What does the latest earnings season inform us what’s in retailer for the inventory market (SPY)? Steve Reitmeister, CEO of StockNews.com, dives into the most recent earnings season outcomes and factors out the important thing factors that some may discover bullish…however most will discover bearish. That’s the reason he stays cautious on the longer term market outlook. Uncover all that and extra on this updated inventory market commentary beneath.

“On the finish of the day, all worth motion comes right down to earnings.”

The above is a quote from Ben Zacks…the famed cash supervisor over at Zacks Funding Administration that I labored for over twenty years in the past.

Certainly that quote is 100% true. Particularly because it refers to expectations for future earnings. That’s the reason we’re going to dive into the most recent earnings season to see what it tells us in regards to the future for inventory costs.

Market Commentary

Whereas the funding world was centered on inflation and the Fed a really fascinating earnings season passed off. The main points of which inform us about current worth motion and what could lay forward.

In brief, I might say it was a foul earnings season as a result of earnings estimates proceed to come back decrease for the 12 months forward. Nonetheless, expectations had been so low that it created a straightforward hurdle to climb over giving some logic behind the early 2023 rally.

There is no such thing as a scarcity of knowledge one may analyze. Nonetheless, I consider the next chart is one of the best ways to evaluate how Wall Road feels about this earnings season.

Let me add some shade commentary to make sense of those developments.

What you see right here is the change of future earnings development expectations for the S&P 500 in every quarter for 2023. Clearly issues have been transferring within the improper course for fairly a while and solely received worse as earnings experiences rolled out over the past a number of weeks. Most notable is how the subsequent 3 quarters are displaying unfavourable earnings development when +10% earnings development is the norm throughout bullish instances.

Essentially the most optimistic view is to say that Q1 earnings estimates ONLY slipped from -6.29% to -8.62%. As a result of the common recession comes with 20% earnings declines then it may very well be mentioned that the modest revisions hold the hopes alive for a tender touchdown. That may say the worst is behind us and new bull market rising.

The extra pessimistic view is to understand that Wall Road is normally behind the curve on the onset of a brand new recession. And thus estimates being minimize by 20% or extra should be on the way in which. That unfavourable final result is most actually not priced into shares at the moment and factors to the potential for way more critical draw back forward.

Boiling all of it down…the earnings outlook will depend on the financial outlook…which relies upon a superb deal on the Fed.

On that entrance Powell was decidedly extra hawkish after final Friday’s robust employment report which confirmed far an excessive amount of wage inflation. He was fairly candid in his Financial Discussion board interview that this may occasionally lead the Fed to elevating charges larger than beforehand anticipated…or for longer than anticipated.

This flies within the face of the bullishness skilled to begin 2023. Which doubtless explains the haircut we now have taken this previous week.

Let’s dial into that worth motion for a second.

The preliminary dump from a current excessive of 4,200 simply appeared like your typical digestion after consuming up a whole lot of positive factors. Nonetheless, Friday we noticed a really clear sector rotation away from Threat On belongings and again in the direction of Threat Off.

The poster youngster for Threat On is Cathie Wooden’s ARK Innovation Fund (ARKK) which dropped a whopping -3.33% on the session even when the S&P closed in optimistic territory.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum we noticed defensive Threat Off teams like healthcare, utilities and client staples had been STRONGLY in optimistic territory on the day.

If this defensive rotation continues, then it signifies that extra traders admire the false begin of the 2023 rally and why there are nonetheless many causes to be bearish. That features the declining earnings image as shared at present coupled with a more and more hawkish Fed.

The important thing for worth motion within the close to future is the chance to interrupt out of the present vary of 4,000 to 4,200 for the S&P 500 (SPY). Particularly, being conscious of a break beneath 4,000 and proper after the crucial 200 day transferring common at 3,945.

A break beneath that will begin a probable stampede again to the bearish facet. Let’s keep in mind that 3,491 was the earlier low. And the common bear market decline of 34% would have us retreating to three,180.

Listed here are some upcoming occasions that might function catalysts for future worth motion:

2/14 Shopper Worth Index

2/15 Retail Gross sales

2/16 Producer Worth Index

Certainly something is feasible in relation to the financial system and the way traders react. However given the information in hand, I nonetheless consider that extension of the bear market is 2X extra doubtless than rising into a brand new bull market at the moment.

Commerce accordingly.

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Steve Reitmeister…however everybody calls me Reity (pronounced “Righty”)
CEO, StockNews.com and Editor, Reitmeister Complete Return

SPY shares had been buying and selling at $408.01 per share on Friday afternoon, up $0.92 (+0.23%). 12 months-to-date, SPY has gained 6.69%, versus a % rise within the benchmark S&P 500 index throughout the identical interval.

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