DRAGHI’S DOVISHNESS

08/25/14 07:56AM EDT

CLIENT TALKING POINTS

EURO

The Euro is getting smoked down to $1.31 this morning (vs USD) after Draghi says he “stands ready” to devalue Europe’s way back to economic stagflation? Net short position in the EUR/USD (CFTC futures + options) hits a big year-to-date high of -142,738 contracts.

FRANCE

The Prime Minister resigns on the economy, so that’s gotta be good for more money printing too. The CAC is up +1.1% this morning as European economic growth slows (German IFO for AUG at 4 month low), the @Hedgeye TREND line resistance for CAC is 4364.

UST 10YR

The UST 10YR Yield drops back down to 2.39% this morning as the bond market figures this doesn’t end well from a U.S. growth perspective. Yield Spread (10yr minus 2yr) compressing to a new year-to-date low of +189bps as U.S. equity futures (SPX) test all time highs.

TOP LONG IDEAS

HOLX

HOLX

Hologic is emerging from an extremely tough period which has left investors wary of further missteps. In our view, Hologic and its new management are set to show solid growth over the next several years. We have built two survey tools to track and forecast the two critical elements that will drive this acceleration.  The first survey tool measures 3-D Mammography placements every month.  Recently we have detected acceleration in month over month placements.  When Hologic finally receives a reimbursement code from Medicare, placements will accelerate further, perhaps even sooner.  With our survey, we'll see it real time. In addition to our mammography survey. We've been running a monthly survey of OB/GYNs asking them questions to help us forecast the rest of Hologic's businesses, some of which have been faced with significant headwinds. Based on our survey, we think those headwinds are fading. If the Affordable Care Act actually manages to reduce the number of uninsured, Hologic is one of the best positioned companies.

BOBE

BOBE

The level of activism in the restaurant industry has never been more rampant.  In the past year alone, we’ve seen CBRL, DAVE, DRI, BJRI and BOBE attract largely uninvited attention from these investors. BOBE has a long history of mismanagement, evidenced by flawed strategic rationale, an excessively bloated cost structure and severe underperformance relative to peers.  Fortunately, its poor operating performance presents a tremendous opportunity. After almost a year of pushing for change at Bob Evans, activist investor Sandell Asset Management is claiming a big victory. Activist investor Sandell won at least five seats on the board of the restaurant operator and food processor, based on preliminary results from the company’s annual shareholder meeting last week. This is precisely the sort of bullish catalyst that was central to our high conviction on BOBE.

TLT

TLT

Fixed income continues to be our favorite asset class, so it should come as no surprise to see us rotate into the Shares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) on the long side. In conjunction with our #Q3Slowing macro theme, we think the slope of domestic economic growth is poised to roll over here in the third quarter. In the context of what may be flat-to-decelerating reported inflation, we think the performance divergence between Treasuries, stocks and commodities may actually be set to widen over the next two to three months. This view remains counter to consensus expectations, which is additive to our already-high conviction level in this position.  Fade consensus on bonds – especially as growth slows. As it’s done for multiple generations, the 10Y Treasury Yield continues to track the slope of domestic economic growth like a glove.

Asset Allocation

CASH 56% US EQUITIES 0%
INTL EQUITIES 12% COMMODITIES 4%
FIXED INCOME 24% INTL CURRENCIES 4%

THREE FOR THE ROAD

TWEET OF THE DAY

OIL: after falling -2.0% last wk, WTI is down another -0.1% this morn #bearish TREND

@KeithMcCullough  

QUOTE OF THE DAY

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

- Albert Einstein

STAT OF THE DAY

India (our favorite stock market in the East) is up +0.7%, +27.5% year-to-date.

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