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Morning Notes — SPX Template

SPX Template

May 10, 2022

Prior to 2/24, the relationship between commodity prices, Fed expectations and bond yields functioned normally and the S&P 500 (SPX) found a footing at technical support near 4,100.  That level also matches the magnitude (~15%) of the past four corrections (1983, 1994, 2004 and 2015) when the Fed removed policy accommodation.  The duration of those past corrections lasted between 3-6 months, before the S&P 500 moved to news highs in the ensuing 6-12 months. Despite the break below ~4,100, we expect the SPX to follow this template in H2’22 as the collinearity between inflation expectations, bond yields and Fed policy returns to normal.  

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