Chart of the Day: The Catalyst

JC Parets
August 22, 2022

The market has set the stage.

From a seasonal perspective, the back half of the year should be strong.

When you consider the bearish sentiment readings we're coming off of this summer, a massive shift in sentiment into year end makes perfect sense.

We've seen the breadth improvement, as we get more and more stocks making new short-term highs, and now sector rotation has started to kick in.

SO WHAT'S THE CATALYST?

It's not the Fed.

It's not the President.

It's not a war.

It's the US Dollar.

Even with the setup above, what's it going to take to get stocks really going into year end?

I still think it's a weaker US Dollar.

And we're not seeing it, yet.

Take a look at how the Greenback is behaving relative to the largest 3 components in the US Dollar Index:

Do these looks like downtrends?

Do they look like bullish to bearish reversals in progress?

No. And No.

But I still believe that this is what is needed.

Over the past half decade or so, the US Dollar has had a very strong negative correlation with stocks and crypto assets.

With even just a little bit of Dollar weakness for a month, look how well stocks and crypto did.

And now look at the lack of progress when the strength came back to USD last week.

I don't think that's a coincidence.

The market continues to prove that this correlation needs to be front and center.

I would encourage you to not ignore this one.

Let me know what you think!

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- JC

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