Good Morning Everyone!
Eggs prices in the U.S. are down 50% since peaking in December 2022.
Prices as of 4 pm EST, 2/7/23; % YTD
MARKET UPDATE
Jay Powell
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Goods inflation coming down with shortages and supply chains easing
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Focus shifting to ‘super-core services inflation’, basically services inflation less housing
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That metric tends to have a high influence from wages
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With the strong employment Report we just saw, this has to be a concern for Powell
Market reaction to Powell
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Stocks down then up, 2% swing
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Bond yields up but back down this morning
Next two Fed meetings
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March 22
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May 3
Crude $78 +1%
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API numbers better than expected
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
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Debuted an updated Bing search engine integrated with ChatGPT
Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
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Google has 90% of the search market share
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To discuss their own AI products in Search and Maps today at 8:30 a.m.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
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Continues internal test of its upcoming “buy now, pay later” service
nearing a public release
Autos
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Used car prices ticked up in January after 7 consecutive months of decline
Earnings
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Vertex (NASDAQ:VTNR) flat Q4 inline revenues
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Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) -5% top and bottom line miss, delivery down 15%
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Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) +14% Q4 better than expected, guide also better
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Prudential (NYSE:PRU) +1% miss in the qtr, buyback below street
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CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) +2% Quarter was fine but focus on the deal with Oak Street Health
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Uber (NYSE:UBER) +7% Q4 in-line, guide is better than feared
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Emerson (NYSE:EMR) -3% revenues inline, EPS below street
CRYPTO UPDATE
AI-focused crypto
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Avg AI-based token is up 80% over past week
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AGIX +233%
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GRT +122%
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FET +100%
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JPMorgan’s recent e-Trading report
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AI/machine learning: most influential trend next 3 years
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Institutional traders shifting focus
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From blockchain → AI
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Death cross
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Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) weekly 50MA has never crossed below 200MA (ever)
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Looks unlikely to stay that way
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Bitcoin just saw “golden cross” on daily chart
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