{"id":19360,"date":"2019-11-02T01:57:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T01:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=19360"},"modified":"2019-11-02T01:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T01:57:45","slug":"a-hell-of-a-mess-in-every-direction-paul-volcker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/02\/a-hell-of-a-mess-in-every-direction-paul-volcker\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A hell of a mess in every direction&#8221; &#8211; Paul Volcker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The S&amp;P 500 strengthened on Friday, closing at a new high of 3067. Volatility (21-day) crossed below 1%, signaling that risk is easing. Money Flow strengthened; a trough above zero suggests another advance. The medium-term target is 3250.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-spx.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average is weaker, with Money Flow having dipped below zero, but breakout above 27,400 would signal another advance. Target for the advance is 29,400.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-dow.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DJ Industrial Average\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a hell of a mess in every direction,\u201d is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/23\/business\/dealbook\/paul-volcker-federal-reserve.html\">Paul Volcker<\/a>, the former Fed Chairman describes it.<\/p>\n<p>Equities are making new highs, while the Fed cuts interest rates. Donald Trump is effectively dictating monetary policy. This could only end badly.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment and initial jobless claims are near record lows.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-jobless.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Unemployment and Jobless Claims\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inflationary pressures are moderate, with average wage rates growing between 3.0% and 3.5% (production and non-supervisory employees).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-wages.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Average Wage Rates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GDP growth is slowing, however, and likely to fall further according to our advance indicator (estimated hours worked).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-realgdp.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Real GDP and Estimated Hours Worked\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Payroll growth is also slowing. While this has been explained as a result of record low unemployment (new employees may be hard to find) it is likely that rising uncertainty has played a big part.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-payrolls-ffr.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Payroll Growth and Fed Funds Rate\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 3-month TMO of Non-Farm Payrolls kicked up to 0.58%, above the amber risk level of 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-payroll-tmo.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Payroll Recession Warnings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With 73.5% of stocks having reported for Q3, the price-earnings ratio remains elevated. A reading above 20 warns that stocks are over-priced, especially because expected earnings growth is low.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-pemax.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"P\/E of Highest Earnings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If we project nominal GDP growth (including inflation) at 3.5% and buyback yields at 3.0% (Q2: 3.26%) that gives us anticipated growth of 6.5%. Add dividend yield of 2.0% (Q2: 1.96%) and we can expect stocks to yield a total return (dividends plus growth) of 8.5%.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/2019-11-01-gdp.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nominal GDP and Estimated Hours Worked * Average wage rate\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But that assumes that current price-earnings multiples are maintained. Any downward revision, from earnings disappointments, would most likely result in a negative return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The S&amp;P 500 strengthened on Friday, closing at a new high of 3067. Volatility (21-day) crossed below 1%, signaling that risk is easing. Money Flow strengthened; a trough above zero suggests another advance. The medium-term target is 3250. Dow Jones Industrial Average is weaker, with Money Flow having dipped below zero, but breakout above 27,400 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/02\/a-hell-of-a-mess-in-every-direction-paul-volcker\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;A hell of a mess in every direction&#8221; &#8211; Paul Volcker&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,46,3761,13,57,34],"tags":[1113,3010],"class_list":["post-19360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","category-deficit-spending-employment","category-gdp-and-activity","category-inflation-economy","category-stock-markets","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","tag-sp-500"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;A hell of a mess in every direction&quot; - Paul Volcker - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;A hell of a mess in every direction&quot; - Paul Volcker - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The S&amp;P 500 strengthened on Friday, closing at a new high of 3067. 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