Jobs report Notes- May 5, 2016

 

Opinions expressed herein are those of Brett Ewing and S. Lance Mitchell and do not represent those of Centaurus Financial, Inc.

 

Jobs Report Helps Weak Dollar Thesis

 

  • Over the recent few months the rally in risk assets has begun to pull forward the likelihood of a raise in the FED funds rate
  • The US Dollar started rallying at the end of April & sure enough markets started falling
  • Many participants probably feel duped into believing the weak dollar rally & namely the extreme rallies that were seen in industrial, cyclical, emerging market companies
  • We believe that the rallies in these sectors were in fact not a dead cat bounce but a true trough in a multi-year decline the areas had been experiencing
  • We believe the real sea change case was only made stronger with the weak NFP number released today
  • Only creating 160k jobs gives the FED more fuel to continue a “gradual” policy which really means no hikes until we know for sure things have changed
  • This should continue the downtrend in the dollar and the snapback in valuations for cyclical & industrial companies
  • Market participants have severely discounted the tailwind of a weaker dollar in earnings & revenue results for these sectors & in the back half of 2016 we believe it will begin to show
  • Three individual names we like as case examples are Darling Ingredients (Ticker: DAR), Consol Energy (Ticker: CNX), & Colfax Corporation (Ticker: CFX)
  • Rearview mirror earnings are useless for these companies as we believe the numbers have troughed & on a go forward basis they should experience solid growth aided by a falling dollar

 

 

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