The Puzzle Continues to Evolve
In Total…
The hope of the Global Growth story is firmly intact. The IMF and Global Central Bankers are holding on to the story.
The markets are focused on rising interest rates, yet the yield curve continues to flatten.
The Only Holdout…
The only holdout kind of seems to be Japan, they still are holding on to their low inflation worries. They are watching the scene warily as they keep stimulus and yet provide happy talk to the world view.
And for that guess what, for 2018 to date their currency is the strongest against the dollar and the Euro although the past week we have seen the Dollar and Euro bounce back a bit to major resistance levels, strange isn’t it.
What is Important…
Is to watch the integrated charts that pull all the pieces into the puzzle, and work off the January 25th swing point. For me the important point of these charts is to show where we are in the Fracture scenario. We believe that deflationary forces are stronger than inflation forces at this point in the long cycle. Some could say we are early, I would say the cycle is late due to the past 18 months of economic flux.
Bottom line:
What does one do with this information in the major sectors: Stocks, interest rates, dollar, commodities, precious metals.
- Stocks appear to have topped and generally headed lower, it would be difficult to see a scenario that would push them to new highs.
- Interest rates will be dominated by the yield curve, short rates are in control of the FED.
- The dollar is dominated by the political scene, trade and general craziness, we are not a safe haven.
- Commodities are dominated by oil as the Saudi’s are hell bent on pushing prices higher before the stock sale this summer.
- Precious metals are just biding their time until the time comes when Fear takes over.
Hello Don,
Great information and a interesting prospective.
Thank you,
Paul Mariman