery in manufacturing may take some time.
Earlier this week, crude oil was trading well over 2% higher than last Friday's close. Over the past few sessions, though, oil has given up all of those gains. The catalyst for today's declines are the Chinese retaliatory tariffs on US crude which are expected to dampen demand. This week's negative reversal comes as the commodity ran into multiple points of resistance. For starters, the rally began to stall out mid-week when it met the converging 200 and 50-day moving averages. This also coincided with a downtrend that traces itself all the way back to the highs from late last year. In fact, crude is down around 30% from these previous highs.
Overall, the technical picture for crude oil is not in a great place as the chart is forming a descending triangle pattern. Despite the big gains at the beginning of 2019, over the past few months, crude has been making consistent lower highs and lower lows. Given this most recent failure to retake the moving averages and break out of the downtrend, the next major support level to watch is around $50 which is a level that has held up at multiple times in the past few months. This support also draws back to late last year prior to the collapse in December.
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After the 3-month vs 10-year US Treasury yield curve first inverted earlier this year, the market has shifted its focus to the 2-year vs 10-year part of the curve which had yet to reach inverted levels. That was, until yesterday. While the 10s2s curve flirted with inverted territory for the last few days on an intraday basis, Thursday was the first time in more than a decade that the closing yield on the two-year US Treasury was above the yield on the 10-year. And with another closely watched part of the curve moving into inverted levels, recession fears increased.
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As the chart above illustrates, it has been a while since the 10s2s curve was inverted. In fact, the streak that just ended was the longest on record going back to 1977, and it wasn't even close. Going back to 1977, there have only been three prior streaks where the 10s2s curve was inverted for more than 1,000 days, and never before had the curve been positively sloped for more than 2,000 days. The current streak, though? 3,054 days. It was fun while it lasted!
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A common characteristic of most investors and traders is to always be on the lookout for patterns and connections between various asset classes. Whenever one correlated asset confirms the move in another it adds a layer of confidence to an investor's thesis. One long-held example is the Dow Transports as a leading or coincident indicator for the broader market. For decades now, many investors have followed the transports for confirmation of the broader market moves. If the transports — which move all of the physical goods in the economy — rally, it suggests that the broader market will be strong, while periods when the transports start to roll over are read as a signal that there's an underlying weakness in the economy.
As the US economy has become more service and digital-oriented in nature, there has been a valid argument made that the transports have lost some of their importance as an indicator of the broader economy. Along these lines, we have suggested that rather than transports, semiconductors may represent this century's 'transports' as they are a part of just about everything in this digital age. Whether you agree with this or not isn't important, but the important takeaway is that just because two asset classes have been highly correlated in the past doesn't mean that they will remain that way in the future. It's one thing to recognize a correlation between two asset classes, but it's much more important to understand why they are correlated and be on the lookout for factors that may change the status quo in the future.
One example of a radical change in a relationship between two asset classes is the interaction between the relative strength of growth and value stocks versus the slope of the yield curve. From 2002 through 2011, the two were closely correlated. As the curve flattened in the early part of this century, growth stocks underperformed value by a wide margin (falling blue line). Then in mid-2007, as the curve steepened and came out from inverted territory, growth stocks started to rip higher relative to value. Beginning in 2009, though, the curve stopped steepening and the relative strength of growth relative to value stalled out. The two series were so closely joined at the hip during this ten-year stretch that the correlation coefficient between the two was +0.82, which is indicative of two series moving in lockstep with each other.
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If the paths of the yield curve and the relative strength of growth versus value couldn't be separated from 2002 through 2011, the relationship soured in 2012 when the two came down with a case of the ten-year itch. At that point, they couldn't separate fast enough. The chart below shows the same two series from the start of 2012 through the present. Now, when one goes up the other goes down and vice versa, as the paths are nearly exact opposites. In fact, in the nearly eight years since 2012, the correlation between the two is -0.90.
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In the chart below we have shown the two series over the entire time period spanning 2002 through 2019. The non-shaded area represents the period covered in the first chart, while the shaded area covers the second period. Right around the time where the shaded period starts is when the positive correlation turned on a dime, and beginning in 2013 when the curve started to flatten, investors who were still hanging on to the idea that a flatter yield curve was a green light for value stocks, saw what turned out to be an extended period of misery relative to the performance of growth stocks. In the words of Intel Founder Andy Grove, "Adapt or Die."
