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2014/10/01: Commentary: Fed Follies and FX Finesse

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Commentary: Fed Follies and FX Finesse

Internal Fed disruptions are being

impacted by foreign exchange shifts

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COMMENTARY: Wednesday, October 1, 2014

To revisit something we noted in our Monday Commentary: External Factors Weigh on US Equities, it was especially interesting that the December S&P 500 future dropped so quickly below its 1,970.70 September 15th trading low last Thursday on the more hawkish comments (earlier than previously suggested FOMC rate hike) from Dallas Fed President Fisher. And the other very telling point of interest at that time was the response of the core government bond markets. In most recent cases, govvies would typically weaken on any mention of earlier Fed rate hikes, yet Thursday they rallied to new highs for their recovery from tests of support two weeks ago.

As noted previous, this is a sign the govvies know any early rate hike would be bad for a still troubled global economy. And since Thursday more dovish Fed officials have countered what Fisher had to say, especially dovish Chicago Fed President Charles Evans at the National Association for Business Economics meeting in Chicago on Monday. Also interviewed Monday morning on CNBC, Mr. Evans said any removal of highly accommodative policy should “…err on the side of patience…” So what’s going on here? And how does it relate to real world conditions and those core government bond market trends?

[Tuesday’s Global View TrendView video on all the asset classes remains the relevant perspective and technical trend assessment for all markets in the wake of price movements Tuesday into this morning.]

Authorized Gold and Platinum Subscribers Click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the Commentary and Conclusion. Silver and Sterling Subscribers Click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the Commentary discussion.

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2014/09/30 TrendView VIDEO: Global View (early)

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2014/09/30 TrendView VIDEO: Global View (early)

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TrendView VIDEO ANALYSIS & OUTLOOK: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 (early)

Global View: All Markets  

As we noted in Monday’s Commentary: External Factors Weigh on US Equities, “Europe is a basket case that is not getting any help from a hamstrung ECB. Asia remains mostly weak as well along with emerging markets.” While some of the overseas economic data this morning was a bit better than expected (especially regarding both German Retail Sales and employment) the drags from outside the US remain. And that is now compounded by a natural cooling of the US home sales outlook after such significant price rises. After Monday’s weaker than expected US Pending Home Sales we will see more on that with the Case/Shiller Home Price indications today. That’s along with the typical end of month Chicago PMI and Consumer Confidence.

Yet, as always, the bigger influences are pending this week on all the early month data and other influences from Wednesday onward. That culminates in US Employment Friday, with the ECB meeting and press conference on Thursday… but no BoE meeting and statement this week, with its typical deferral into next week on these partial first week of the month calendars. Of course, all of the global Manufacturing (Wednesday) and Services (Friday) PMI’s will also be watched closely into that US Employment number Friday.

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Video Timeline: It begins with macro (i.e. fundamental influences) discussion of most of the factors noted above. It also mentions the mixed data includes a weaker than expected 50.20 Chinese Manufacturing PMI (est. 50.50) and very weak indication on Japanese Household Spending and Industrial Production. It also notes that Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations are cooling down a bit into its Wednesday-Thursday holiday.

It moves to DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE short-term view at 02:00 and intermediate term at 04:20, then the OTHER EQUITIES from 06:15, with GOVVIES analysis beginning at 09:30 and SHORT MONEY FORWARDS at 13:10. FOREIGN EXCHANGE begins with the US DOLLAR INDEX at 17:50, jumping over to EUROPE at 20:00 and ASIA at 23:00, followed by the CROSS RATES at 26:15 and a return to DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE at 30:15 for a final view and additional perspective. We suggest using the timeline cursor to access the analysis most relevant for you.

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2014/09/29 (early): Commentary: External Factors Weigh on US Equities

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Commentary: External Factors Weigh on US Equities

The inability of equities to hold up in spite

of some dovish Fed influences is telling

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COMMENTARY: Monday, September 29, 2014

It is especially interesting that the December S&P 500 future dropped so quickly below its 1,970.70 September 15th trading low on Thursday after holding it so well and rebounding to 1,992 on Wednesday. However, that only illustrates the key influences beyond the sheer economic data right now, as it was substantially responding to Dallas Fed President Fisher’s hawkish comments from just prior to the equities Regular Trading Hours opening Thursday morning. (More on that below)

What is important now is that in spite of Friday’s rebound back above that congestion level, the trend remained down. We still expect 1,955-50 support with a Tolerance to 1,945 can be tested in the near term. And if macro-technical conditions and geopolitical disruptions remain as disturbing as we have seen of late, the 1,925-20 interim support or even the more major late May 1,904-1,890 range lead contract Runaway Gap area  might be tested.

