Editor's Note: Below is a brief excerpt and chart from today's Early Look written by Hedgeye Senior Macro analyst Darius Dale. Click here to learn more.
"... With respect to Equities: Simply put, we do not think Janet Yellen can authorize QE4 without another leg down in domestic credit and equity markets – which, if prescient, calls into question the sustainability of this rally. As such, we believe the late-cycle sectors (i.e. Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Retail) are in the earlier innings of pricing in the depths of the cycle, while reflation sectors have clearly priced in some version of approaching the ninth inning; it’s not at all clear that the latter sectors will make lower-lows on the next leg down. Given our bearish outlook for the domestic equity market from here, we still want to be short the opposite of our preferred style factors on the long side – i.e. low beta, high quality, capital return stories like GIS and MCD."