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Below is a chart of the Nasdaq 100 going back to 1990. While it took 15+ years for the index to make a new all-time closing high following its March 2000 peak, the index is currently 65% above those March 2000 highs.
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Below is a ratio chart of the Nasdaq 100's price versus the S&P 500's price since 1990. The ratio started well below 1 in early 1990 but quickly overtook the S&P in price by the mid-90s. As you can see, the ratio spiked dramatically above 3 during the peak of the Dot Com bubble in late 1999. The Nasdaq 100 then gave up much of that outperformance versus the S&P 500 over a 2-3 year period where the ratio got all the way back down to 1, but since then it has been steadily trending higher to its current level of 2.65. While it went through a bubble and a burst over a 5-year period, the Nasdaq has been outperforming the S&P 500 for a long time now.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.99 per share on revenue of $9.57 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.06 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 72% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.95 to $1.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 8.79% with revenue increasing by 2.04%. Short interest has decreased by 10.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 4.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.6% above its 200 day moving average of $65.83. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 there was some notable buying of 2,003 contracts of the $65.00 put expiring on Friday, December 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 9.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.1% move in recent quarters.
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Momo Inc. (MOMO) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:10 AM ET on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.72 per share on revenue of $581.18 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.76 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 73% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $579.00 million to $593.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 22.03% with revenue increasing by 17.58%. Short interest has increased by 2.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 13.4% from its open following the earnings release to be 2.2% below its 200 day moving average of $32.55. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 8, 2019 there was some notable buying of 5,000 contracts of the $24.40 put expiring on Friday, October 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 13.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 10.7% move in recent quarters.
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Okta, Inc. (OKTA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.10 per share on revenue of $131.09 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.07) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 84% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for a loss of $0.11 to $0.10 per share on revenue of $130.00 million to $131.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 33.33% with revenue increasing by 38.59%. Short interest has increased by 13.6% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 15.7% from its open following the earnings release to be 39.4% above its 200 day moving average of $95.03. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Monday, August 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,949 contracts of the $135.00 call expiring on Friday, August 30, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 10.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.1% move in recent quarters.
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:55 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.58 per share on revenue of $6.89 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.61 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 76% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 3.95% with revenue increasing by 6.93%. Short interest has decreased by 28.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 9.8% from its open following the earnings release to be 12.4% above its 200 day moving average of $121.87. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 there was some notable buying of 757 contracts of the $149.00 call expiring on Friday, September 6, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 6.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.1% move in recent quarters.
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Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.49 per share on revenue of $259.26 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.51 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 83% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.48 to $0.49 per share on revenue of $259.00 million to $260.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 40.00% with revenue increasing by 23.69%. Short interest has decreased by 34.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 7.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 22.9% above its 200 day moving average of $128.66. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 9, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,273 contracts of the $155.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 7.2% move in recent quarters.
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ULTA Beauty (ULTA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:00 PM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $2.79 per share on revenue of $1.68 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $2.80 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 83% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 13.41% with revenue increasing by 12.89%. Short interest has increased by 28.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 2.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 1.3% above its 200 day moving average of $318.11. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 15, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,211 contracts of the $330.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 8.2% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.3% move in recent quarters.
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OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 9:00 AM ET on Monday, August 26, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.05 per share on revenue of $303.70 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.11 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 2.94% with revenue increasing by 5.70%. Short interest has increased by 13.3% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 6.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 9.9% above its 200 day moving average of $91.73. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 6.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.2% move in recent quarters.
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Bilibili Inc. (BILI) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 PM ET on Monday, August 26, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.12 per share on revenue of $212.73 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.14) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 65% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $211.00 million to $217.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 200.00% with revenue increasing by 37.16%. The stock has drifted lower by 11.9% from its open following the earnings release to be 10.7% below its 200 day moving average of $16.47. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 there was some notable buying of 6,011 contracts of the $12.50 put expiring on Friday, October 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 20.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.1% move in recent quarters.
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Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (DLTR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:30 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.96 per share on revenue of $5.72 billion. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 69% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.64 to $0.73 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 16.52% with revenue increasing by 3.52%. Short interest has decreased by 16.6% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 1.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 3.3% below its 200 day moving average of $98.41. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,596 contracts of the $80.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.8% move in recent quarters.
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Tiffany & Co. (TIF) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:40 AM ET on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.05 per share on revenue of $1.07 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.06 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 49% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of up to $1.16 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 10.26% with revenue decreasing by 0.55%. Short interest has increased by 28.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 13.6% from its open following the earnings release to be 13.3% below its 200 day moving average of $93.75. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,129 contracts of the $80.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 7.8% move in recent quarters.
