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Tariff news is binary for equities \u2013 more tariffs, bad, less tariffs, good.  Thanks to some comments from the President on Friday afternoon, implying that the \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs, scheduled for April 2nd<\/sup> \u2013 a week from Wednesday \u2013 are now believed to be more targeted than originally threatened, U.S. equity traders are exuberant.  It is impossible to know how the anticipated implementation might actually transpire, but markets are not waiting around to find out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is widely believed that the ever-shifting narrative about tariffs is a negotiating ploy, designed to bring potentially affected countries to offer concessions rather than face the full force of sanctions.  The back-and-forth might be confusing to investors and corporate managements, but there could certainly be a solid rationale for the seeming confusion.  We have already seen tariffs on Mexico and Canada delayed after each of those countries shifted policies to accommodate U.S. concerns, and there are reports that several other countries are in contact with the administration in the hope of blunting their impact.  Thus, Friday\u2019s news could certainly be the sort of news that investors had been craving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, many of the best traders I know have a well-earned critical, if not cynical, side to their thinking.  The timing could be perceived as a bit, um, convenient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One rationale for the post-election enthusiasm was that the Trump administration would have a keener eye to markets than the prior one. (Of course, when stocks were going up ~20% per annum, as in \u201923 and \u201824, it behooved them to say little.)  It was demonstrable during this President\u2019s first term, when he actively used stock markets as a barometer for his performance.  Also remember the periodic vague, unsourced overnight reports that trade talks with China were proceeding well that tended to occur when stocks needed a bit of good news.  Could it be that the tariff comments were well timed to precipitate a bit of a desired bounce in stocks?  Maybe, and quite frankly traders don\u2019t seem to care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankly, it\u2019s quite OK if traders don\u2019t care about the timing, because it is a win-win for them.  If the tariff news is generally good, then of course it\u2019s a reason for optimism.  And if it the adjustments turn out to be less meaningful than hoped, that can be overlooked if it means that the administration is willing to offer periodic bullish tidbits to the market.  That is of course the essence of the \u201cTrump Put\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I offer two pieces of evidence that the \u201cTrump Put\u201d may have been exercised on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Recent comments by Treasury Secretary Bessent implied that the administration would be more focused on 10-year rates than equity prices.  Today we see those rates about 7bp higher.  Indeed, rates are higher across the curve, which is to be expected on a \u201crisk-on\u201d day, but the magnitude of the move at the long end could imply that traders see a change in that focus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Note that the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is solidly below 20 and flirting with a 17 handle as I type this.  We\u2019re not quite back to the sanguine mid-teens that prevailed earlier this year, but it is clear that there is decreased demand for hedging protection.  Why should an investor pay for downside protection when the administration (or the Federal Reserve) will provide it on one\u2019s behalf?  The decline in VIX was in place even as markets plumbed new trading lows over a week ago, but it accelerated after last week\u2019s FOMC meeting \u2013 which featured another reduction in its program of quantitative tightening \u2013 and again today.  (see graphs below).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Do those items prove that the \u201cTrump Put\u201d was exercised?  By no means.  As opposed to tradeable options, however, which have defined strikes and expirations, an expectation that an external force might intervene on investors\u2019 behalf is, by definition, nebulous.  But investors have reason to be encouraged today, and thanks to a bit of FOMO, they are quite enthused right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Going forward, though, we need to reckon with this truism: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Most corrections do not result in bear markets.  But all bear markets begin as corrections\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    VIX, 6-Months, Daily Candles<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \"VIX,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    VIX, 2-Weeks, Half-hour Candles<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \"VIX,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    VIX Futures Term Structure, Today (yellow, top), 2-Weeks ago (green, top); Changes (bottom)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \"VIX<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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