{"id":208627,"date":"2024-06-28T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=208627"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:01:49","slug":"a-quarter-end-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/a-quarter-end-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quarter-End Check-In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is the last trading day of the second quarter.&nbsp; We came into the week noting that there were <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/quiet-start-before-a-big-end-to-the-week\/\">few catalysts<\/a> in the early part but several over the final two days.&nbsp; Now those catalysts are behind us, and those too provided little impetus to sway market trends dramatically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday\u2019s GDP report failed to sway markets, as did today\u2019s Core PCE Deflator.&nbsp; The Fed\u2019s preferred inflation measure came in exactly as expected.&nbsp; The deflationary trends continue, but at the same pace that we had already anticipated.&nbsp; University of Michigan Sentiment rose, and Inflationary Expectations fell, but those only caused a relatively minor blip higher in stocks.&nbsp; We\u2019ve previously noted that inflation expectations generally follow gasoline prices.&nbsp; Pump prices fell recently, and so did expectations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>University of Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (yellow) vs. AAA National Gasoline Prices (green), since December 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"616\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-1100x616.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208632 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-1100x616.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-700x392.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture4-4.png 1540w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/616;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be obvious by now that I\u2019ve thus far avoided the elephant in the room (and the donkey, for that matter) \u2013 last night\u2019s Presidential debate.&nbsp; There\u2019s no way to spin that as a positive for President Biden, but it\u2019s not clear that markets are particularly banking on a Trump victory right now.&nbsp; I have a very active text group with a bunch of college friends (one of whom was running a focus group at the time), and, noting that US equity futures were modestly higher afterwards, they inevitably asked what I thought the market\u2019s reaction would be.&nbsp; I told them, as I often tell people, that stock traders are notably bad at interpreting geopolitical events that don\u2019t directly affect corporate top and bottom lines in the near term.&nbsp; My comment was to watch the Treasury bond market, since they offer a clearer picture about concerns for inflation and the economy.&nbsp; At that time, rates were modestly higher by about 1 basis point.&nbsp; Now we see a bit more of a rise in rates and a slightly steeper curve.&nbsp; That may be attributable to bond market concerns about the former President\u2019s preference for a set tariff hikes and tax cuts that could expand the government deficit.&nbsp; But the bond market has clearly not called the election one way or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If today\u2019s gains hold, and since the <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/technical-analysis\/freaky-friday-another-spy-closing-ramp-or-gamma-squeeze\/?query=freaky%20friday&amp;query_id=3f07571136f20e4fbc01db6aa6494e58&amp;index=prod_ibkrcampus_en&amp;user_token=anonymous-ab2cddb6-49e7-4567-a8d5-7379570809cb\">expiring weekly options<\/a> have a way of metastasizing Friday gains into something more substantial, they probably will, that will give us five straight days of gains for the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) and four for the Nasdaq 100 (NDX).&nbsp; The Russell 2000 (RTY), which rebalances tonight, had a mixed week though.&nbsp; Interestingly, Nvidia (NVDA), <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/nverse-nvidia\/\">the key stock of the moment<\/a>, is slightly down for the week right now.&nbsp; Although it quickly recovered its Monday swoon, it has mostly muddled around for the rest of the sessions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>1-Week, NVDA (candles), SPX (yellow), NDX (blue), RTY (purple)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"808\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6-1100x808.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208631 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6-1100x808.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6-700x514.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture3-6.png 1175w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/808;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, this seems like a good time to check in with a couple of our old favorite charts.&nbsp; The first compares the size of the Federal Reserve\u2019s securities holdings and balance sheet with SPX.&nbsp; For a while, that relationship really mattered.&nbsp; Now it\u2019s quite evident that equity investors haven\u2019t cared at all about quantitative tightening for over a year.&nbsp; It will be interesting to see if the slower pace of QT will matter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"959\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9-1100x959.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208630 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9-1100x959.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9-700x610.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9-768x669.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture2-9.png 1239w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/959;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/releases\/h41\/\"><em>Federal Reserve<\/em><\/a><em>, Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another favorite chart of mine compares the sentiment readings from the National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) against SPX.&nbsp; Typically we see sentiment follow the market higher and lower.&nbsp; Of course it does.&nbsp; When surveyed, investors\u2019 answers tend to reflect what they have already done rather than how they intend to invest.&nbsp; Interestingly, NAAIM sentiment has declined in recent weeks even as SPX ground higher:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"485\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-1100x485.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208629 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-1100x485.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-700x309.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15-1536x677.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Picture1-15.png 1831w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; 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