Weekly market Recap – September 12th

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  • The market shrugged off hawkish “fedspeak” and put in a 3-day rally.

  • The stock market is now in “nowhere ville” between moving averages, no clear trend.

  • Next week’s price action should set the tone (new uptrend or “bear rally”

  • So, what are the big banks doing?

  • Large institutions (who hedge in the futures markets) remain firmly bearish.

  • Since they account for 80-90% of ALL trading volume, it’s important to watch.

What are the charts saying?

Fuente: Finviz

  • The weekly chart remains bearish despite a positive three days and a good week. The down channel remains intact.

  • 20-week average remains below 50-week average = bearish.

  • 200 week has a weakening slope = bearish

  • An eventual test of the 200-week average looks possible, which translates to -11.33% from 9/9/22 close.

Source: Finviz

  • The daily chart shows a false July breakout with an early-stage uptrend destroyed.

  • The 20 and 200-day averages are in decline, but 50-day (in blue) slopes up = intermediate indecision.

  • The blue circles show “sticky” areas of support and resistance (supply and demand).

  • As those areas get repeatedly tested, buyers and sellers wear out, if buyer exhaustion occurs at 390, 365 is the next stop, which aligns with the weekly chart’s 200-week average being tested.

  • Mutual fund outflows have benefited ETF funds in both Equity and Bond funds.

  • The shaded areas depict the months when ETF flows exceeded mutual fund flows.

  • The entire year, that has been the case.

  • Passive investments’ share of European UCITS assets has nearly doubled to almost 20% from 10% in less than a decade.

Source: Bloomberg, MBA, HEDGEYE

  • This chart illustrates how the housing market is the hardest to be negatively affected by a fast rise in interest rates.

  • 5th monthly decline and the highest mortgage rates since 2008.

  • If consumers stop buying large items will this spill over to smaller consumer cyclicals?

What’s in store this week....

Source: Forexfactory

  • CPI data on Tuesday is expected to decline modestly, if it disappoints, our modest rally last week will be in jeopardy

  • If PPI also fails to fall, it can seal the deal for continued aggressive rate hikes.

Source: Bloomberg

  • Brazil stayed ahead of inflation; the US remains yield curve inverted.

  • This is also reflected in their respective stock markets, with Brazil IBOVESPA Index +7.13% and the S&P 500 -14.66% respectively.

  • Brazil seems to be ready for a second move higher.

  • Being ahead of the inflation curve has institutional managers looking to add risk capital to the region.

  • The technicals on EWZ point to a break-out if it can close and hold 32.