From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Grant Hawkridge @granthawkridge
In April 2020, crude oil traded below zero and marked the perfect capitulation event for a number of trends.
Around the very same time, both commodities and stocks bottomed and kicked off major rallies.
Until recently, commodities had underperformed stocks for about a decade. To make matters worse, they were moving lower on an absolute basis for most of that time as well.
Not only have commodities started to trend higher on an absolute basis again. They're also undergoing a reversal in their relative trend with stocks and other alternatives.
We’ve been clear about our bullish position as we’ve discussed the potential for a new commodity supercycle for over a year.
Now, we want to take that thesis one step further as the evidence is building in favor of commodities experiencing a sustained period of outperformance relative to stocks.
To best take advantage of this trend, we want to be overweight commodities and commodity-related stocks.
But also notice how we've been seeing more strength around the world, with the US acting as one of the laggards. It probably has something to do with all that growth exposure in a lot of US large-cap indexes.
Most other countries don't have that.
Here you can see the Dow Jones Composite Index holding that key 11,200 area. This is a good representation of what we're seeing in a lot of other major indexes and sectors:
From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley
If you’re searching for strength, look no further than commodities!
With risk assets coming under increasing pressure, the strength from commodities and commodity-related stocks stands out that much more. Except for rates, it’s the only thing the bulls have left.
When we look beneath the surface, so far, the story centers around energy – whether we’re talking about crude oil printing fresh seven-year highs or Chevron Corp. $CVX breaking out of a multi-year base to new all-time highs.
Energy is -- and has been -- re-asserting itself as the next dominant leadership group.
But unlike the stock market -- where energy is the only group working -- we’re seeing broad participation within the commodities market.
In fact, there are still plenty of pockets of strength we want to be buying.
Today, we’re going to highlight one of those areas by outlining a trade setup in soybean oil.
As we progress into Q4 of Fiscal Year 2021-2022, this playbook outlines our thoughts on every asset class and our plan to profit.
This playbook will cover our macro view, touching on Equities, Commodities, Currencies, and Rates, as well as outline our views on the major nifty indices and the sector/thematic indices.
We also cover individual stocks we want to be buying to take advantage of the themes discussed in the playbook.
I get to talk to traders and investors of all shapes and sizes every day of my life. This is something I like to do for fun, and it's also a great way to learn. But remember, I do this for a living. So not a day goes by where I'm not talking to market participants.
This has gone on for decades now. Everyone from the largest banks and hedge funds on the planet to recent grads first learning how to trade.
I have a lot of conversations with these investors. And one common theme I've heard over the past few months is just how difficult of an environment this currently is.
A lot of traders are getting chopped up in this mess of a market. And it's not anything new, it's been messy for quite some time.
From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley
The bull market for commodities is alive and well. They were the top-performing asset class last year, and they’re kicking off the new year with a lead once again.
The energy-heavy CRB Index is printing new seven-year highs, and our ASC Equal-Weight Commodity Index just resolved from a nine-month base to its highest level since 2013.
To take advantage of this area of leadership, we’ve been highlighting strength and outlining long ideas in a variety of commodity markets.
We know not everyone has access to the futures markets, and that’s OK, because there are plenty of opportunities to express a bullish thesis on commodities through the equity market.
To make this easier, we’ve put together a universe of stocks that offer investors exposure to a wide array of different commodities.
Tuesday night we held our January Monthly Conference Call, which Premium Members can access and rewatch here.
In this post, we’ll do our best to summarize it by highlighting five of the most important charts and/or themes we covered, along with commentary on each.
