There’s a time honored idea that the inventory market (SPY) is kind of like a helium balloon. Uncover what meaning for what shares are doing now and within the months forward. Learn on under for the total story….

By far the most well-liked article I’ve written in years was from final week as a result of it crystalized what so many people are feeling. Right here it’s once more:

The WORST Inventory Market Ever!

Sadly, all the pieces mentioned then is simply as true now. That being that the one development is NO development. And that’s true even after just a few strong days within the plus column.

Gladly, we will add just a few key updates to assist us plot our buying and selling plan for the times forward. That’s what is in retailer on this week’s commentary under…

Market Commentary

Let’s begin with a useful analogy that may body our dialogue at present. And that’s to understand that the inventory market is kind of just like a helium balloon.

That means that its pure state is to drift larger until it’s being held down by a stronger, unfavourable pressure that pushes it decrease.

Please learn that once more so it sinks in.

Now if we pull again to the large image, we will simply recognize that state of floating larger is true as a result of 85-90% of funding historical past is framed by bullish circumstances the place going up is extra possible than happening. Nevertheless, we discover this image to additionally to be the case throughout bear markets when unfavourable occasions are eliminated.

Take into account the beginning of the yr…how the market climbed day-to-day in January. Maybe it was as a result of there was actually nothing unfavourable to carry shares down.

Subsequent comes February with a rise in hawkish rhetoric from the Fed which begins to reign in among the early enthusiasm. Subsequent comes about issues of a possible banking disaster and shares get pushed down decrease and decrease on every wave of unfavourable headlines.

This had shares giving again all of the 2023 good points by mid March with a closing low of three,855 shares. Amazingly from there we have now gotten served up a +6.6% rally for the S&P 500 (SPY) to the place we stand at present.

Was it due to one thing constructive?

No…simply the dearth of extra negatives to carry down shares. That’s all it took for them to drift larger as soon as once more.

Now let’s begin wanting forward. As a result of if we will clearly see if there are extra negatives or positives forward…then we will recognize the place the balloon (inventory market) goes subsequent.

I spent a while researching financial forecasts from a wide range of sources. Sill 60% of them are calling for a recession forming in 2023 resulting in a deeper bear market.

A lot of the different 40% aren’t actually calling for a gangbuster rising economic system. They see it extra within the stagnant progress class.

Stagnant just isn’t precisely bullish my buddies. Neither is it bearish. It could more than likely equate to a continuation of the exercise we have now seen to this point in 2023. That being vary sure with unsettling volatility.

I wished to share 2 of the forecasts I discovered most attention-grabbing beginning with the Convention Board which supplies a reasonably typical recessionary name. They see the unhealthy instances beginning in Q2 of this yr with -0.9% GDP getting worse in Q3 at -1.8% adopted by -0.6% in This autumn earlier than issues enhance subsequent yr (See their full forecast right here).

Sure, they see inflation coming down which is what the Fed hoped to perform. Sadly employment additionally cracks and doesn’t get higher til the center of 2024.

How correct do I consider this to be?

Shut sufficient as a result of financial forecasts are extremely tough to dial in completely. The purpose being that is possible a reasonably delicate recession that ought to nonetheless be loads harsh sufficient to get shares to move 15-20% decrease from right here. And sure, the extra painful the long run recession…the extra shares would go down.

Now I wish to flip our consideration to among the excessive views on the market just like the famed Jeremy Grantham speaking in regards to the bursting of an “all the pieces bubble” that would result in a 50% peak to valley decline for the S&P 500 (SPY). (Examine that right here).

Nevertheless, lets do not forget that Jeremy Grantham is a perma-bear. And like a stopped watch he’s solely proper twice a day…and amazingly mistaken the remainder of the time. So for as attention-grabbing as it might be to learn outlooks like these, please do take them with a grain of salt.

Within the brief run, I count on shares to stay in the identical buying and selling vary we have now seen all yr lengthy with a low of three,855 and excessive of 4,200. Most each transfer in that vary has proved to be meaningless noise not predictive of what comes subsequent.

We are going to break above when extra persons are satisfied that fears of recession are overblown. And we’ll break under if certainly the recession does come to city.

That is all to say {that a} concentrate on the basics continues to be the important thing. Like listening to the slate of key financial experiences subsequent week like:

4/3 ISM Manufacturing

4/5 ISM Companies

4/7 Authorities Employment (with concentrate on wage inflation)

And after that can be a concentrate on Q1 earnings season.

Will sufficient clues emerge in April to make us break a method or one other?

In all probability not UNLESS a brand new rash of banking failures emerge. That might create a Jenga second for shares to tumble decrease as danger taking would exit the window.

At this second I nonetheless consider odds of recession and deeper bear market are round 70%. This explains why I proceed to handle my publication portfolios for that better bearish risk.

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

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