Below is a chart and brief excerpt from today's Early Look written by Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough.

Never mind “affording luxuries”, MANY (like 50% of American Households) are living paycheck to paycheck and, as you can see below, the U.S. Consumer Foreclosure/Bankruptcy/Delinquency Cycle has clearly inflected.

There is NO data suggesting this prevailing economic TREND somehow arrests because of a “YTD” SPY return.

CHART OF THE DAY: The Consumer Foreclosure/Bankruptcy/Delinquency Cycle - cod