Equity futures are looking red by almost 1% this morning. The earnings season is upon us and the numbers are not looking great. Boeing (BA) just announced and they missed on the top and bottom line–nothing new for them as they have missed on a regular basis the last couple of years. Microsoft (MSFT) reported last night and other than their cloud business business is soft.
I am watching some of the banking company’s earnings–mainly because I own some of the regional/community banks preferred shares, but also watching the big banks. Capital One (COF) announced last night and their earnings per share were more than a dollar below the year ago quarter–the company is building reserves for future credit losses, which seems to be a common them. WesBanco (WES) also reported and 4th quarter earnings were about flat with a year ago–contrary to most banks they did not increase their provision for loan losses substantially. All banks are against comparisons that include PPP loan fees etc–and deposit lvels from government ‘free money’ programs
Interest rates are looking lower this morning–off 5 basis points to 3.42%. We’ll see if lower rates outweigh the downdraft in common shares to keep income issues green.
Yesterday was a slightly green day for us–not sure how many days in a row have been green–maybe the last 10-11, but all good things come to an end and today may be that day–we’ll see.
We have no economic news of interest today–we are saving that for the next 2 days when we will have a plethora of data–including an important inflation number (the PCE) on Friday.
Over the last three months or so, gold has moved up from below 1700 to just above 1900 per oz. Is the treasury adding money to the economy?
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Yes, they are drawing down their General Account (TGA) to pay for stuff since we reached the debt limit and can’t issue more bonds. Fed draining liquidity through quantitative tightening vs Treasury adding liquidity from TGA. Fed can’t be happy with that. Rates higher for longer even if they stop raising rates.
Thanks AJ!
I trade Gold and Silver etf’s on price movement, gradually selling the rallies and gradually buying the dips. It’s a slow profit then every few years there’s a major move one way or the other. I’ve given up trying to predict or even understand it, just react to it.