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The final week of August — the bittersweet end of summer for many— could be highly volatile, as markets fret over the economy and the latest developments in trade wars.
President Donald Trump joins the G-7 leaders in France over the weekend, and markets will be watching to see if the meeting exposes new fault lines in the shaky relations among a once fairly congenial leadership group that fought the Great Recession together. Trump is expected to discuss the U.S. economy and highlight the U.S. pro-jobs, pro-growth agenda, under his leadership.
The U.S. trade war with China escalated sharply in the past week, with a new round of tariffs from China on U.S. goods announced Friday and new threats from Trump, who “ordered” American companies to find alternatives to China. That immediately triggered speculation that the trade war will be extended and more contentious, and the U.S. economy risks falling into recession.
After the close Friday, Trump retaliated against China’s tariffs by raising existing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods to 30% from 25%, as of Oct. 1. In a tweet, he also said he was raising new tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods that have not yet gone into effect to 15% from 10%.
Friday’s trading was volatile, and stocks fell by about 2.5%, erasing what would have been a second positive week for the market. Treasury yields, which move opposite price, continued to go lower amid worries about the economy and fears the Fed will not act aggressively enough to head off a recession.
Stocks have been volatile, and the S&P 500 is down about 4.5% in the month of August.
Michael Arone, State Street Advisors chief investment strategist said the first seven months of the year were more certain for investors in terms of their expectations for Fed rate cuts and a possible trade deal. But the trade tensions have worsened, and the trade war could escalate even further.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at Jackson Hole Friday morning, but while he left the door open for rate cuts, he did not explicitly promise rate cuts.
“The Fed has become a lot less certain. Until we get more clarity, you’re likely to see this volatility, and stocks will trade sideways,” Arone said. Even though corporate earnings weakened, “investors took a big leap of faith in the first seven months of the year, expecting both a trade deal and monetary policy easing.”
The escalation of the trade war makes a deal unlikely anytime soon. This, however, did drive market expectations for rate cuts higher Friday afternoon, and the market was expecting three more cuts this year.
Trump tied his feuds with China and the Fed together Friday, when he tweeted that the Fed is not helping with easier rate policy, along with a question about “who is the bigger enemy” — China President Xi Jinping or Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
“I think the Fed is in uncharted territory, and I continue to have empathy for Chairman Powell. I think markets want faster and more aggressive policy. He’s dealing with challenges the Fed has never had,” said Arone.
”[Powell] is literally walking a tight rope. He has the president who is daily bashing him,” he said. “Bond markets are demanding a much greater number of rate cuts, and he’s got geopolitical challenges, whether it’s Brexit or trade. He’s also got dissension among Fed voting members. That’s a lot to balance.”
There is some important data in the coming week, including durable goods Monday and personal spending and consumption data Friday, which also includes the PCE deflator, the Fed’s preferred inflation indicator.
“The data will give us some indications on business spending. Durable goods has capital expenditure orders. It looks look consumer confidence will come out [Tuesday] as well,” Arone said. Business spending has been taking a hit from the trade wars, and economists are concerned it will continue to weaken, ultimately leading to weakness in the consumer economy.
The week ahead could see some swings ahead of the long Labor Day Holiday weekend. “Given high absentees and low volumes, my guess is it’s going to add to volatility,” said Arone.
Frank Cappelleri, Nomura executive director, said he also expects volatility, and the S&P could test the outer limits of its recent range.
Of the 17 trading days this month, nine of them saw absolute 1% moves in the S&P 500. The last time that occurred was in December, when there were 10 days with 1% moves, according to Cappelleri. The most in one month was February, 2018 when there were 12. Contrast that to the entire year of 2017, when there were just eight.
Friday’s action was volatile, and the S&P 500 was down as much as 3%.
“This is the third-biggest decline we’ve had this month. Each of them started within 10 points of each other, near the top of the range,” said Cappelleri. The top of the range is 2,943, its Aug. 13 high, and the bottom is 2,820, near the Aug. 5 low.
“We’re obviously still in a trading range that has been characterized by sharp moves and acute turns, so I think when we had that initial drop on Aug. 5, the question is where is it going to stop,” he said, adding traders are watching that Aug. 5 level to see if it will act as a floor.
