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  • The Health Care Sector ($XLV) dropped -5.5% this week, marking its worst week in four years. It's now the weakest sector YTD (+5.2%) and the only negative sector QTD (-6.2%).
  • Donovan points out that $XLV is testing the 2022 highs, around $140. Relapsing into this multi-year range would be a major setback for the fourth-largest sector of the S&P 500.
  • The largest stocks in $XLV and their weightings are:
    1.) $LLY - Eli Lilly & Co. (11.7%)
    2.) $UNH - UnitedHealth Group (10.3%)
    3.) $JNJ - Jonson & Johnson (6.9%)
    4.) $ABBV - AbbVie Inc. (5.7%)
    5.) $MRK - Merck & Co. ( 4.7%)
The Takeaway: The Health Care Sector ($XLV) is testing a critical level around $140 after retracing its entire breakout from earlier this year. Losing this level would be a major setback for the fourth-largest sector of the S&P 500.








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All of that pales into nothing when this:


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This is AUSTERITY.


Which can be a good thing or a very bad thing.


With a highly indebted government, austerity without restructuring the debt first is VERY BAD.


If 'they' restructure the debt first, then austerity will be ultimately a good thing.


So what does it look like if they cut spending before restructuring the debt?

It looks like this:


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USD higher = everything else lower.


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A rise in POO exacerbates that effect.


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As I have previously stated, Trump is trying to play Reagan's game of the early 1980's. Conditions are radically different this time. The US NIIP = (-70%+). That cannot work if Trump tries to play Reagan's blueprint. Ignoring the NIIP for a moment, China et al can buy commodities in their own currencies. Massive change in circumstances, which has really significant implications for the US.


Trump needs a weaker USD. How weak? How about USD = 70. That is lower by 36. A 33% devaluation.


Markets could become really volatile into next year and the change in administrations unless the Biden administration or the Fed act to bring the USD down now.


jog on

duc


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