Raoul Pal @RaoulGMI 4h4 hours ago More #oil... the US Dollar Broad Trade Weighted Index is suggesting that oil should be at $30.
OtterWood Capital @OtterWoodCapM US Drillers Add Most Rigs In Nearly Four Yearsotterwoodcapital.com/blog/us-drille…
SUBSCRIBETOHEDGEYE. 01/23/17 09:11 AM EST Wall Street Consensus: Oil = Love It ... Bonds = Hate It ... S&P 500 = Meh Wall Street isn't super bullish on the U.S. stock market. That may shock you. Instead of arguing with the hard data to support it, think of this as an excellent, non-consensus opportunity to get long stocks (as U.S. growth and inflation accelerates). The evidence is obvious. To get a read on consensus positioning, we analyze the CFTC's data on institutional investor's net futures and options positioning for a variety of asset classes. We then take those numbers and compare them to the average contract positioning over the last twelve months. What you get is called a Z-score. This is basically a fancy way of saying investors are either bullish or bearish versus their historical average over the last year. A negative reading means consensus is more bearish than past positioning and, conversely, a positive reading means they are more bullish. Pretty simple. WALL STREET'S TOP-10 LONGS & SHORTS #Oil #Bonds #Yen As you can see in theChart of the Daybelow, Wall Street is very short the Japanese Yen and 10-year Treasury bonds. On the long side, consensus likes wheat and crude oil. Our research suggests that when the Z-Score exceeds 2.0 times it generally signals a move is overdone in either direction (i.e. the trade is getting particularly crowded). HOW DO U.S. EQUITIES STACK UP? $SPY #Stocks The Z-Score for the S&P 500 is +0.23 times, meaning institutional investor positioning is in-line with the average over the past year. This is small peanuts compared to positions in the Yen, Wheat or Oil. In other words, Wall Street could get a lot more bullish on U.S. stocks from here, especially since growth and inflation datacontinue to accelerate heading into the first quarter of 2017 and S&P 500earnings improve.
Raoul Pal @RaoulGMI #oil - It if breaks $50, it is likely to test the trend line at $44...Im getting closer to pulling the trigger on a short.
%% Good call; they did get a lot more into S&P[SPY.......] Its'a bull market you know-Old Turkey quote LOL. It also a real extended uptrend on the monthly candle-charts,+ daily candle charts. Bull market can get more extended; but Investors Business Daily doesnt like ignoring that lower buy volume much. The perenniel lady bull on[AFA radio ] said the reason gasoline has not come down much with CL, is gasoline[supply] is up. NOT that i would trade off that kind of news.LOL
Liz Ann Sonders @LizAnnSonders 4h4 hours ago Rig count on the rise again (everywhere) @biancoresearch
Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as world's top crude producer http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Russia-Overtakes-Saudi-Arabia-as-World-s-Largest-10945451.php
Of course Russia has exceeded SA. SA agreed with the rest of most OPEC nations to cut their production. Russia, as a non-OPEC producer, did not cut production. Do the math.