CPI Excludes Meals–Have You Seen the ETF DBA? | Mish’s Market Minute

Perhaps it is simply Valentine’s Day, so the meals and commodities market sees a push to candies, flowers, and wonderful eating.

And perhaps not.

The CPI got here out with an surprising rise…however items remained softer. Companies however, rose. Nonetheless, the CPI excludes meals and vitality costs.

We see no aid in lots of the agricultural commodities within the Investor DB Agricutural Fund ETF. The underlying index contains corn, soybeans, wheat, Kansas Metropolis wheat, sugar, cocoa, espresso, cotton, dwell cattle, feeder cattle, lean hogs, and, most lately, livestock.

The funding seeks to trace adjustments, whether or not constructive or unfavorable, within the stage of the DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Extra Return™ (the “index”) over time, plus the curiosity revenue from the Fund’s holdings of primarily US Treasury securities and cash market revenue much less the Fund’s bills.

If you wish to monitor how the Fed is doing controlling actual inflation, whatever the inverted yield curve, the rise in lengthy bond yields and even the U.S. greenback holding assist…

Earlier than we assessment the chart, our quant fashions have a number of commodities holdings. Specifically, the Sector Conservative, Sector Average, and GEMS fashions maintain metals and oil exploration. Apparently, we additionally maintain SOXL or the 3-times leveraged Semiconductor bull (since January eleventh).

Chips and commodities are the place it is at proper now. That makes chips as worthwhile as say, sugar (one of many largest holdings in DBA). And talking of sugar, the futures are holding latest highs. One other blast increased in sugar and extra chaos might ensue, as we now have written about many occasions. Here is a timely article written in April 2020!!!

The CPI quantity excludes meals. Nonetheless, so far, whereas meals costs have declined from the height in July 2022, meals inflation sits at 10%. Meals at house is 11.3% and meals away from house at 8.2%.

Circling again to the DBA chart, the value rose to clear all the prior motion since October 2022. Nonetheless, the 200-day transferring common looms giant as resistance with at present’s excessive. Additionally noteworthy is that DBA is now outperforming the benchmark in line with our Leadership indicator.

Real Motion had a breakout and diversion to the upside, because the momentum cleared over the 200-DMA and popped to new highs not seen since final September. The diversion is that the momentum indicator cleared the 200-DMA whereas value has but to substantiate. One thing to be careful for.

With the 4 indices nonetheless rangebound, these persevering with bullish developments in probably the most important factor on the planet–FOOD–should preserve these specializing in A) disinflation and B) a fed pivot a bit quieter.

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• S&P 500 (SPY): 420 resistance with 390-400 assist.
• Russell 2000 (IWM): 190 pivotal assist and 202 main resistance.
• Dow (DIA): 343.50 resistance, 338 assist.
• Nasdaq (QQQ): Good comeback–still 2 inside weeks working, so watch 311 as level to clear or fail from.
• Regional banks (KRE): 65.00 resistance, 61 assist.
• Semiconductors (SMH): 248 cleared with the chips rout–254.60 final week’s excessive.
• Transportation (IYT): The 23-month MA is 244–now resistance, 228 assist.
• Biotechnology (IBB): Sideways motion 130-139 vary.
• Retail (XRT): 78.00 the 23-month MA resistance and nearest assist 68.00.

Mish Schneider

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