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STOCK MARKET TODAY: ENCOURAGING INFLATION DATA SPARKS STUNNING STOCK RALLY


SIGNS THAT INFLATION MIGHT HAVE PEAKED SPARKED A BROAD-BASED RALLY IN STOCKS ON
WEDNESDAY.

by: Karee Venema
August 10, 2022
August 10, 2022

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The latest inflation data catapulted stocks higher out of the gate on Wednesday,
with the major market indexes rallying hard into the close.

Ahead of this morning's opening bell, the Labor Department said its consumer
price index (CPI) rose 8.5% year-over-year in July, down from June's reading of
9.1%. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 5.9% over the
year-ago period. On a month-to-month basis, CPI was flat, while the core
consumer price index was up 0.3%. 

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Both the headline inflation reading and the core one were lower than what
economists were forecasting – sparking plenty of commentary from Wall Street's
top minds on how this inflation reading will affect the Federal Reserve's
upcoming policy decisions.

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"Coming into today, headline CPI was expected to show some deceleration, mostly
due to falling gasoline prices, but there was some concern that core inflation
would continue to be problematic," says Michael Reinking, senior market
strategist at the New York Stock Exchange. "All told the report was a positive
step. In August, energy prices have continued to move lower and there are signs
that food pricing could begin to ease, fueling hopes that this could be the
first in a series of better inflation readings."

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In the wake of today's CPI data, market expectations for the Fed to issue a 50
basis-point rate hike (a basis point is one-one hundredth of a percentage point)
shot up to 62.5% from yesterday's reading of 32.0%, according to CME Group's
FedWatch tool. Projections for a 75 basis-point hike, meanwhile, have plummeted.

"The market reacted favorably with the notion that inflation has likely peaked
and the Fed may be able to moderate its pace of rate hikes," says Stephanie
Lang, chief investment officer at investment advisor firm Homrich Berg. "The
market quickly priced in 50 bps hike by the Fed in September being more likely
than the 75 bps that was previously expected by the market." However, as
Reinking reminds us, "a lot can change between now and then, as there is still
another round of employment and inflation data ahead of that meeting."

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"While we are encouraged by the report, we believe the Fed’s job is far from
over," Lang adds. "We believe they will continue on their trajectory to raise
interest rates to a restrictive stance as inflation remains far from their 2%
target."

Still, expectations for lower rate hikes and signs of easing inflation made for
a broad-based rally on Wall Street, with the materials (+2.9%) and consumer
discretionary (+2.9%) sectors outperforming. As for the major indexes, the
Nasdaq Composite outpaced its peers with a 2.9% gain to 12,854, though the S&P
500 Index (+2.1% at 4,210) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.6% at
33,309) finished solidly higher.

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 * The small-cap Russell 2000 soared 3.0% to 1,969.
 * U.S. crude futures rose 1.6% to settle at $91.93 per barrel.
 * Gold futures edged up 0.1% to finish at $1,813.70 an ounce.
 * Bitcoin gained 2.6% to $23,670.03. (Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day; prices
   reported here are as of 4 p.m.)
 * Coinbase Global (COIN) jumped 7.4% after the cryptocurrency platform reported
   earnings. In its second quarter, COIN recorded a wider-than-expected net loss
   of $4.98 per share, while revenue of $803 million also missed the mark. The
   company said monthly transacting users fell to 9 million from 9.2 million in
   the March quarter. "COIN had no counterparty exposure to crypto insolvencies
   in 2Q (Celsius, Three Arrows Capital, LUNA/TERRA)," says BofA Securities
   analyst Jason Kupferberg (Buy). "COIN also has a history of no credit losses
   from financing activities, holds customer assets 1:1, and any lending
   activity of customer crypto is at the discretion of the customer, with 100%+
   collateral required. We believe these stringent risk management practices
   will be a positive long-term differentiator for COIN."
 * Walt Disney (DIS) added 4.0% ahead of tonight's fiscal third-quarter earnings
   report. "With Netflix's stumbles, Disney+ is now the streaming standard
   bearer, and consequently, bellwether for the health of subscription streaming
   services and even broader consumer demand," says Domenic Venuto, chief
   operating officer of investment bank Progress Partners. "On its earnings, all
   eyes will be on net subscriber additions with expectations set in the 10
   million range if it's tracking to meet Bob Chapek's guidance of 230 million
   to 260 million subscribers by 2024." DIS certainly delivered, saying it added
   14.4 million Disney+ subscribers over the three-month period. The company
   also beat on the top and bottom lines and said it is raising prices on the
   streaming service in the U.S. DIS stock is up 5.8% after the bell.


METAVERSE STOCKS POISED FOR MAJOR GROWTH

The Nasdaq's outperformance today highlights a trend we've seen in the stock
market recently: new life for hard-hit growth stocks. Over the past month, the
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF) is up 10.0% vs. a slimmer gain of 6.7% for
the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD). 

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Even so, many on Wall Street, including Robert Schein, chief investment officer
of financial services company Blanke Schein Wealth Management, still prefer
value stocks over growth, given an uncertain macro environment. But, "we believe
growth will resume leadership sometime after the Federal Reserve slows its
tightening efforts," Schein says. 


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