1. US equities resemble Wile E. Coyote

2. Credit is cracking, credit-sensitive equities aren’t

3. Crude Oil’s Currency Playbook

US equities resemble Wile E. Coyote

Both the S&P500 and NASDAQ are around 1 sigma rich.Since the conflict in Iran began, Qi’s macro-warranted model value has fallen5.5% for the former, nearly 7% for the latter.

The big driver pushing Qi model value lower is the movewider in credit spreads & the rise in interest rate volatility. Equitiesare lagging this tightening of financial conditions.

This bearish divergence shifts the risk-reward in US equities to the downside. Other forces (chart support?) may help explain equities relative resilience. But note macro explains 90% and 87% of the S&P500 and the NASDAQ respectively.

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