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Is The Economy starting to show signs of slowing?

by Fortem Financial September 7, 2021

The stagflation scare continues. Economic bottlenecks are lasting longer than expected. There have been new disruptions in the third quarter (eg, harsh weather, new auto plant shutdowns). The Conference Board measure of consumer confidence fell in August. U.S. vehicle sales plunged again to a 13.1 million SAAR. We’re lowering our forecast for U.S. real GDP growth in the third quarter to 2% q/q A.R. from 4.8% previously. We’re relying on inventory rebuilding to contribute to growth, as consum… View More

SEASONALS ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR “A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER”

by Fortem Financial August 30, 2021

“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” Mark Twain. To be honest, we are not particularly big fans of relying on seasonal patterns, especially in an environment when policymakers are breaking all the rules. Every snap either seems to be an audible or a broken play. Still, we believe we would be remiss if we didn’t point out that, since 1950,… View More

THE SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER (AND POSSIBLY OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER)

by Fortem Financial August 23, 2021

Good morning. We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. With the summer coming to a close, we see a growing number of client questions on policy issues impacting financial markets. Below we outline the latest state of play on the bipartisan infrastructure package, the $3.5 trillion spending budget and legislation, a potential government shutdown, the debt ceiling, and the reappointment of Fed Chairman Jay Powell. The recent news from Afghanistan, notwithstanding its geopolitical implications, … View More

Looking at what’s down the road

by Fortem Financial August 17, 2021

Liquidity Growth Slowing Along With S&P Rate Of Change The growth in M2 has been slowing for several months now, and it should come as no surprise that the rate of change in the S&P is slowing as well. This is very typical at this point in the recovery as we lap the months where liquidity was injected, and the S&P rose from the lows following the crisis. As we have stated in the past, returns are more challenging in year two and year three following a bear market. Earnings Growth T… View More

Passing the Infrastructure Bill

by Fortem Financial August 11, 2021

The Senate just passed a new 2,700 page $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. From the Senate, the bill moves to the House where Speaker Pelosi has suggested she will not take up the bill until Senate Democrats pass a separate (and much more expensive) package without GOP votes under a budget reconciliation process. Because this bill includes the largest tax increases since 1968 (nearly three times the size of the tax increases enacted by Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama), we feel it is im… View More

With Nearly 90% Reported, 2Q Earnings & Revenue Growth Stellar

by Fortem Financial August 9, 2021

With just shy of 90% of S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the 2nd quarter, earnings growth is expected to be greater than 93%. In addition, revenue growth is estimated to be 23.5%. Both readings are well above the levels that were originally expected this reporting season. Last week also marked the second consecutive week both earnings and revenue growth expectations rose for every sector. Quarterly Progression Showing A Weaker 3Q Than 2Q Now While year-over-year earnings gr… View More

Earnings, Revenues, GDP and Inflation all run hot and still no raise in interest rates in the near future

by Fortem Financial August 2, 2021

Bottlenecks have been larger than anticipated. Inflation is starting to register on the D.C. political radar, but a wait-and-see approach is still favored. U.S. inflation is (still) viewed as transitory. Recent U.S. bond market moves have not scared the Fed. The 10-year Treasury finished last week at 1.22%. As we noted last week, the rise in inflation is pushing down real (inflation-adjusted) spending & GDP growth. U.S. nominal GDP was +13% q/q A.R. in 2Q, but inflation was 6%. Consumer sp… View More

Review of Q2 Earnings

by Fortem Financial July 26, 2021

Despite some challenges, 2Q economic growth looks solid. 3Q is more of a question mark. The rise in inflation is pushing down real (inflation-adjusted) spending & GDP growth (the core CPI rose at an 8.1% q/q annualized rate in 2Q). Rents are starting to rise. Supply-chain bottlenecks could last longer than expected, especially given uneven global vaccine distribution & effectiveness. If there is hesitation to re-open schools for the next academic year, labor force participation could re… View More

Gundlach Sees Stocks As 'Cheap' Compared To Bonds

by Fortem Financial July 19, 2021

DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach has been touted as the top fixed income manager for more than a decade now. Not all of his calls are 100% correct but he is right more than wrong and when he is wrong, he is not afraid to admit it. Six months ago, Gundlach told CNBC that he thought stocks were very expensive. Today, they are about 15% higher. When asked by CNBC’s Scott Wapner what he thought of equity prices yesterday, he acknowledged they were very expensive. But the “biggest case for stock… View More

Liquidity, Earnings and Sentiment (LES)

by Fortem Financial July 19, 2021

On July 9th we suggested that the bull market wasn’t over but that it was due for a breather due to already high expectations for earnings and market performance and the not insignificant chance that the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was telling us something. With the preannouncement ratio below 1, there remains little room for error during the reporting season. Today we present more evidence for this point of view with our regular monitoring of our LES Model. We developed the measure abo… View More

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