Renewed Calls for Gun Control Helps Buoy Gun Stocks; $MGM Falls Most Since June 30th, 2017

This is hard to quantify. As of now, the official death toll is 58, with more than 500 wounded. Shares of MGM aren’t even down by 5%, in spite of the fact that this tragedy occurred on their property. To put this into perspective, this is the largest drop in MGM since June 30th, 2017 — after Deutsche Bank analyst downgrade the prospects for the hotel giant on the premises of having an ‘unlucky’ Q2.

On the other end of the see-saw are gun stocks. Shares of RGR and AOBC (formerly SWHC) are higher by 4%. Gun retailers showing strength, include VSTO and JOUT. I suppose traders are learning the lessons of Sandy Hook, bidding up gun stocks because people will buy more guns if they believe the government will pass laws that restrict them. The logic is decent. If a wild gunman mowing down children in an elementary school can’t provoke gun laws to be passed, nothing will.

Nevertheless, democrats are out in force again, calling for gun laws.

The smarter trade is probably to fade RGR and short MGM.

The retards at Buttfeed described Topo Chico as a competitor to La Croix? In what world is ordinary mineral water competing with Mure Pepino? I understand Top Chico just added lime and grapefruit to their repertoire of sparkling water — but that’s standard twists for boring water. Bear in mind, Top Chico is not a new brand. They’ve been around since 1895, widely sold in Texas for decades. Now that you hipsters discovered Top Chico, you seem to think it’s something new.

Fuck off.

Coca-Cola bought the maker of Topo Chico, Arca Continenta, the first bottler of Coke in Mexico. I’ve always believed FIZZ would be acquired by the loafers at Pepsi, not Coke — so this doesn’t change my thesis. If anything, this will increase pressure on Pepsi to make an acquisition to compete with Coke-Chico.

Shares of FIZZ are stupidly plunging on this news. I will hopefully be buying back my shares soon.

NOTE: Topo Chico did $74 million in sales last year, +29% — placing this deal at around 3x current sales. With FIZZ trading 6.5x sales, I can see why people are selling the stock. However, FIZZ is much bigger than Top Chico, doing sales in excess of $250m per quarter. I like to compare its valuation to MNST instead, trading at 9.8x sales.

We got ourselves some ‘chart art’ this morning, for all of you fucking faggots who love to base your decisions based off meaningless lines on a piece of paper.

Look, listen to me, watch my chart.

The Orange Gorilla loves DDD. I stepped in on this analysis and bought some. For the day, I’ve purchased two wild and crazy stocks today. Go ahead, ask me if I give a fuck.

Why hasn’t Kashkari fallen in line yet and why the heck was he permitted to be on the board anyhow? I feel like he’s there to keep the pitched forks at bay, voicing concerns of rational people who analyze Fed policy and the economy to make us feel like the Fed is listening.

Here’s Kashkari out with bold statements this morning, bluntly saying inflation expectations will be reduced thanks to new Fed policy that will reduce its balance sheet. Moreover, he’s suggesting the Fed should NOT be hiking rates now, at a time when reducing the balance sheet is of paramount importance.

I believe the most likely causes of persistently low inflation are additional domestic labor market slack and falling inflation expectations. This essay will explore the causes of the latter, falling inflation expectations, and I will argue that the FOMC’s policy to remove monetary accommodation over the past few years is likely an important factor driving inflation expectations lower.

This is not meant to be a criticism of the FOMC’s prior decisions. As I will explain below, we now know that policy was tighter and there was more slack in the labor market than the Committee realized at the time it started removing accommodation.

He continues…

“There is no reason to raise rates until we start to see wages and inflation climb back to target,” Kashkari wrote. “The only explanation that would potentially call for further policy tightening is the transitory factor explanation. But the longer low inflation persists (here and around the world), the more tenuous that story becomes.”

Kashkari has dissented twice against Fed hikes this year

I just stepped in and bought YELP, which was one of the stocks that contributed to my near death experience in 2014. I am now loaded up with PANW, YELP, WDAY, EDIT and COHR. The last two are new, 2017, additions to the once infamous horsemen, which also included FEYE.

I’ve always liked YELP. I was probably one of the first people to start using the app and I never eat anywhere without first consulting it. In my estimation, it is one of the most valuable social media companies in the world. The stock is higher by 2% today, acting odd. I’ve been watching this stock trade for a long time and like to think that I know a thing or two about patterns.

All that aside, markets look wondrous today, especially biotech.

It’s being reported that 90% of Catalonians voted for independence from Spain.

The Prime Minister of Spain said the vote was not legitimate, thanking his police for beating the brains out of those trying to disrupt an otherwise harmonious relationship.

