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- Brexit update. Boris Johnson, the former Mayor of London and leader of the “leave” campaign has removed himself from consideration as the next leader of the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party, who would become Prime Minister (PM) once current PM David Cameron leaves by early September. Others who have announced plans to seek the job include reluctant “remain” supporter Teresa May, “remain” supporter Stephen Crabb, and “leave” supporters Michael Gove and Liam Fox. May and Gove are currently the favorites to take the job, with Gove lining up to the hard-line Brexiter and May taking a somewhat softer approach. The rebound in financial markets over the past several days after the post Brexit sell-off on Friday June 24 and Monday June 27 suggest that most market participants now expect “Brexit Light” (the U.K. retains trade relationships with the EU but restricts immigration) to occur, or for the U.K. to remain in the EU even though the vote was to leave.
- New claims for unemployment rose 10,000 to 268,000 in the week ending June 25, as claims stabilize near 40-year lows after recent distortions. More distortions loom, however, as the end of the school year and the annual auto plant shutdowns are on the horizon. Claims are down 17,000 from their level 26 weeks ago. In the past, claims need to rise more than 75,000 over a six-month (26-week) period to indicate a recession, so clearly there is no recession signal from claims. The level of claims continues to point to a solid labor market, but we will continue to watch it closely.
- Wave of dividends and share repurchases follows successful bank stress tests. All 31 U.S. banks that were reviewed under round two of the Federal Reserve Bank’s (Fed) bank stress tests (known as the Capital Analysis & Review, or CCAR) received passing grades last night, although approval for one (Morgan Stanley) was conditional upon submitting a revised capital plan and two U.S. subsidiaries of European banks failed the test. The overall net payout (dividends plus share repurchases relative to earnings) for this group will increase 11% overall, a solid result generally above analysts’ expectations. These results should help provide much needed support for the financials sector struggling with low interest rates. Financials are the worst S&P 500 sector performer of 2016 with a 4.5% loss year to date, compared with the S&P 500’s +2.5% total return.
- Another big bounce. The S&P 500 gained another 1.7% yesterday, on the heels of gaining 1.8% the day before. This was the best two-day bounce since the February lows; of course, it came on the heels of the worst two-day drop since last August. That streak eventually made it to six in a row. Also, the past four days have all moved at least 1.5%, for the first time since November 2011. With one day to go in the quarter, the S&P 500 is up 0.5% in the second quarter. This could be the third straight quarterly gain.
- Beware the last day of the month. Today is the final trading session in June. It is worth noting that the final trading day of the month has been historically weak recently. In fact, the last trading day of the month was up only twice all of last year, the lowest since 1932. Turning to this year, it has been higher only once and that was in January. Lastly, going back to 1980, the last day of June has been higher only 41.7% of the time, the lowest for any month. Today on the LPL Research blog we will take a closer look at what this could mean.
Monitoring the Week Ahead
Thursday
- Bullard (Hawk)
- Germany: Unemployment Change (June)
- Eurozone: CPI (June)
- China: Official Mfg. PMI (June)
- China: Caixin Mfg. PMI (June)
- Japan: Tankan Survey (Q2)
- Japan: CPI (May)
Friday
- ISM: Mfg. (June)
- Vehicle Sales (June)
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