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Ahead of the Curve provides analysis and insight into today's global financial markets. The latest news and views from global stock, bond, commodity, and FOREX markets are discussed. Rajveer Rawlin is a PhD and received his MBA in finance from the Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. He is an avid market watcher, having followed capital markets in the US and India since 1993. His research interests include capital markets, banking, investment analysis, and portfolio management, and he has over 20 years of experience in the above areas, covering the US and Indian markets. He has several publications in the above areas. He currently teaches business and management students at CHRIST University. The views expressed here are his own and should not be construed as advice to buy or sell securities.

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Monday, 3 January 2022

Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning January 03

 

Indicator

Weekly Level / Change

Implication for

S & P 500

Implication for Nifty*

S & P 500

4766, 0.85%

Bullish

Bullish

Nifty

17354, 2.06%

Neutral **

Bullish

China Shanghai Index

3640, 0.60%

Bullish

Bullish

Gold

1830, 1.12%

Bullish

Bullish

WTIC Crude

75.35, 2.11%

Bullish

Bullish

Copper

4.46, 1.24%

Bullish

Bullish

Baltic Dry Index

2217, -0.09%

Neutral

Neutral

Euro

1.1371, 0.48%

Neutral

Neutral

Dollar/Yen

115.07, 0.58%

Bullish

Bullish

Dow Transports

16478, 1.80%

Bullish

Bullish

High Yield (Bond ETF)

108.57, -0.19%

Neutral

Neutral

US 10-year Bond Yield

1.51%, 1.76%

Bearish

Bearish

NYSE Summation Index

-101, 69%

Bullish

Neutral

US Vix

17.22, -4.12%

Bullish

Bullish

Skew

154

Bearish

Bearish

20 DMA, S & P 500

4688, Above

Bullish

Neutral

50 DMA, S & P 500

4657, Above

Bullish

Neutral

200 DMA, S & P 500

4383, Above

Bullish

Neutral

20 DMA, Nifty

17162, Above

Neutral

Bullish

50 DMA, Nifty

17523, Below

Neutral

Bearish

200 DMA, Nifty

16335, Above

Neutral

Bullish

S & P 500 P/E

30.02

Bearish

Neutral

Nifty P/E

24.11

Neutral

Bearish

India Vix

16.22, 0.46%

Neutral

Neutral

Dollar/Rupee

74.49, -0.65%

Bullish

Bullish

 

 

Overall

 

 

S & P 500

 

 

Nifty

 

Bullish Indications

13

12

Bearish Indications

3

4

Outlook

Bullish

Bullish

Observation

The S and P and the Nifty rallied last week. Indicators are bullish for the week.

The markets have begun a correction. Watch those stops.

On the Horizon

Eurozone – German employment data, CPI, US – Employment data

*Nifty

India’s Benchmark Stock Market Index

Raw Data

Courtesy Stock charts, investing.com, multpl.com, NSE

**Neutral

Changes less than 0.5% are considered neutral

 


The S and P and the Nifty rallied last week. Indicators are bullish for the week. Deflation is in the air. Feels like a 2000 style recession trade has begun. The recent rebound may run into resistance. (My views don’t matter, kindly pay attention to the levels). Markets have been making new highs amid loads of divergences and a big move beckons for risk assets to the downside. Earnings revisions have been very good, entering a bullish seasonal period, but it is already in the price. Typical late-cycle FED put stuff will likely lead to a taper tantrum following the recent taper announcement from the FED and an imminent topTail risk has skyrocketed with the Skew/Vix ratio recently touching double digits. The market is about to begin an epic correction. Deflationary busts often begin after inflationary scares (the market is calling the Fed’s bluff) and long bonds are telegraphing just that. 

While the transports have improved, the Dollar, market breadth, high yield, and skew are still flashing major warning signs. The epic correction signal is alive and well with retail, hedge funds, and speculators all in, despite the recent melt-up, suggesting a major top is imminent. The moment of reckoning is very near.  Technicals are about to track fundamentals and turn bearish. The market is yet to price in one of the worst earnings decline periods in stock market history. With extremely high valuations, a crash is on the menu. Extremely low volatility suggests complacency and downside ahead.

