The DC Today - Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/3rRaJTS

The Dow was up for the 12th market day in a row, the longest streak since February of 2017 … (the ancient history of 6.5 years ago, back when I was much younger).

Hong Kong and China stocks rallied hard (+4%) as Chinese leadership pledged more “support” for their property sector. What could go wrong? Some “worry” China will “succeed” in fighting their disinflation this way, and that it will leave a global economy too hot and make things harder for central banks. Some people, though, are idiots.

WTI Crude oil broke through its 200-day moving average and is now a whisker from $80.

I will be paying more attention to the threat of labor union strikes in the coming days and weeks. One strike here and one strike there (particularly in something as niche as Hollywood writers) doesn’t grab me from a purely macroeconomic sense. But four new strikes and a couple big ones (like, you know, the UAW), and I do wonder what kind of impact it may have on select companies and sectors.

Off we go …

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