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Like a pilot advising his passengers to keep their seat belts buckled in case of potential air pockets, over the past two days<\/a> we have referenced<\/a> why it seemed advisable to \u201cbuckle up<\/a>\u201d for a potential pop in volatility.  From the nearly 1% pop shortly after yesterday\u2019s open to the lows of earlier this morning, we have seen a nearly 3.5% range in the S&P 500 over a roughly 25-hour period.  That seems like a bit of turbulence, no?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons for today\u2019s gloom are fairly obvious \u2013 the imposition of tariffs at the stated deadline, for which many investors had been expecting a reprieve, and this morning\u2019s woeful jobs report.  But the trouble began a day earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday we noted<\/a> that major indices had given back most of their pre-market gains by mid-morning, but things got notably worse by mid-afternoon.  We had actually completed what technical analysts call an \u201coutside reversal\u201d, or \u201ckey reversal\u201d.  This occurs when the intraday range on a given day exceeds that of the prior day.  It is considered most meaningful if the close is above the prior day\u2019s high or below its low.  Yesterday\u2019s move nearly achieved that pattern, but the close was just above Wednesday\u2019s low.  (I realize that many investors have no love for technical analysis, but when enough folks believe in an indicator it can be self-fulfilling in the short-term.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US, most of us awoke to see futures sharply lower.  There was a sort of \u201cthis stuff got real\u201d aspect to the news flow regarding tariffs.  Indeed, while there is still the chance for some reprieves in the seven days until their full implementation (and perhaps in the courts<\/a>), there appeared to be a broader concern that tariffs against nearly all countries would be here to stay.  Global markets echoed those concerns, meaning that stocks were already on precarious footing even before this morning\u2019s employment report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That report turned out to be a stunner!  It wasn\u2019t necessarily horrible on the surface.  Nonfarm Payrolls for July rose by 74,000, which was below the consensus 104k.  That\u2019s a miss, but not a huge one.  The Unemployment Rate rose by 0.1% to an as expected 4.2%.  Average Hourly Earnings rose by an as expected 0.3% and the Labor Force Participation Rate ticked down slightly to 62.2%.  OK, then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the revisions were stunning!  June Nonfarm Payrolls were revised down to 14K from 147k.  Yes, that\u2019s 1\/10 the prior increase.  Furthermore, the two-month revision was a staggering -258k.  That means, with the June number revised down by 133k, the May revision was -125k and that only 19k jobs were created that month.  Quite frankly, that is horrible, and markets reacted accordingly.  I\u2019ll refrain from speculation, but one has to wonder how the Bureau of Labor Statistics got it so wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I type this, 2-year Treasury yields are 23 basis points lower, at 3.72%, and 10-year yields are about 14 bp lower at 4.24%.  Those figures imply that rate cut expectations changed dramatically \u2013 which indeed was the case.  Fed Funds futures<\/a> are now pricing in a roughly 85% chance for a cut in September.  That is up from about 40% yesterday! They also implied a 31% chance for a second cut by December.  That is now the probability for a third cut by December!  The chart below shows the plunge in ForecastEx\u2019 \u201cYes\u201d market<\/a> for a rate above 4.125% by September:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ForecastEx Contract, \u201cYes\u201d for Fed Funds Exceeding 4.125% by September<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"ForecastEx<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/em>ForecastEx<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thrust of yesterday\u2019s piece was about Chair Powell\u2019s contention that rates were not, in fact, too restrictive.  Based upon the available data, that was a defensible position, and one that I frankly agreed with.  John Maynard Keynes is quoted as saying<\/a>, \u201cWhen the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?\u201d  Boy, did the facts change and so have many of the market\u2019s assumptions about risk and the economic backdrop.  That applies to my thinking and must apply to Powell\u2019s.  It certainly seems to apply to a wide range of investors. We have witnessed a notable flight to safety with money flowing into bonds and VIX and away from stocks and crypto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding VIX, we have opined<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIX is the price of parachutes when a plane hits turbulence. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We explained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes from my experience as a market maker.  Nobody really wants umbrellas when it\u2019s when there\u2019s a drought, nobody really thinks about a parachute if the plane is moving along smoothly at 30,000 feet, but as soon as you hit some turbulence, or as soon as the rain clouds develop, people want them, and they want them in a hurry. And to me, VIX is still the most efficient way for an institutional manager to hedge his or her risks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 20, VIX is hardly displaying panic.  Nor should it.  But remember that it was below 15 yesterday morning<\/em>.  Better to keep one\u2019s seat belt loosely fastened when the plane is cruising than when it hits an air pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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