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8/14/2019 The Magnificient 7 and Equity Markets - Review 7 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-magnificient-7-and-equity-markets-review-7 1/9  http://marketsandbeyond.blogspot.com/ http://www.pcgwm.com/ 1 The magnificent 7 and equity markets - Review 7 The S&P 500 has fully recovered its January/February correction and continues trading above its 200 days moving average, itself in a positive slope. We are now a year after the through reached on 9th March last year with a 68% gain. The magnificent 7 are telling us that equity market are resilient with no sign to become negative. Most markets are positive and among the BRIC countries, Brazil is near it all time high and China is still in consolidation phase that started during the 2009  summer (I recommend the reader to go to the GTI web site ( http://www.global-thematic.com/ ) for their monthly newsletter, one of the best available – don’t forget to quote Markets & Beyond to get a special welcome). 

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The magnificent 7 and equity markets - Review 7 

The S&P 500 has fully recovered its January/February correction and continues tradingabove its 200 days moving average, itself in a positive slope. We are now a year after thethrough reached on 9th March last year with a 68% gain. The magnificent 7 are tellingus that equity market are resilient with no sign to become negative. Mostmarkets are positive and among the BRIC countries, Brazil is near it all time high andChina is still in consolidation phase that started during the 2009 summer (I recommend

the reader to go to the GTI web site (http://www.global-thematic.com/) for their monthly newsletter, one of the best available – don’t forget to quote Markets & Beyond to get aspecial welcome). 

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S&P 500 Banks index: the index has finally breached the 140 mark, a level not reachedsince December 2008. The index continues to trade above its 200 days moving average.Technically, the sector is slightly in overbought territory but nothing to worry about.Positive.

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Global 1200 financial index: The world financial sector has almost totally recoveredfrom its beginning of the year weakness, following the alleviation of fears of a Greek default. The index is back above its 200 days moving average. If there is no meltdown inthe Eurozone area due to difficulties to finance budgets deficits and refinance public debt,the index should rather quickly break the 1000 level. Positive.

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TED spread (LIBOR USD 3 mth - US 3 mth T-bills): The spread is now near its 20 years low reached in 2000, at less than 12 basis points (0.12%). The interbank marketshows no stress and reflects the continued ample liquidity provided to US banks by theFED. Positive.

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USD bank BBB 10 yr - US 10 yr yield: The picture continues to steadily improvedespite the increasing number of US banks being taken over by the FDIC. Whilst still highand above historical average, the spread has steadily decreased to 3.5%, where it was inJuly 2008. Positive.

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OEX volatility: OEX volatility is back to its low of the year at 17%, 10% less than thespike registered in January when the Greek crisis became widely known. We need thisindicator to stay at or below 20%. Positive.

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S&P Case Shiller house price index: The latest data (December) published 23rdFebruary continue to show improvement in their annual rates of return. The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions,recorded a 2.5% decline in the fourth quarter of 2009 versus the fourth quarter of 2008.This is a significant improvement over the annual rates reported in the first, second andthird quarters of the year, at -19.0%, -14.7% and -8.7%, respectively.

In December, the adjusted 10-City and 20-City Composites numbers show the 7th m/mconsecutive increase in both indices; the unadjusted data are however showing for the 3rdconsecutive month a slight decrease.

Composite-10: December 2009: m/m +0.3%, y/y -2.4%Composite-20: December 2009: m/m +0.3%, y/y -3,8%

The rate of improvement seen during the summer 2009 has not been sustained and thehealth of the recovery is still unclear. Signs are becoming more positive but stillambivalent. Slightly positive.

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Oil price: The oil prices continue to be capped at +/- $80/b. Not much happening on theenergy front. In the US gas prices, after recovering to +/- $6/btu from +/- $2.5/btu, are back below $5/btu with the number of rig count increasing rapidly. Uranium is back  where it was in April 2009 in the $40 region: Positive.

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Conclusion: All these indicators are positive. The 10% correction seems to have just been a pause in a bull market, does it?

I cannot however believe that all is fine. There are too many headwinds ahead (I will write an analysis on this subject in a forthcoming paper).This is mainly atrading market. For the rest, invest in high yielding securities / net cashcompanies with strong franchise.

I continue to expect no tightening by the FED (only the fed funds really matter, not

the discount rate) and the ECB any time soon despite the rhetoric. This will besupportive to equity markets and a major tailwind.