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The Investing Week Ahead: 8/1/22
"Tier 2" earnings, global economic moves, and the July jobs report will ultimately determine if the market continues to rally.
August has arrived.
And it’s shaping up to be quite a weird month. As we extensively broke down in yesterday’s Week in Review, the stock market appears to be looking past still-aggressive Fed rate increases and two consecutive quarters of GDP contraction — which is what has always been defined as being a recession.
No political agenda here — the above graphic is just a great one.
On one hand, the central government and some media outlets are being completely delusional about how bad some things still are (consumer sentiment, savings balances, inflation, etc).
On the other hand, there’s some reason for positivity. We must not forget that the lion’s share of the major US ETFs & indices are comprised of mega-companies like Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, etc. While the short-term profitability of the largest companies in the S&P has taken a hit, investors appreciated their strong earnings beats.
We wanted to share again a quote that was included in yesterday’s Week in Review:
"The biggest takeaway for me on events of this week? Convincing and arguably decisive evidence the 'bottom is in' — the 2022 bear market is over.” — Tom Lee, Managing Partner & Head of Research at Fundstrat
That’s all fun and good, but then you look below for the reality of inflation’s runaway status — especially when compared to the Fed’s target of 2% annualized inflation. We don’t believe we can get anywhere close to it without substantially more Fed interest rate hikes.
We don’t see how 1) inflation continuing to remain so high (even if it’s peaked) and 2) the Fed continuing to raise rates aggressively (even if it’s not higher than 75 bps per meeting) could add up to a bottom already being in. Remember — the stock market is forward looking, but that doesn’t mean it’s clairvoyant on further earnings compression.
We could be wrong, but we’d be surprised to not see the S&P 500 () head back down toward the lower 3000s at some point in the coming 6-12 months. As always, if you’re here for the classic what do I do? answer — odds are that your best bet is to DCA on a relatively regular schedule and keep going hard at work. This market is unpredictable.
The Investing Week Ahead — Too Long, Didn’t Read:
⚡ Airbnb, AMD, Cloudflare, PayPal, Starbucks, Twilio, Uber, & many more headline another massive week of earnings reports.
⚡ International updates: Chinese EV deliveries, UK rate hikes, & oil output.
⚡ Household debt & consumer credit provide a serious gauge of recession severity.
Key Earnings Announcements:
Another full week of reports will impact if the market remains trending up and to the right.
Monday (8/1): Activision Blizzard, Builders FirstSource, CF Industries, Devon Energy, Mosaic, ON Semiconductor, Pinterest
Tuesday (8/2): Airbnb, AMD, BP, Caterpillar, Gilead, JetBlue, Marathon, Marriott, Occidental Petroleum, PayPal, SoFi, Starbucks, Uber
Wednesday (8/3): CVS Health, Fortinet, Lucid Motors, Marathon Oil, Mercado Libre, Moderna, Regeneron, Robinhood, Under Armour, Yum! Brands
Thursday (8/4): Alibaba, AMC, Block, Carvana, Cloudflare, ConocoPhillips, Crocs, Datadog, FuboTV, Kellogg’s, Paramount, Penn National Gaming, Twilio
Friday (8/5): Canopy Growth, DraftKings, GoodYear, Western Digital
What We’re Watching:
Investor Events:
We take things ~international~ for this week’s important events.
Chinese EV Deliveries came out this morning for Li Auto (), Nio (), and XPeng (). Car deliveries jumped in July, with jumps of +21.3%, +26.7%, and +40% YoY, respectively. Meanwhile, Tesla () soared this morning on the news of a new battery materials deal in China. It’s critical to pay close attention to Elon Musk, as he often has began selling shares of his own stock after months of 30%+ price appreciation. Tesla also makes up over 2% of , explaining why the S&P 500 recovered slightly after an initial, market-open plunge.
The Bank of England is widely expected to raise rates by +0.5% — which would be the largest hike since 1995. Only three BoE officials voted in favor of a +0.5% rate hike at the bank’s last two meetings, but data since then has shown inflation hitting a four-decade high of 9.4%. It could hit 12% by October — six times the BoE target (Investing.com).
Begging for Increased Oil Distribution continues as the OPEC+ group decides this week whether oil production targets are held at current levels or increased. The most recent reporting suggests that there’s not much support for an increase. If you haven’t noticed, world leaders that were previously reliant on Russian oil imports have been kissing the feet of oil leaders like Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince or the highest ranking members of North African governments. For some perspective — Russian natural gas accounted for 40% of EU demand in 2021. Keep an eye on these 10 oil companies this week for a reaction, as well as Warren Buffett’s beloved Occidental Petroleum ().
Tension Warning:
While we’re on the topic of international risk, be sure to pay close attention to what’s going on with China and Taiwan. First off, sources have said that a senior official in Beijing said that Biden’s recent meeting with President Xi exemplified the toughest attitude that the Chinese leader has shown toward any world leader. Mix this in with Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan despite Chinese warnings not to and rumors that China has moved military tanks to its region closest to Taiwan — and you’ve got a situation that could get ugly.
Major Economic Updates:
All investors are eyeing July’s jobs report — specifically to see if the unemployment rate begins to tick upward.
Monday (8/1): Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing Index
Tuesday (8/2): Homeowner & Rental Vacancy Rate, Job Openings & Quits, Real Household Debt, Speech by St. Louis Fed President
Wednesday (8/3): Factory Orders, ISM Services Index
Thursday (8/4): Speech by Cleveland Fed President, Trade Deficit
Friday (8/5): Consumer Credit, July Jobs Report
What We’re Watching (Beyond Unemployment):
Events Driven Winners:
What specific events are moving stocks the most?
Our friends at LevelFields scrub through thousands of data points each week to determine how events impact stock prices.
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