[Friday’s Concise Highlight TrendView video on the equities and fixed income and Thursday morning's video with its extensive foreign review are still relevant views in the wake of significant price movement even into this morning.]

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2014/09/26 TrendView VIDEO: Concise Highlights (early)

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2014/09/26 TrendView VIDEO: Concise Highlights (early)

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TrendView VIDEO ANALYSIS & OUTLOOK: Friday, September 26, 2014 (early)

Concise Highlights  

Wednesday’s firm US equities Close would have seemed to point to potential further strength, or at least holding against the recent lows once again on a reaction. Then along came Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher with his indication that the first rate hike might be as early as early Q2 2015, which completely reversed two days of indications from other Fed members who had seemed to imply it would occur no sooner than next June. The reasons behind this and the market reactions are all most interesting.

That Fisher is one of the Fed’s well-established hawks means the general tome of his comments were not a huge surprise; but the specificity of the rate hike timing was. And it is also most interesting that Fisher and fellow hawks have become more strident of late. Does this reflect some sort of additional insight on the degree of economic growth? Or is it based more so on the Fed voting member politics?

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Video Timeline: It begins with macro (i.e. fundamental influences) discussion of the factors noted above. It also mentions the continued weakness of European data (even if Asia has been a bit more balanced of late), and strength of the US economic indications. That was reflected again in this morning’s overseas data, and right into the further upward revision of US Q2 GDP. All that is left to see this week is Michigan Confidence, so we can expect a fairly psychological market into the weekly Close.

It moves on to the DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE short-term trend view at 03:00 and intermediate term at 05:30, OTHER EQUITIES from 07:00, and a full review of the GOVVIES at 10:00 with the SHORT MONEY FORWARDS at 14:35. FOREIGN EXCHANGE only focuses on the US DOLLAR INDEX at 19:25 with mention of the other currencies from 20:45 prior to a returning to the DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE short-term trend view at 22:15 for a final look and additional perspective. We suggest using the timeline cursor to access the analysis most relevant for you.

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Authorized Gold and Platinum Subscribers click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the opening discussion and TrendView Video Analysis and General Update. Silver and Sterling Subscribers click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the opening discussion.

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2014/09/25 TrendView VIDEO: Concise Highlights (early)

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2014/09/25 TrendView VIDEO: Concise Highlights (early)

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TrendView VIDEO ANALYSIS & OUTLOOK: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (early)

Concise Highlights  

Wednesday’s US equities strength was the natural counterpoint to Tuesday’s late session weakness which held the key support. In fact, all of our equities and govvies assessments from Wednesday morning’s Concise Highlight seem to still be the proper analysis for those markets. While we will be following up on the S&P 500 in this morning’s Concise Highlight, the balance of the equities and fixed income will be waived this morning so we can get to the far more critical analysis of the very significant moves in foreign exchange.

And in that regard, it is not so very surprising that the weakness of the euro below technical support is driving further critical strength of the US Dollar Index above major resistance. This is all part of the continued jaundiced view of the economic prospects of Asia and especially Europe. That was aided and abetted today by ECB President Draghi signaling once again how concerned he is about the lack of strength in the Euro-zone economy. And while there have been bold statements of late, it is well-established that the ECB actually has very few tools to use in any stimulus attempt due to the far more fractured nature of the government bond markets and other aspects of the Euro-zone financial structure. It is boiling down to an ongoing threat of potential deflation.

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Video Timeline: It begins with macro (i.e. fundamental influences) discussion of most of the factors noted above. It also mentions the lack of much overnight data today heading into US Durable Goods Orders, Advance Services PMI and KC Fed Manufacturing Index.

It moves on to the DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE short-term trend view at 01:45 and intermediate term at 04:00, only mention of OTHER EQUITIES from 05:15 and mention of GOVVIES at 05:40, with only mention of the very steady SHORT MONEY FORWARDS from 17:00. FOREIGN EXCHANGE begins with the US DOLLAR INDEX at 06:30, EUROPE at 08:45, moving on to ASIA at 11:00, and CROSS RATES at 13:30 prior to returning to DECEMBER S&P 500 FUTURE short-term trend view at 17:40 for a final look and additional perspective. We suggest using the timeline cursor to access the analysis most relevant for you.

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Authorized Gold and Platinum Subscribers click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the opening discussion and TrendView Video Analysis and General Update. Silver and Sterling Subscribers click ‘Read more…’ (below) to access the balance of the opening discussion.

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