CLIENT TALKING POINTS

EURO

The Euro risk range blows out to $1.03-1.10 (a widening range = rising variance --> leading indicator for more, not less, foreign currency market volatility). Ex-Germany (good not great PMI of 52.4 vs 51.1 last) there is still plenty of bad European data (French PMI of 48.2, Finland PPI -1.8% year-over-year) – we say you re-short the Euro at $1.10.

ASIA

Not to be confused with German data, Chinese and Japanese PMIs were terrible, slowing in March to 49.2 and 50.4, respectively – Chinese stocks hit new year-to-date highs of +14.1% on that, of course, the worse the data is, the moarrr stimulus!

UST 10YR

The UST 10 YR looks at Global #Deflation and #GrowthSlowing for what it is year-to-date, i.e. the fundamental case to stay long the Long Bond for longer; 1.91% UST 10YR Yield in the U.S. with no immediate-term support to 1.85% and intermediate-term TREND support down at 1.69%.

TOP LONG IDEAS

ITB

ITB

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) is a great way to play our long housing call, U.S. #HousingAccelerating remains 1 of the Top 3 Global Macro Themes in the Hedgeye Institutional Themes deck right now. Not only did U.S. home prices accelerate (in rate of change terms) in the Core Logic data this week to +5.7%, but the supply/demand data has been improving throughout the last 3 months.

PENN

PENN

Penn National Gaming is the best way to play improving domestic regional gaming trends due to its superior operational management and unit growth opportunities. Catalysts include positive estimate revisions, the opening of the first Massachusetts casino in June, and industry leading earnings growth in 2015 and 2016.

TLT

TLT

Low-volatility Long Bonds (TLT) have plenty of room to run. Late-Cycle Economic Indicators are still deteriorating on a TRENDING Basis (Manufacturing, CapEX, inflation) while consumption driven numbers have improved. Inflation readings for January are #SLOWING. We saw deceleration in CPI year-over-year at +0.8% vs. +1.3% prior and month-over-month at -0.4% vs. -0.3% prior. Growth is still #SLOWING with Real GDP growth decelerating at -20 basis points to +2.5% year-over-year for Q4 2014.The GDP deflator decelerated -40 basis points to +1.2% year-over-year.

Asset Allocation

CASH 32% US EQUITIES 14%
INTL EQUITIES 14% COMMODITIES 0%
FIXED INCOME 25% INTL CURRENCIES 15%

THREE FOR THE ROAD

TWEET OF THE DAY

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

You can’t be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon.

Herb Brooks           

STAT OF THE DAY

Target will raise their minimum wage next month to $9 an hour, 20% of the industry is now at this level.