@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
I thought 35 was a lot until everyone started sharing theirs lmao. https://t.co/dP7UG90iuG
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
I encourage everyone to watch The Big Short and look at a chart of $SPX at every date shown in the film, so you can see just how incredibly long everything took to play out.
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
Watch the relationship between $SPX, unemployment, and the federal funds rate. The unemployment rate inversely correlates to the market, and the federal funds rate leads the unemployment rate. We're at the point in the cycle where unemployment starts to rally.
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
The ratio between the Nasdaq 100 and the $SPX has been moving higher all year. I'd like to see tech become a relative weakness before entering sizeable shorts. That's confirmation that the bear thesis is finally playing out. I expect this transition to come on a market rally.
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
Watch the relationship between $SPX and the yield curve since the 1990s. It's only after the top of the curve in an inverted environment that the market crashes and it's preceded initially by a decline in inversion. That's where we are now.
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
Evidence of consumer deterioration and what history says is likely to come next. A 🧵.
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Housing is the least affordable it's ever been, aside from the early 1980s. Home prices are up significantly over the last 2 years, and mortgage rates have more than doubled. https://t.co/p3HNMQAqr2
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
Cars are nearly the least affordable they've ever been in history. It now takes 42 weeks of income to purchase a new Light Vehicle. https://t.co/jIzxXfFQTy
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While affordability is near all-time lows, the consumer savings rate remains near all-time lows, meaning that the consumer is both paying more and saving less. https://t.co/eEGpWFYYl9
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Total personal savings in the US are unchanged over the past decade, while prices have moved significantly higher. https://t.co/RQannHyIPm
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Consumers are also paying a historically high percentage of their income to service debt, with 6% of their disposable income going to the cause. https://t.co/nWaN6hbiKJ
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Consumer delinquency rates on credit card loans are on a 10-year high, trending higher at one of the fastest paces in history. https://t.co/MBKSGbNCJW
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Consumer delinquency rates on credit card loans made by small banks are at all-time highs, indicating that the lower credit consumer is suffering at a rate far beyond the historical mean. https://t.co/FVLPLwoevl
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
The Unemployment rate has begun steepening Year-over-year, indicating that continued economic decline is likely, especially following an inverted yield curve. https://t.co/Il6hMkvDnp
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
The number of people losing jobs permanently is up from the year-ago period, a signal that has previously indicated recession and a continued increase in unemployment. https://t.co/tQHStmPR0P
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
Over the last 6 decades, a steepening yield curve following an inverted environment has led to a recession. We're seeing this exact situation again, except from one of the most inverted levels in history. https://t.co/WzsgGA3K0k
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
A 12+ month high in the unemployment rate has indicated each recession over the last 6 decades. This threshold was met in the latest unemployment rate report. https://t.co/51JE755nVM
@Swordfishv44183 - Swordfishvegetable
There are many indications of broad consumer decline, and the history of the yield curve indicates we're likely to see a recession during this economic cycle.