Has the Bull Market Arrived?

Coming off the heels of hitting a new high for the S&P 500, we’ll talk about how, why, and what it means that we are in a bull market. We’ll then examine the latest on earnings, inflation, and the effect of a massive cash surplus. With some football talk mixed in, we finish by taking a broader perspective to look back on lessons we learned in a post-COVID cycle. 

Key Takeaways

• [00:18] - China stumbles while the US market surges
• [03:45] - We’re calling it: we’re in a bull market
• [09:29] - Prices/costs, inflation, and the earnings outlook
• [15:17] - Could the surplus of cash drive the markets even higher?
• [18:32] - Truflation reaches the Fed’s goal of being under 2%
• [22:03] - Reflections on a post-COVID market cycle

Links

• Ro: the long game remains undefeated
• Jason Kelce helps girl get a message to Taylor Swift during the Chiefs-Bills game
• The equal-weight S&P 500's forward PE is 18, the lowest valuation for the index on an S&P 500 record high day since January 2020
• Timmer: Rising tides lift most boats
• WSJ: Wall Street hopes trillions in money-market funds will flow into stocks and bonds
• Truflation: CPI Drops Below 2%: Fed Inflation Target Reached
• Bilello: What does sitting in cash cost you?

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