* US market cooled post-Fed, Dow -305pts, S&P500 -0.14%, Nasdaq +0.16%
* NVIDIA continues upward +3.12% to $942, Apple flat +0.53%
* AUD renewed weakness at 65.14c reflecting a generally down day for commodities
* WTI Crude -0.54% to $80.63, Silver -0.28%, Platinum -1.09%, Palladium -2.31%, Iron Ore - 1.6%
* Gold down -$16 or -0.74% to $2165, GDX -1.2% GDXJ -1.39%
* BTC -3.89% to $62,863
* Banks broadly lower XLF -1.19%, JPM -1.21%, Morgan Stanley -1.58%, Goldman -1.67%
* Oil stocks modestly lower XLE -0.25%
* Lithium stocks chalked notable losses: LIT -1.98%, ALB -3.2%, SQM -3.15% except LAC (Lithium America- a featured stock here at the start of the month) +8.11% (see below) Its Over, 72834977, page-20646 | HotCopper Forum
'Powell Put' Sparks Surge In Stocks, Bonds, & The Dollar; Bullion & Black Gold Flat On Week
BY Zero Hedge
SATURDAY, MAR 23, 2024 - 07:20 AM
Positive macro, central bank love-fest, and AI catalysts... buy all the things...
US Macro 'outperformed' expectations this week amid more pro-cyclical data points...
Source: Bloomberg
...which combined with a dovish tilt by Powell (which lifted 20-24 rate-cut expectation)... Source: Bloomberg
...and positive AI catalysts... Source: Bloomberg
Put this all together - rates, growth, and secular momentum --and it is perhaps not surprising that stocks have reached another all-time high in the US.
Led to a solid week for all the majors with Nasdaq outperforming...
The S&P 500 trades at a 2025 P/E of 20+. So the question may simply be: can the rates/growth/secular innovation dynamic be sustained long enough to allow corporate earnings to grow into the current market's valuation?
Shorts were aggressively squeezed Wednesday an Thursday... Source: Bloomberg
Treasury yields ended the week lower, including the long-end (-4bps), but the short-end outperformed (-13bps)... Source: Bloomberg
Which left the curve (2s30s) stepper on the week.... Source: Bloomberg
The dollar roared back to six week highs this week... Source: Bloomberg
Bitcoin ETFs saw large net outflows this week... Source: Bloomberg
And that weighed on the underlying with spot bitcoin back at $64,000... Source: Bloomberg
Gold ended the week around unchanged, despite a hige spike intraweek to a new record high... Source: Bloomberg
Crude prices ended the week unchanged, roundtripping from the early week gains... Source: Bloomberg
And finally, this is not good news for Biden and his biddies... Source: Bloomberg
Pump prices are heading up... and Biden's approval rating down at the sane tune.
