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Manufacturers And Small Businesses: Widespread Optimism
America's business leaders are growing more worried that the United States will enter a recession by the end of 2020. Their primary fear: protectionist trade policy.
Seems All About The Fed At The Moment
Since the Federal Reserve began raising the Fed Funds rate in December 2015, there have been nine rate increases.
There Are Some Positive Data Points
With both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index down a little over 5% in the month of May and with only one trading day remaining, highlighting the negative news might be somewhat attributable to confirmation bias.
Investors Increasingly Bullish On Stocks, But Outflows Continue From Equity Funds
This past week saw the AAII individual investor bullish sentiment move higher to 43.1%. This pushed the bullish reading above its average reading of 38.5% but still below the overly bullish +1 standard deviation level of 48.3%.
Hiring Continues To Lag Growth In Job Openings
In the recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the level of openings increased by 346,000, while job hires feel 35,000.
Equity Fund And ETF Flows Remain Negative
Year to date combined mutual fund and ETF fund flows show investors continue to be net redeemers of equity funds, both international and U.S. domestic of $30.5 billion. Investors have been net purchasers of bond or fixed income investments.
Economic Expansion To Continue
In this interview, Nancy Lazar remains bullish on the U.S. economy and sees improvement in productivity and improvement in the labor force participation rate supporting low inflationary growth.
Dogs Of The Dow Lag Broader Market
The magnitude of the market strength this year and the Dow Dogs' income focus are contributing to the underperformance of the Dow Dogs
A High Neutral Sentiment Level Indicative Of An Indecisive Investor
Earlier this week the American Association of Individual Investors reported the results from the weekly Sentiment Survey. The report noted the bullish sentiment level was 33.5%, which certainly indicates individual investors are not overly bullish.
The Tax Cut And Jobs Act Is Distorting 2019 Estimated Earnings Growth
2018 earnings saw a significantly higher pace of growth due to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that lowered the corporate tax rate. This provided an earnings tailwind for companies.
Negative Equity Flows Indicative Of A Cautious Investor
Market peaks, even if only short term, tend to occur when individual investor bullish sentiment is at an extreme.
JOLTS Weakness, But A Month Is Not A Trend
The February Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed a drop in openings of 538,000.
Tactical Asset Allocation Can Add Value To Portfolio Return
A potential downside for investors employing a strict longer-term strategic investment allocation based on a specific benchmark or index is that the strategy fails to incorporate shorter-term tactical changes.
Economic Expansions Don't Die Of Old Age
The 3-month Treasury interest rate surpassed the 10-year rate and this resulted in a 3-month/10-year inversion of the yield curve, the first since 2007. The inversion unwound as the curve steepened, moving higher in the 10-year yield.
Stock Buyback Boom In 2018
The level of buybacks provided a tailwind for earnings growth in the fourth quarter as well as the entire calendar year 2018.
The FAANG Trade In Focus Again
Since the equity market peak in the third quarter of 2018, the average return of the FAANG basket of stocks has underperformed the broader S&P 500 Index. With the FAANG's return to the upside, the basket has resumed its outperformance.
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