Following three straight days of gains, the market has recovered a sizable portion of its losses from earlier in the month. Losses earlier in the month and gains over the past three days (prior to today) have tracked August’s typical trading pattern for over the last 21-years quite closely. The magnitude of the moves this year has been larger than average, but the pattern has been tracked.
Due to the magnitude of this year’s moves, August’s performance over the past 21-years has been plotted on the left vertical axis in the chart above and 2019 is plotted on the right. From right around mid-month or now through the end of August, the historical trend has been weaker. DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 1000 and 2000 have all averaged a loss in August from 1998 to 2018 and they are on track to repeat this year.
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In the below chart, forty years of daily data for the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies are divided by the Russell 1000 index of largest companies, and then compressed into a single year to show an idealized yearly pattern. When the graph is descending, large-cap companies are outperforming small-cap companies; when the graph is rising, smaller companies are moving up faster than their larger brethren. The most prominent period of outperformance generally begins in mid-December and lasts until late-February or early March with a surge in January. This period of outperformance by small-caps is known as the “January Effect” in the annual Stock Trader’s Almanac.
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In recent years, another sizable move is quite evident just before Labor Day. One possible explanation for this move is individual investors begin to return to work after summertime vacations and are searching for “bargain” stocks. In a typical year, small-caps would have been lagging and could represent an opportunity relative to other large-cap possibilities. As of Friday’s close (August 16, 2019), Russell 2000 is up 10.8% compared to the Russell 1000 being up 15.5% year-to-date. Lagging small-caps and resilient U.S. consumers could be the ideal setup for a repeat of this pattern this year. However, the small-cap advantage does historically wane around mid-September.
The start of business year, end of summer vacations, and back to school made September a leading barometer month in first 60 years of 20th century, now portfolio managers back after Labor Day tend to clean house Since 1950, September is the worst performing month of the year for DJIA, S&P 500, NASDAQ (since 1971) and Russell 1000 (since 1979). Sizable gains in September 2012, 2013 and 2017 have lifted Russell 2000 to second worst (since 1979). September was creamed four years straight from 1999-2002 after four solid years from 1995-1998 during the dot.com bubble madness. September gets no respite from positive pre-election year forces.
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Although the month used to open strong, S&P 500 has declined eight times in the last eleven years on the first trading day. As tans begin to fade and the new school year begins, fund managers tend to sell underperforming positions as the end of the third quarter approaches, causing some nasty selloffs near month-end over the years. Recent substantial declines occurred following the terrorist attacks in 2001 (DJIA: –11.1%), 2002 (DJIA –12.4%), the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 (DJIA: –6.0%) and U.S. debt ceiling debacle in 2011 (DJIA –6.0%). However, September is improving with S&P 500 advancing in ten of the last 15 Septembers and DJIA climbing in nine.
U.S. leading indicators rebounded in July, a good sign for the durability of the expansion.
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) rose 0.5% month over month, the biggest gain since September 2018, and above consensus expectations for a 0.3% increase. As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, Leading Indicators Slowing But Growing, the LEI climbed 1.6% year over year.
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The LEI, which we include as one of the “Five Forecasters” of our Recession Watch Dashboard, has yet to turn negative this cycle. The index has fallen negative year over year before all nine recessions since 1955.
“Some investors have pointed out slowing LEI growth as a reason for caution,” said LPL Financial Chief Investment Strategist John Lynch. “However, the LEI is signaling moderate U.S. economic growth ahead, with no signs of an imminent recession.”
The LEI is calculated from 10 individual leading data sets, including weekly jobless claims, building permits, and stock prices. This year, the majority of LEI components have boosted month-over-month growth in the index, but more internationally exposed data sets have turned into net drags.
In July, 6 of 10 components rose month over month, but four components—average hours worked, manufacturers’ new orders, new orders for nondefense capital spending, and interest rate spreads—fell month over month. Historically, breadth in LEI components has deteriorated further before a recession began. In contrast, at the end of each of the past six economic cycles, more than half of the LEI components were in decline.
While evidence of slowing growth in leading indicators is disappointing, we are encouraged by what we see outside of manufacturing. Global manufacturing has been the sector hardest hit by prolonged trade tensions and weakened demand, and we don’t expect to see much improvement until a U.S.-China trade resolution is reached. Even then, a recovery in manufacturing may take some time.
