We were amused to report early on Monday that just as oil was trading within pennies of $46 and set to tumble, while US equity futures were about to commence their biggest two day gain in two months, none other than Dennis Gartman chimed in with yet another can't miss "prediction" when he said that "it is time to buy crude oil and to sell equity futures, with the only problem now to decide how to weight the position."
Yesterday, in an impassioned appeal to the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere, Minneapolis Fed Neel Kashkari said that the Fed is "here to serve Main Street" the same main street which currencly has $8.4 trillion in savings accounts currently earning exactly 0% in interest. Yet it wasn't Main Street but Wall Street that the Fed listened to once again last Wednesday, May 4, when the Fed's Advisory Council which comprises of 12 bankers such as James Gorman, Richard Holbrook, and John Stumpf, advised the Fed on how to conduct future monetary policy.
Several days ago, hedge fund legend Stan Druckenmiller spoke at the Sohn Conference, delivering what may have been his most bearish fire and brimstone sermon yet, and in fact according to some buysiders who were present, its somber mood and lack of faux optimism was downright apocalyptic.
The pain for specialty pharma companies continues.
Yesterday afternoon, Endo International PLC - an "Irish" company that was one of the last tax inversions completed before the Treasury cracked down on the practice - reported not only that its losses deepened in its latest quarter, pressured by an asset impairment charge, but also slashed guidance citing higher competition and lower generics pricing.
Ahead of the most important macroeconomic event of the week, US nonfarm payrolls (Exp. +200,000, down from 215,000 and following a very poor ADP report two days ago), the markets have that sinking feeling again.