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Beware the Front Cover Effect!

Equities struggled last week and have seen weak breadth

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David Rosenberg
Dec 16, 2024
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Highlights

  • Equities struggled last week and have seen weak breadth

  • Many central bank actions ahead this week, including possible Chinese easing…

  • … setting up a bullish outlook for U.S. dollar when combined with a potentially hawkish Fed dot plot

  • Fiscal forces are a major driver of U.S. growth, with limited spending cuts on the horizon

Key Takeaways

Quiet Start, Struggling Markets

  • It is fairly quiet on all market fronts to kick off the week, but last week was indeed a struggle for both the stock and bond markets — the former also seeing much weaker breadth, which is a concern, including once-hot small-caps and the equal-weighted indices.

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