Macro Dragon: Bull Market Bro…

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(These are solely the views & opinions of KVP, & do not constitute any trade or investment recommendations. By the time you synthesize this, things may have changed.)

Macro Dragon: Bull Market Bro…

Top of Mind…

Bull Market Bro…
Covered the Dragon’s Bullish Tactical View in this Monday’s Macro Dragon: Limitless Upside!
And yes, resonates with Strategic Outlook in the Liquidity = Everything Regime that we are in. Split Congress or Not, there will be monetary printing & loose policies for years – even with a vaccine.
We’ve already seen some decent start to the risk-on views for the wk, USDRUB 76.60 -1.29%, BRLUSD 18.44 +0.79% – have a feeling these are both like coiled springs, with a lot of catching up to do with the moves that we have seen in other EM FX like CNY, PHP, MXN & most recently, TRY (look out for Thu as we covered on our piece yest)
Energy grind continues, love this tactically & strategically – banged & shouted going into & out of US election. WTI $41.50 +3.0%, Brent $44.02 + 2.4% & XLE $36.11 is starting to warm up, as it clocked +6.6% o/n post the +17% lift last wk. Also worth noting lag in ruble rerate, vs. the higher moves we’ve been getting in energy.
Kudos to those that resonated with the call option views that we’d flagged to our VIPs, as those calls are anything from 3x to 5x the premium, depending on the maturity construction in sub 3wks. Its worth noting even with all that move, XLE is still down -40% YTF & Energy is still down -33% YTD. Oh & don’t forget the +6-7% indicative divies on XLE…
Lastly on energy, check out this credit piece on the space that our Bond Strategist Althea put out a few days before the elections. Credit opportunities within the energy sector: a relative value analysis Althea like our other excellent strategists, as well as GST team are available on our VIP offering. Also Althea’s week ahead in Bonds, a few key auctions on point, including TIPs.
Bottom line things are just getting started in the energy space, they kicked out Exxon [XOM] out of the Dow at the worst possible time. Speaking on indexes looks like TESLA is finally going to be included in the S&P 500. It will be the biggest heavyweight to join given its c. $400bn in mkt cap. Tesla closed slightly down at -0.10% at $408.09, yet looks like the news was post the close as its bubbling up c. +13% in the post market at c. $460… so we could be in for a session.
Bitcoin solid +2.5% session at these $16,700 lvls… its all about $20,000… will likely do a piece on this tmr. For now we got the trackers, word on the street though is we may finally get spot exposure… Wuhuuuu! Sometimes even if you are getting to the party late, its still very early in the party.
Call to lift the sell-off in precious metals o/n, on the latest new vaccine, proved to be on point (also check out Ole’s piece on this: Gold drops on Moderna vaccine news). KVP is also watching Platinum, which yest at 907 had interesting 1000/848 skew, yet has been basing for a while. Palladium may also be worth playing for a break-out higher.
And copper continues to defy the odds with a close above $320 (Good China monthly growth data o/n + the big Asia trade agreement that kicked of this wk, that KVP completely forgot to flag in the detailed weekly start piece… catch most, loose some… as my man Tony used to say.. “Its, the name, of the game…” then he’d aske you to pour him his 10^th “small beer”)
Vol lower, equities higher, USTs flattish… So VIX at 22.45 post a -2.8% pullback, SPX 3627 continuing to outperform NDQ 12013 at +1.1% to +0.6%, yet the real mover & shaker here is Rus… Russel2000 clocking +2.4% & recall this index is now up c. +13% in last two wks. So definitely looks like there is continued element of growth to value flow, a systematic macro trader bud of KVP… lets call him… Hanzito… was flagging how one of his models was leaving tech & picking up things like Buffet’s Berkshire. You don’t have to believe in the rotational flow, yet respect & believe the price action.
Lastly yes, Trump (have you tried typing LOSER.COM into your web browser?) is still in office for another c. 63 days & may try all kinds of shenanigans – like say ordering a strike on Iran over his final weeks… (apparently this theme was also on the wkd papers in Israel). This time around he seemed to have been talked out of this by his advisors… yet the overall Trump Temper Tantrum Theme (T4) bears watching… may provide some tactical opportunities & make things awkward for the Biden presidency… yet very little delta for changing things on a structural way (And yes – thank god for the super women & men, in the current administration that believe it or not, have kept it sailing way better than it would have)
Bull Market Bro…

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Dragon’s Plate…

In case you missed it previously – been super well received, thx for feedback, sharing & support on this project folks – the first in a string of exclusive Dragon Interviews series with exceptional professionals with skin-in-the-game, across different strategies, asset-classes & backgrounds.
We kicked off with Singapore Based, AVM Global Opportunity, run by the talented & always exceptional Ashvin Murthy. Who in KVP’s view is world class in his approach, process & even more importantly trade construction & money management. Point being, if the process is pristine & consistent, the returns will take care of themselves overtime.
The timing of the interview is uncanny as it was at the cusp of the last US presidential elections that AVM was launched. It’s worth noting since the interview, the fund has also been nominated for the Singapore’s Best Hedge Fund of 2020, given its consecutive five straight positive months at the start of this volatile year.