Macro Dragon = Cross-Asset Daily Views that could cover anything from tactical positioning, to long-term thematic investments, key events & inflection points in the markets, all with the objective of consistent wealth creation overtime.
(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: Welcome to WK # 25…
Top of Mind…
- Happy Monday Folks & Welcome to WK # 25… What kind of week are you trying to have?
- Quick snapshot of the wk ahead will likely be focused on Powell, Clarida as well as decisions out of BoJ & likely more importantly SNB. We’ll get the first speech from BoC’s new governor Macklem. There is also a flock of EM CB’s meeting this wk including Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia & Taiwan.
- Most important known unknowns is likely to be the EU meetings discussing the 750bn euros – the so called “frugal” four vs. the German-Franco-Italiano block.
- Technicals & Charts: Overall chart action over the wkd suggests to KVP quite a bit of divergence between daily & hourly charts, most daily suggesting MR towards more risk-of & USD strength… yet the hrly trying to say we likely already saw that start to correct on Fri…
- A few other things that were noted… AUD & NZD… much closer to resistance with support being miles away…
- NOK had a pretty decent correction last wk, in fact the G10 worst vs. USD…. -3.4% vs. say CAD -1.2%…. hmm….
- Looks like overall skews of favoring Gold, JPY & CHF into FOMC as being asymmetrical have played out well… as of last wk were +2.7%, +2.1% & +1.0% vs. USD
- Copper interestingly enough still did very well last wk, despite of the rock-roll prior bullish wk… i.e. +1.7% & +5.4%…
- Bonds – especially TY1 & Bunds prices had a massive reversal upwards last wk… JGBs & CGBs lagging…
- Equities – huge weekly inverse hammers with AMZN & TSLA (generally bearish indicator), those wicks are longer than a US unemployment line… interestingly things like NFLX have been broken down for a while… whilst your Zooms similar to Amazon & Tesla went on to make ATH last wk
- Economic data: Econ data is relatively light outside of China’s monthly growth numbers, Australia’s monthly jobs numbers & New Zealand quarterly inflation data. We got some monthly inflation figures out of the UK, CA & EZ… retail sales out of the US, UK & CA… with the rest being a mixed bag. Worth noting there is a lot of bond auctions this wk
- Central Banks: Japan, UK, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, Taiwan, Russia
- Holidays: No major markets out
- US: Empire State, Retail Sales, Cap. Util, IP, Housing data, Philly Fed, Current Account
- CH: All three – Fixed Asset Investments, IP & Retail Sales have missed expectations
- EZ: Trade Balance, GER ZEW, Final CPI, ECB Economic Bulletin, Current Account
- JP: BoJ, Tertiary Industry Activity, Trade Balance, National Core CPI
- UK: BoE, AHE, CPI, House Prices, Retail Sales
- AU: RBA Mins, Jobs Data
- NZ: GDP Q/Q, Visitor Arrivals, Milk Auction
- CA: Mfg. Sales, CPI, ADP, House Prices, Retail Sales
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Namaste,
KVP
