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To help contextualize this morning's market moves around the world, below are insights and analysis from our research and Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough's Twitter feed.
WHY ARE U.S. STOCKS AT ALL-TIME HIGHS?
Part of the answer has to be five consecutive quarters of earnings growth. It looks like we'll have another quarter of growth in the third quarter. So far, 48 of S&P 500 companies have reported year-over-year earnings and sales growth of 12.5% and 6.6% respectively.
A Simple Visual of U.S. Growth Accelerating
The US Treasury 2-year yield rips to a five year high of +1.56%. This is what you'd expect to see in an environment in which both US growth and inflation accelerate sequentially.
Loving Strong Dollar
The U.S. dollar index has been up for five of the last six weeks. With the Euro down, European equities (generally) like that (not Spain and Italy, though, which are facing serious economic headwinds). The U.S. dollar index is up +2.5% from the September lows. Since then, the German DAX is up +6%.
Road Kill
Japanese equities also love a stronger dollar. Here you go: Yen ↓ = Nikkei ↑. From the U.S. dollar index's September low, the Nikkei is up +10.8%.
A 'New Era' for China?
Chinese president Xi Jinping proclaimed a "new era" of Chinese politics and power to kick off the 19th national congress of the Communist party of China. Xi also said he would significantly ease market access, further open service sectors, and protect the rights of foreign investors. There would also be zero tolerance for corruption. We reiterate our call that China's economy is slowing. Here's why.
A Big Breakout
Oil volatility (see below) continues to make lower lows. That's obviously bullish for the price of Oil, which is up +9.4% in the past three months.
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