Spain's prime minister says Catalonia's independence vote is not legitimate https://t.co/M0ZpmKjsoi pic.twitter.com/w2KNFG2zNJ

— Bloomberg (@business) October 2, 2017

Rumors are spreading that Catalan will declare independence from Spain within the week.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont appealed to the European Union for support as he pledged to inform the regional parliament of the result of the vote in the coming days. The assembly will then act in line with the referendum law, Puigdemont said — and that could lead to a unilateral declaration of independence within 48 hours of the notification.

For those unfamiliar, back in 2011-2012, PIGS was the investment scare of the time. Not only were people afraid that Greece would cause another credit crisis, but also Portugal, Italy and Spain. At the height of the crisis, before the ECB stepped in, French bond yields were blowing out too. The specter of Spain being broken apart has to worry someone, somewhere.

Today, Spanish stocks are getting rocked, lower by 1.83%.

Here are the biggest losers on the IBEX35.

Also notable, the Spanish 10 yr is +8bps to 1.69% while the German is down 1bps to 0.44, increasing the spread to 125bps.

I don’t know have eloquent enough words to express my disappointment with society right now, in light of the tragic events in Las Vegas. Some of you animals are able to digest this sort of news and instantly spin it to whichever agenda you’re peddling for the day — but I just get dispirited. What sort of person perches up and fires into a crowd of people, reveling in the joys of a festival? Maybe it’s best I just stick to the markets moves right now — because there’s really not much else to be said.

Yep, gun stocks are sharply higher — due to the belief that this event will rejuvenate efforts to ban guns.

Gun maker stocks soaring in US premarket – American Outdoor Brands up 5%, Sturm Ruger & Co. up 4% #mandalaybay pic.twitter.com/DHEZTmTpo1

— Trista Kelley (@trista_kelley) October 2, 2017

Look for hotel/casino stocks to be bid lower: WYNN, MGM, CZR

Crude is sharply lower by 2.1%, while the dollar is +0.63% v the euro. Nasdaq futs are +15. The satanic worshippers love mass killings/war/death/mayhem, so do not expect stocks to trade off a bit.

I don’t see how airline stocks aren’t negatively effected by this. Who the heck wants to visit Vegas after this? Oh, that’s right, we live in America — everyone.

Spain is off by 1.5%, due to their MUH fascism. Everyone else is ripping higher.

Fascism has been rearing its ugly head all weekend in Spain and has delighted investors to no end. S&P futures are heading up now, +3 in early trade. Over in Europe, the optimism born in Spanish law and order has become somewhat infectious, delighting traders there to no end, sending DAX futs higher by 0.45%.

Gleaning from the good news in Europe, Asian markets are soon gearing up to rip ahead.

The copper trade is improving, as we speak, up by more than 0.8%.

Quite literally, nothing can stop the charge of higher indices that now posses both the gusto and fervor to envelope the bears who gambol about in search of malevolent detail. The accrual of gains, and the insipid rise of valuations, haven’t deterred markets from undergoing extreme bouts of hedonistic exploits — engrossed with endless abundances of hard liquor, narcotics, and interminable torrents of legal marijuana.

I am here to inform and educate all reading this treatise that equities shall rise forever, an ephemeral dream of psychdelic green mist and lavender splashes on top of soft mountains of ivory powder — fastidiously driven through hand crafted platinum cylinders into the nasal cavities of all of the finest people in America — the very smartest and wealthiest amongst us.

NASDAQ futures just upticked again, now +10. Enjoy the balance of your evening.

An anonymous Puerto Rican police officer called New York’s largest hispanic radio station, 97.9, to complain about the Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, and the Governor, Ricardo Rossello — saying they are putting on a grande show for the cameras, which is costing lives.

In a riveting 6 minutes on air, this anonymous police officer gives her take on things and how the Puerto Rican government is failing to provide people with basis necessities all because of politics.

“What they are doing, it’s an abuse. It looks like communism, in our own island. Let me tell you something, Boricuas are dying of hunger. The medics here, people are dying. The hospitals are in crisis.”

Her request: “we want the US to come in and take the Governor out. He is not doing anything. He is just around and around and everyone is like ‘oh how nice, the governor, he is going into the mud. He’s going into the water.’ And where is it? WHERE IS THE FOOD?”

Judging by these tweets, the United States has given up trying to find a diplomatic solution with N. Korea and will stop ‘being nice’ to them. Ergo, one can only deduce we are barreling into the maelstrom of a hot war with people armed to the teeth his hydrogen bombs and an unstable leader.

What the fuck did he mean by this?

I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017

…Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017

Being nice to Rocket Man hasn't worked in 25 years, why would it work now? Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed. I won't fail.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017