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The Recession Trade is On

So Exodus had just flagged 3 consecutive OS signals in a row, something of an oddity since 2009. The results are in: 200+ point melt up, albeit a weak one.

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The point is, the SPY is now up for all of those watermarks.

Second, I ran some scans to try to identify a trend, any trend for that matter. I could live with this market, as long as there is rhyme, reason and order to it.

Here’s what I found, delving into companies whose markets caps exceed $5 billion.

Software stocks are exhibiting strength. I recall an old deskmate of mine who used to buy software stocks and nothing else. When times were tough in the market, he was the only one making commissions. He’s walk around the joint like he fucking owned the place. His head got so big, he got himself fired for impersonating a sales manager and signing trade tickets for other reps. Brokers would line up to get him to sign their tickets. He’d sign anything, mainly because he gave zero fucks.

Here are some software names that have been outperforming.

INTU, CRM, MSCI, MSFT, RHT.

Soda pop

MNST, DPS, KO.

Business services

BR, CTAS, GPN, IRM, PYPL, VRSK.

Cleaning products

CHD, CLX

Discount Stores

COST, DG, DLTR, TGT

A shit load of utilities

Just buy XLU

Personal Products

PG, EL

Packaged and Processed Foods

FLO, GIS

Property and Casualty Insurance

ACE, ALL, CB, HIG

Restaurants

DRI, QSR, SBUX

Waste Management

RSG, SRCL

Listen to me: these are recessionary allocations. This doesn’t necessarily mean we are barreling towards recession. However, money managers are positioning for it.

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12 comments

  1. vandamme

    Fig

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  2. billiejones

    Thanks Dr. Fly. Side note, someone put on a large SPY Put position yesterday (June) for $125M in premium.

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  3. prometheus

    Jim the bowtie has been telling us about this pending recession for quite some time. He’s been right, but his timing was not right. For that, we needed to wait for Grandma Yellen to help squander what The Bernanke gave us: free cash from his loaded helicopter. Now that the free money is gone and Yellen is dead set on raising rates, the recession is all but guaranteed.

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  4. surplusdroids

    indeud. They are.

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  5. UncleBuccs

    Valuable post. Thank you.

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  6. blahblahblah

    run for the hills. take your BIS along.
    FDX where are my damn ASICS….

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  7. og

    Rallies sure don’t last like they used to.

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  8. it is showtime

    oops

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  9. duckkell

    FLY – you still ONCE??

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  10. jonny

    I have always thought that the name, “Exodus”, is really a bad brand name for an investment application. A bit defeatist before things really kick off like what’s about to happen?

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  11. t.c.

    I still think this is all related to the Pope. Bad mojo that guy.

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