Earlier this week, crude oil was trading well over 2% higher than last Friday's close. Over the past few sessions, though, oil has given up all of those gains. The catalyst for today's declines are the Chinese retaliatory tariffs on US crude which are expected to dampen demand. This week's negative reversal comes as the commodity ran into multiple points of resistance. For starters, the rally began to stall out mid-week when it met the converging 200 and 50-day moving averages. This also coincided with a downtrend that traces itself all the way back to the highs from late last year. In fact, crude is down around 30% from these previous highs.
Overall, the technical picture for crude oil is not in a great place as the chart is forming a descending triangle pattern. Despite the big gains at the beginning of 2019, over the past few months, crude has been making consistent lower highs and lower lows. Given this most recent failure to retake the moving averages and break out of the downtrend, the next major support level to watch is around $50 which is a level that has held up at multiple times in the past few months. This support also draws back to late last year prior to the collapse in December.
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After the 3-month vs 10-year US Treasury yield curve first inverted earlier this year, the market has shifted its focus to the 2-year vs 10-year part of the curve which had yet to reach inverted levels. That was, until yesterday. While the 10s2s curve flirted with inverted territory for the last few days on an intraday basis, Thursday was the first time in more than a decade that the closing yield on the two-year US Treasury was above the yield on the 10-year. And with another closely watched part of the curve moving into inverted levels, recession fears increased.
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As the chart above illustrates, it has been a while since the 10s2s curve was inverted. In fact, the streak that just ended was the longest on record going back to 1977, and it wasn't even close. Going back to 1977, there have only been three prior streaks where the 10s2s curve was inverted for more than 1,000 days, and never before had the curve been positively sloped for more than 2,000 days. The current streak, though? 3,054 days. It was fun while it lasted!
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A common characteristic of most investors and traders is to always be on the lookout for patterns and connections between various asset classes. Whenever one correlated asset confirms the move in another it adds a layer of confidence to an investor's thesis. One long-held example is the Dow Transports as a leading or coincident indicator for the broader market. For decades now, many investors have followed the transports for confirmation of the broader market moves. If the transports — which move all of the physical goods in the economy — rally, it suggests that the broader market will be strong, while periods when the transports start to roll over are read as a signal that there's an underlying weakness in the economy.
As the US economy has become more service and digital-oriented in nature, there has been a valid argument made that the transports have lost some of their importance as an indicator of the broader economy. Along these lines, we have suggested that rather than transports, semiconductors may represent this century's 'transports' as they are a part of just about everything in this digital age. Whether you agree with this or not isn't important, but the important takeaway is that just because two asset classes have been highly correlated in the past doesn't mean that they will remain that way in the future. It's one thing to recognize a correlation between two asset classes, but it's much more important to understand why they are correlated and be on the lookout for factors that may change the status quo in the future.
One example of a radical change in a relationship between two asset classes is the interaction between the relative strength of growth and value stocks versus the slope of the yield curve. From 2002 through 2011, the two were closely correlated. As the curve flattened in the early part of this century, growth stocks underperformed value by a wide margin (falling blue line). Then in mid-2007, as the curve steepened and came out from inverted territory, growth stocks started to rip higher relative to value. Beginning in 2009, though, the curve stopped steepening and the relative strength of growth relative to value stalled out. The two series were so closely joined at the hip during this ten-year stretch that the correlation coefficient between the two was +0.82, which is indicative of two series moving in lockstep with each other.
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If the paths of the yield curve and the relative strength of growth versus value couldn't be separated from 2002 through 2011, the relationship soured in 2012 when the two came down with a case of the ten-year itch. At that point, they couldn't separate fast enough. The chart below shows the same two series from the start of 2012 through the present. Now, when one goes up the other goes down and vice versa, as the paths are nearly exact opposites. In fact, in the nearly eight years since 2012, the correlation between the two is -0.90.
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In the chart below we have shown the two series over the entire time period spanning 2002 through 2019. The non-shaded area represents the period covered in the first chart, while the shaded area covers the second period. Right around the time where the shaded period starts is when the positive correlation turned on a dime, and beginning in 2013 when the curve started to flatten, investors who were still hanging on to the idea that a flatter yield curve was a green light for value stocks, saw what turned out to be an extended period of misery relative to the performance of growth stocks. In the words of Intel Founder Andy Grove, "Adapt or Die."
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Below is a chart of the Nasdaq 100 going back to 1990. While it took 15+ years for the index to make a new all-time closing high following its March 2000 peak, the index is currently 65% above those March 2000 highs.
