On the campaign trail, Donald Trump favored the crypto industry, including appointing "crypto-friendly" regulators. Moreover, one of the plans he mentioned several times was the creation of a federal strategic reserve of crypto assets. Trump's decisive victory, along with the Republican sweep of Congress, makes it even more likely the crypto industry and related cryptocurrencies will benefit from a Trump presidency. Accordingly, in the aftermath of the election, crypto has been soaring. The following quotes are courtesy of a Bloomberg article on the topic:
“We believe a significant portion of the institutional market de-risked in the lead-up to the election and is now re-entering post Trump’s win, creating material buying pressure — this is likely to be ongoing for some time yet,” said Richard Galvin, founder of crypto-focused investment firm DACM.
“Trump has promised supportive regulation, and the sweep of the House and the Senate makes the passage of crypto bills much more likely,” wrote Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter.
As the graph shows, Bitcoin has risen about 12% in the last week and has more than tripled over the previous 12 months. Many other cryptocurrencies have similar or even better performance.
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Market Trading Update
As noted yesterday, the market has ripped higher since the election. This was unsurprising given that many portfolio managers went into the election over-hedged and under-weight equities. As shown, positioning has taken a sharp turn higher since the election.
With portfolio managers chasing performance into year-end and buybacks running hot at $6 billion daily, the push for asset prices to move higher will remain. However, such does not mean the market won't consolidate or correct during that process. With the market overbought and deviating from the 50-DMA, some consolidation is likely over the next week. Such will set the market up for a post-Thanksgiving rally into early December when mutual funds distribute their gains and income for the year. That period tends to exhibit some price weakness, setting up the year-end window dressing known as the "Santa Claus" rally. We can see this pattern during previous election years.
A short way of saying that is: "Prepare for some volatility."
However, remain bullish and maintain equity exposures at or near target weights. Use pullbacks to support for adding equity risk as needed.
Beware Of Rocket Ship Emojis
The law firm of Holland Knight wrote an interesting paper on one of the most popular emojis used in financial social media. The rocket ship emoji, shown below, is often used by social media users to hype that a stock or asset's price is getting ready to surge or is already surging. Recent SEC actions and legal suits have alleged that using the emoji to connotate that a stock or asset may do very well can be misleading. The SEC found that other emojis, like the sun or fire, have also been used to promote stocks unlawfully. Per the article:
The rocket ship emoji, , has received particular attention from the SEC. In SEC v. LBRY Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the agency alleged in February 2022 that LBRY's LBC token was a security, in part because LBRY predicted on its website that for LBC the "best is yet to come" punctuated by a .[8] The SEC claimed that this signified "to readers that LBC was going to rocket to higher prices
Tesla Drives Consumer Discretionary Stocks
Before reviewing this week's sector and factor absolute and relative technical gauges, we are happy to share a new SimpleVisor tool. Our new market summary table is in the upper right corner of the screenshot below. The table provides subscribers with another tool to help them better appreciate what types of stocks are leading and lagging the broader markets. For example, the one-day performance from last Friday shows that small-cap growth outperformed the other small, mid, and large-cap factors. Generally, the other factors were in line with each other.
Tesla shares soared last week because Donald Trump won the election. Given Elon Musk's outsized role in promoting via X and financially, investors are assuming benefits will accrue to Tesla shareholders. Tesla representing almost 15% of XLY, the key consumer discretionary ETF, was up over 30% last week. With a more significant 25% representation in XLY, Amazon rose 6%, also aiding the sector's performance and relative and absolute scores. The first SimpleVisor graphic below shows that Tesla, Amazon, and BKNG, which reported good earnings, led the discretionary sector. However, many stocks were left behind despite the sector's overbought relative and absolute scores, as shown in the second graphic. Suppose you think the sector's relative and absolute performance will weaken but want to stay invested in the sector. In that case, it may pay to consider investing in some of the oversold contributors and trimming Tesla.
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