Housekeeping: Good Morning.
“The Gold reset is a process, not an event”
Today:
Discussion:
American Exceptionalism means…
Brics
Tariffs may be inflationary for US people, but it is deflationary for EM.
Fear recedes
Trump 2.0
Macro D Boys are and CTA tourists
Oversold today, overbought last month
Do Presidents matter
News/Analysis:
Equity Recap:
US equities were mostly flat on Wednesday after data showed the October consumer price index rose to a 2.6 pct annual rate, in line with expectations. Large caps bested small caps: S&P 500 (+0.02%) vs. Russell 2000 (-0.94%). MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) and MSCI EAFE (EFA) fell 0.64% and 0.59% respectively.
Market News:
"Republicans held on to their narrow majority in the US House, giving Donald Trump and his party unified control of the elected branches of government and limiting potential curbs on the incoming president’s power. Bloomberg
"Consumer prices edged up in October after having recorded the slowest rate of growth in 3½ years in the previous month, a sign of how inflation continues to move lower on an uneven and bumpy path. WSJ
"Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media Yahoo Finance
"OpenAI was on the cusp of a milestone. The startup finished an initial round of training in September for a massive new artificial intelligence model that it hoped would significantly surpass prior versions of the technology behind ChatGPT : Bloomberg
The largest virtual currency "topped $90,000 for the first time Wednesday: WSJ
"AMD said on Wednesday that it will lay off 4% of its global staff as the longtime computer chipmaker seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the growing artificial intelligence chip space dominated by Nvidia." Source: CNBC
Politics/Geopolitics:
Data on Deck: CPI/PPI
MONDAY, NOV. 11 Veteran's Day holiday, bond market closed
TUESDAY, NOV. 12 NFIB optimism
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 Consumer price index
THURSDAY, NOV. 14 PPI year over year
FRIDAY, NOV. 15 Retail sales minus autos
***FINAL MARKET CHECK***