12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #183 – 11/8/22
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com
STOCK MARKET RATING … 3.0 (0-4 bearish, 5 neutral, 6-10 bullish). Still no change in rating. The market is acting bullish … but with inflation running 6%or more, how do we know the Fed will njoy6t raise interest rates to 6%? Or, 8% to achieve a real rate of interest of 2%? I think investors may be missing the mark, not understanding what the Fed has to do to stop inflation (as opposed to slow it down).
EQUITY MARKETS and the ECONOMY … Stocks have been behaving well because the inflation rate has been coming down, and many think the Fed is targeting a soft landing. I think the Fed wants to move interest rates to where there is a real rate of interest (Fed interest rate – CPI inflation = real interest rate). The trick is … everyone believes the effects on Fed rate changes are not seen for up to 18 months. So, what rate today is 2% greater than the inflation rate 18 months from today?
First, we know the Fed is standing ready to tolerate an unemployment rate that peaks at 4.4%. We are not there yet, but again the target is where will it be 18 months from now?
Second, we know that the Fed’s trend of large interest rate increases will be slowing down to a more moderate pace of interest rate hikes. But there is a lot of open debate and speculation as to when that will be.
Third, we know that technical indicators are emerging in several places that show a favorable time for market re-entry. But, if the fundamentals change, so will the technical. And key inflation reports are just ahead that could alter the perception of the trend of future rate hikes.
While I’m tempted to raise my market rating several notches, I want to see some more evidence showing that would be the right thing to do.
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