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Below is a ratio chart of the Nasdaq 100's price versus the S&P 500's price since 1990. The ratio started well below 1 in early 1990 but quickly overtook the S&P in price by the mid-90s. As you can see, the ratio spiked dramatically above 3 during the peak of the Dot Com bubble in late 1999. The Nasdaq 100 then gave up much of that outperformance versus the S&P 500 over a 2-3 year period where the ratio got all the way back down to 1, but since then it has been steadily trending higher to its current level of 2.65. While it went through a bubble and a burst over a 5-year period, the Nasdaq has been outperforming the S&P 500 for a long time now.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.99 per share on revenue of $9.57 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.06 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 72% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.95 to $1.00 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 8.79% with revenue increasing by 2.04%. Short interest has decreased by 10.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 4.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 0.6% above its 200 day moving average of $65.83. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 there was some notable buying of 2,003 contracts of the $65.00 put expiring on Friday, December 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 9.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.1% move in recent quarters.
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Momo Inc. (MOMO) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:10 AM ET on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.72 per share on revenue of $581.18 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.76 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 73% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $579.00 million to $593.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 22.03% with revenue increasing by 17.58%. Short interest has increased by 2.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 13.4% from its open following the earnings release to be 2.2% below its 200 day moving average of $32.55. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 8, 2019 there was some notable buying of 5,000 contracts of the $24.40 put expiring on Friday, October 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 13.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 10.7% move in recent quarters.
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Okta, Inc. (OKTA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.10 per share on revenue of $131.09 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.07) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 84% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for a loss of $0.11 to $0.10 per share on revenue of $130.00 million to $131.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 33.33% with revenue increasing by 38.59%. Short interest has increased by 13.6% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 15.7% from its open following the earnings release to be 39.4% above its 200 day moving average of $95.03. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Monday, August 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,949 contracts of the $135.00 call expiring on Friday, August 30, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 10.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.1% move in recent quarters.
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:55 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.58 per share on revenue of $6.89 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.61 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 76% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 3.95% with revenue increasing by 6.93%. Short interest has decreased by 28.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 9.8% from its open following the earnings release to be 12.4% above its 200 day moving average of $121.87. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 there was some notable buying of 757 contracts of the $149.00 call expiring on Friday, September 6, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 6.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.1% move in recent quarters.
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Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.49 per share on revenue of $259.26 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.51 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 83% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.48 to $0.49 per share on revenue of $259.00 million to $260.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 40.00% with revenue increasing by 23.69%. Short interest has decreased by 34.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 7.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 22.9% above its 200 day moving average of $128.66. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, August 9, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,273 contracts of the $155.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 7.2% move in recent quarters.
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ULTA Beauty (ULTA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:00 PM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $2.79 per share on revenue of $1.68 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $2.80 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 83% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 13.41% with revenue increasing by 12.89%. Short interest has increased by 28.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 2.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 1.3% above its 200 day moving average of $318.11. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, August 15, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,211 contracts of the $330.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 8.2% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.3% move in recent quarters.
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OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 9:00 AM ET on Monday, August 26, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.05 per share on revenue of $303.70 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.11 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 2.94% with revenue increasing by 5.70%. Short interest has increased by 13.3% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 6.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 9.9% above its 200 day moving average of $91.73. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 6.6% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.2% move in recent quarters.
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Bilibili Inc. (BILI) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 PM ET on Monday, August 26, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.12 per share on revenue of $212.73 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.14) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 65% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $211.00 million to $217.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 200.00% with revenue increasing by 37.16%. The stock has drifted lower by 11.9% from its open following the earnings release to be 10.7% below its 200 day moving average of $16.47. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 there was some notable buying of 6,011 contracts of the $12.50 put expiring on Friday, October 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 20.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.1% move in recent quarters.
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Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (DLTR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:30 AM ET on Thursday, August 29, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.96 per share on revenue of $5.72 billion. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 69% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.64 to $0.73 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 16.52% with revenue increasing by 3.52%. Short interest has decreased by 16.6% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 1.1% from its open following the earnings release to be 3.3% below its 200 day moving average of $98.41. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,596 contracts of the $80.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 9.8% move in recent quarters.
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Tiffany & Co. (TIF) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:40 AM ET on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.05 per share on revenue of $1.07 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.06 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 49% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of up to $1.16 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 10.26% with revenue decreasing by 0.55%. Short interest has increased by 28.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 13.6% from its open following the earnings release to be 13.3% below its 200 day moving average of $93.75. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,129 contracts of the $80.00 put expiring on Friday, September 20, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 7.8% move in recent quarters.
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