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And we already know that Individual investors (AAII) and Financial Advisors (II) are much more bearish going into 2022 than they were over the prior two years.
The official period for this year's Santa Claus Rally begins on Monday December 27th.
Remember, the Santa Claus Rally includes the last 5 days of the year, and the first 2 days of the following year. So this year's SCR starts on Monday Dec 27th and runs through Tuesday Jan 4th.
The first half of December wasn't the best time for stock investors. But keep in mind that historically, it's the second half of December that's the most bullish time of this month for stocks.
So what should we expect for this year's Santa Claus Rally?
Well, for me it's less about Santa showing up and more about the implications of him not showing up.
With Cryptos finally waking up a bit this week, we're seeing new flowers popping in our gardens.
There are some familiar names ripping like Terra $LUNA, Avalanche $AVAX and Near Protocol $NEAR, but there are also some new ones than some of you might not be familiar with.
Today I want to talk about the Oasis Network $ROSE.
When looking at the chart, it looks a lot like many others out there. This is another one of those, "We only want to be long if we're above the first half highs", type coins.
From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley
As we approach year-end, we're diving into the individual commodity groups to gauge the status of the primary trends and to get a better idea of where we’re likely headed in 2022.
Last week, we highlighted precious metals -- by far the worst performers of 2021 with a -10.59% return thus far. We think there's a good chance they'll turn things around next year and start participating.
Today, we’re going to review the other end of the spectrum in terms of performance -- energy!
While base metals and ags have posted strong gains over the trailing 12-months -- 25.96% and 28.22% respectively -- energy has been the real leader, quietly printing a 46.33% gain despite recent selling pressure.
After crude oil collapsed below zero last year, the entire group had its work cut out. But they’ve covered an amazing amount of ground in a short period of time, and we think they have further to go.
Our International Hall of Famers list is composed of the 50 largest US-listed international stocks, or ADRs. We’ve also sprinkled in some of the largest ADRs from countries that did not make the market-cap cut.
These stocks range from some well-known mega-cap multinationals such as Toyota Motor and Royal Dutch Shell to some large-cap global disruptors such as Sea Ltd and Shopify.
It’s got all the big names and more -- but only those that are based outside the US. You can find all the largest US stocks on our original Hall of Famers list.
The beauty of these scans is really in their simplicity.
We take the 50 largest names each week and then apply technical filters in a way that the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.
Based on the market environment, we can also flip the scan on its head and filter for weakness.
Let’s dive in and take a look at some of the most important stocks from around the world.
From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @IanCulley
Our focus has been on US Treasury yields in recent months – and for good reason.
The 30-year yield recently undercut its summer lows, and the 10-year yield briefly lost the critical 1.40 level. Both have since recovered. But these crucial rates remain stuck in the same messy ranges that have defined most of 2021.
Given the lack of decisive action in domestic yields, we think it's a good time to check in on the overseas bond markets in hopes of gleaning some insight into the potential direction of yields outside the US.
In today’s post, we’re going to switch things up and take a look at the 10-year yields from other major developed countries.
On Monday morning, if you were on twitter or watching the teevee you'd have assumed the stock market was about to get cut in half and the pitchforks were going to be lining up outside the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
Then, the market did what the market does and now here we are with the S&P 500 looking like it wants to make another run at all-time highs.
Forget about market volatility --- how about trader's emotional volatility?!
With this in mind, there is still some nice options premium being priced into individual names that offer us some unique tactical opportunities for some quick gains.
From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @IanCulley
Major world currencies continue to struggle against the US dollar.
Both the euro and British pound have been coiling near 52-week lows against the dollar. We’re also seeing weakness spread among commodity-centric currencies, as the Canadian dollar hit new 52-week lows this week, and the Australian dollar accomplished the same earlier in the month. As for the safe-haven Japanese yen, USD/JPY hit its highest level since 2017 at the end of November.
The bottom line is that we continue to see broad strength from the greenback.
As we wait for a resolution either higher or lower, we can look to these individual forex pairs for an indication of which direction we’re likely headed.
Let’s revisit the potential failed breakdown from the Australian dollar earlier in the month and the recent action in the Canadian dollar for clues.