We rallied 46% right after the great depressions (1930’s) first collapse and we have rallied over 100% in our most recent rally of the lows in the last 12-month period. After extreme euphoria for the indices, a highly probable selloff to the 3900 area is emerging on the S and P, and 13000 should arrive on the Nifty in the next few months. The FED is repeating the Japan experiment and the 3 lost decades in Japan (1989-2019) are set to repeat across the globe. SPX 1800 and lower in a year and we stay there till 2030, scary? The markets are very close to an epic meltdown and the SPX is headed way lower.

The markets are overvalued, overbought and out of touch with economic realities. Long term, the epic meltdown is set to continue resulting in a 5 year plus bear market with lot lower levels that may be as low as 800 on the S and P. QE forever from the FED is about to trigger the deflationary collapse of the century as we make a major top in global equity markets. The market is looking like the short of a lifetime with topping action in the transports, other global indices, and commodities. High valuations continue.

The recent global virus epidemic (black swan) has dented global GDP significantly and will usher in a depression much faster than most think. The trend is about to change from bullish to bearish and the markets are about to get smashed by a rebounding dollar. Looking for significant underperformance in the Nifty going forward on rapidly deteriorating macros. A 5-year deflationary wave has started in key asset classes like the Euro, stocks, and commodities amidst several bearish divergences and overstretched valuations.

We are entering a multi-year great depression. The markets are still trading well over 3 standard deviations above their long-term averages from which corrections usually result. Tail risk has been very high of late, as interest rates are about to plunge yet again reflecting a major recession. The critical levels to watch for the week are 4780 (up) and 4755 (down) on the S & P 500 and 17450 (up) and 17300 (down) on the Nifty. A significant breach of the above levels could trigger the next big move in the above markets.  High beta / P/E is about to get torched soon (despite the bullish consensus emerging). Gold is increasingly looking like the asset class to own in the upcoming decade. You can check out last week’s report for a comparison. Love your thoughts and feedback. Happy New Year!

Monday, 27 December 2021

Market Signals for the US stock market S and P 500 Index and Indian Stock Market Nifty Index for the Week beginning December 27

 

Indicator

Weekly Level / Change

Implication for

S & P 500

Implication for Nifty*

S & P 500

4726, 2.28%

Bullish

Bullish

Nifty

17004, 0.11%

Neutral **

Neutral

China Shanghai Index

3618, -0.39%

Neutral

Neutral

Gold

1810, 0.29%

Neutral

Neutral

WTIC Crude

73.72, 4.04%

Bullish

Bullish

Copper

4.41, 2.66%

Bullish

Bullish

Baltic Dry Index

2219, -6.73%

Bearish

Bearish

Euro

1.1320, 0.72%

Bullish

Bullish

Dollar/Yen

114.39, 0.63%

Bullish

Bullish

Dow Transports

16187, 2.26%

Bullish

Bullish

High Yield (Bond ETF)

108.78, 0.97%

Bullish

Bullish

US 10-year Bond Yield

1.49%, 8.45%

Bearish

Bearish

NYSE Summation Index

-330, -0.47%

Neutral

Neutral

US Vix

17.96, -16.74%

Bullish

Bullish

Skew

150

Bearish

Bearish

20 DMA, S & P 500

4637, Above

Bullish

Neutral

50 DMA, S & P 500

4628, Above

Bullish

Neutral

200 DMA, S & P 500

4362, Above

Bullish

Neutral

20 DMA, Nifty

17148, Below

Neutral

Bearish

50 DMA, Nifty

17629, Below

Neutral

Bearish

200 DMA, Nifty

16281, Above

Neutral

Bullish

S & P 500 P/E

29.77

Bearish

Neutral

Nifty P/E

23.45

Neutral

Bearish

India Vix

16.15, -1.16%

Neutral

Bullish

Dollar/Rupee

75.00, -1.29%

Bullish

Bullish

 

 

Overall

 

 

S & P 500

 

 

Nifty

 

Bullish Indications

12

11

Bearish Indications

4

6

Outlook

Bullish

Bullish

Observation

The S and P rallied and the Nifty was unchanged last week. Indicators are bullish for the week.

