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The Smallcap Newsletter QualityStocks Report 6/7/07
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After being down as much as 125 points on the Dow, and all three major averages off 0.9% at their lows, the bulls made a late-day effort Tuesday to pare market losses. However, that effort was a losing one as the bears held the upper hand in today's trading
The main excuse for taking some money off the table today was predicated largely on bond yields hitting their highest levels since last summer.
In the midst of another slow news day, all eyes this morning were on Fed Chairman Bernanke; investors were hoping he might drop some hints of a possible rate cut. To the dismay of both stock and bond investors, his prepared remarks about housing and the economy offered nothing new compared to recently released minutes from the May 9 FOMC meeting.
Throw in the strongest reading on the ISM Services Index since April 2006 and bond traders became increasingly convinced that the Fed is far from easing anytime soon. Fed funds futures now price in less than a 10% chance of a rate cut by November.
Goldman Sachs, which had been expecting the Fed to cut the overnight lending rate 75 basis points to 4.50% this year, altered its view today and now doesn't see any rate cuts at all in 2007.
The absence of any upside sector leadership also posed a problem for the bulls to extend the S&P 500's winning streak to seven and close the broader market at another new all-time high.
Of the 10 sectors closing lower, Utilities paced the way as rising bond yields made the sector's income-oriented appeal less attractive. The rate-sensitive Financials sector also suffered as the yield on the 10-year note closed at a nine-month high of 4.97%. The yield on the 5-year note hit 5.00% for the first time since August.
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