- The markets are in a good mood today with potential Ukraine talks and Fed Chair Powell stating 25bps is what to expect at the March meeting.
- He also mentioned “Soft Landing” which is a great title for a movie
- So what would be the plot of the movie?
- Crude going higher as a reminder is economic cyanide
- A couple of Trade Idea’s
Unlocked Notes
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A Bullard in a china shop
- A CPI showing the highest inflation in 40 years and the market bounced
- Fed Governor Bullard put a halt to that calling for larger and faster rate hikes
- The market just has been too forgiving with what is happening in the macro
Tony Hawkish
- The market is anticipating the Fed announcement and Powell’s press conference
- The market now has some consensus expectations with Powell and the Fed
- Powell is expected to be hawkish but he’s gotta pull off a very tough trick to also calm the markets
- Raising stops on trading longs SPY, QQQ, IWM. Covering LRCX +13% ahead of earnings
- Credit spreads have not given any risk-off signals like 2018 and 2020
Mixed Messages
- There are a lot of mixed messages with the equity market right now
- I run through sentiment and internals that normally is easy to make a call
- One market that has a very clear message is the bond market
- Adding one new long idea and selling one long idea
- I’m not overly enthusiastic about today’s bounce
Sell Tickets
- The equity market noticed the rise in rates… finally
- The progression of markets unwinding is briefly discussed
- Some examples of Erlanger Research Type 1 (short squeeze) and Type 4 (long squeeze) short interest candidates
- More details on Rekor Systems
- The “future sellers” thesis is a 2022 risk
- Cutting a couple of recent “knife catcher” long ideas with losses
- Another big report and happily it’s out a lot earlier than yesterday’s note
The more things change, the more they stay the same
- It’s been a day… a long one and I finally finished today’s note
- It’s rare notes get so delayed but I think this note has a lot of good stuff as we start 2022
- Worth it with a few Trade Ideas