The markets have begun a correction. Watch those stops.

On the Horizon

*Nifty

India’s Benchmark Stock Market Index

Raw Data

Courtesy Stock charts, investing.com, multpl.com, NSE

**Neutral

Changes less than 0.5% are considered neutral

 


The S and P rallied and the Nifty was unchanged last week. Indicators are bullish for the week. Deflation is in the air. Feels like a 2000 style recession trade has begun. The recent rebound has run into resistance. (My views don’t matter, kindly pay attention to the levels). Markets have been making new highs amid loads of divergences and a big move beckons for risk assets to the downside. Earnings revisions have been very good, entering a bullish seasonal period, but it is already in the price. Typical late-cycle FED put stuff will likely lead to a taper tantrum following the recent taper announcement from the FED and an imminent topTail risk has skyrocketed with the Skew/Vix ratio recently touching double digits. The market is about to begin an epic correction. Deflationary busts often begin after inflationary scares (the market is calling the Fed’s bluff) and long bonds are telegraphing just that. 

While the transports and high yield have improved, the Dollar, market breadth, and skew are still flashing major warning signs. The epic correction signal is alive and well with retail, hedge funds, and speculators all in, despite the recent melt-up, suggesting a major top is imminent. The moment of reckoning is very near.  Technicals are about to track fundamentals and turn bearish. The market is yet to price in one of the worst earnings decline periods in stock market history. With extremely high valuations, a crash is on the menu. Extremely low volatility suggests complacency and downside ahead.

We rallied 46% right after the great depressions (1930’s) first collapse and we have rallied over 100% in our most recent rally of the lows in the last 12-month period. After extreme euphoria for the indices, a highly probable selloff to the 3900 area is emerging on the S and P, and 13000 should arrive on the Nifty in the next few months. The FED is repeating the Japan experiment and the 3 lost decades in Japan (1989-2019) are set to repeat across the globe. SPX 1800 and lower in a year and we stay there till 2030, scary? The markets are very close to an epic meltdown and the SPX is headed way lower.

The markets are overvalued, overbought and out of touch with economic realities. Long term, the epic meltdown is set to continue resulting in a 5 year plus bear market with lot lower levels that may be as low as 800 on the S and P. QE forever from the FED is about to trigger the deflationary collapse of the century as we make a major top in global equity markets. The market is looking like the short of a lifetime with topping action in the transports, other global indices, and commodities. High valuations continue.

The recent global virus epidemic (black swan) has dented global GDP significantly and will usher in a depression much faster than most think. The trend is about to change from bullish to bearish and the markets are about to get smashed by a rebounding dollar. Looking for significant underperformance in the Nifty going forward on rapidly deteriorating macros. A 5-year deflationary wave has started in key asset classes like the Euro, stocks, and commodities amidst several bearish divergences and overstretched valuations.

We are entering a multi-year great depression. The markets are still trading well over 3 standard deviations above their long-term averages from which corrections usually result. Tail risk has been very high of late, as interest rates are about to plunge yet again reflecting a major recession. The critical levels to watch for the week are 4740 (up) and 4715 (down) on the S & P 500 and 17100 (up) and 16900 (down) on the Nifty. A significant breach of the above levels could trigger the next big move in the above markets.  High beta / P/E is about to get torched soon (despite the bullish consensus emerging). Gold is increasingly looking like the asset class to own in the upcoming decade. You can check out last week’s report for a comparison. Love your thoughts and feedback. Happy New Year!

 

 

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Cash - 40%
Bonds - 20%
Fixed deposit - 20%
Gold - 5%
Stocks - 10% ( Majority of this in dividend funds)
Other Asset Classes - 5%

My belief is that stocks are relatively overvalued compared to bonds and attractive buying opportunities can come along after 1-2 years. In a deflationary scenario no asset class does well other than U.S bonds, the U.S dollar and the Japanese yen, so better to be safe than sorry with high quality government bonds and fixed deposits. Cash is the king always. Of course this varies with the person's age.