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<ul><li>Commodities will be the best-performing asset class once again in 2023, handing investors returns of more than 40%, according to Goldman Sachs.</li><li>The Wall Street bank said that while the first quarter may be “bumpy” due to economic weakness in the US and China, scarcities of raw materials from oil to natural gas and metals will boost prices after that.</li><li>The bank forecasts that Brent crude will climb to $105 a barrel in the final quarter of 2023, up from $82 today.</li></ul>

Commodities will be the best-performing asset class once again in 2023, handing investors returns of more than 40%, according to Goldman Sachs.The Wall Street bank said that while the first quarter may be “bumpy” due to economic weakness in the US and China, scarcities of raw materials from oil to natural gas and metals will boost prices after that.The bank forecasts that Brent crude will climb to $105 a barrel in the final quarter of 2023, up from $82 today.

<ul><li>The Federal Reserve has done a spectacular job of keeping inflation expectations “anchored” in this market, despite multi-decade high levels of inflation.</li><li>From the perspective of the Federal Reserve, it’s important to have well-anchored inflation expectations because this can help to keep actual inflation close to the central bank's target rate.</li><li>When inflation expectations are well-anchored, households and businesses are more likely to base their decisions on the assumption that inflation will remain stable and close to the target rate. </li></ul>

The Federal Reserve has done a spectacular job of keeping inflation expectations “anchored” in this market, despite multi-decade high levels of inflation.From the perspective of the Federal Reserve, it’s important to have well-anchored inflation expectations because this can help to keep actual inflation close to the central bank's target rate.When inflation expectations are well-anchored, households and businesses are more likely to base their decisions on the assumption that inflation will remain stable and close to the target rate. 

<ul><li>US manufacturing contracted in November for the first time since May 2020 as output weakened in the face of a third-straight month of shrinking orders.</li><li>According to data released Thursday, the ISM’s gauge of factory activity slid to 49 from 50.2 in the prior month.</li><li>The measure has fallen in five of the last six months and stands below 50, the threshold separating expansion and contraction, for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns.</li></ul>

US manufacturing contracted in November for the first time since May 2020 as output weakened in the face of a third-straight month of shrinking orders.According to data released Thursday, the ISM’s gauge of factory activity slid to 49 from 50.2 in the prior month.The measure has fallen in five of the last six months and stands below 50, the threshold separating expansion and contraction, for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns.

<ul><li>The world economy will be as weak next year as it was in 2009 after the financial crisis as the conflict in Ukraine risks becoming a “forever war,” the Institute of International Finance said.</li><li>Global growth is expected to slow to 1.2% in 2023, according to the IIF.</li><li>The slowdown will be led by Europe, which is impacted most by the war, according to the IIF. </li></ul>

The world economy will be as weak next year as it was in 2009 after the financial crisis as the conflict in Ukraine risks becoming a “forever war,” the Institute of International Finance said.Global growth is expected to slow to 1.2% in 2023, according to the IIF.The slowdown will be led by Europe, which is impacted most by the war, according to the IIF. 

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<li>Despite $IWM already hitting our price target at 200-day MA/YTD downtrend, and the $SPX getting to within 1% of our target at 200-day MA, we see this 1.5-month rally continuing.</li>
<li>We expect further upside as long as the 1.5-month uptrend channels remain intact on the SPX and IWM, and we believe that breakouts above their 200-day MAs could be coming</li>
<li>Breakouts above their 200-day MAs that would likely signal the end to this bear market.</li>
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Despite $IWM already hitting our price target at 200-day MA/YTD downtrend, and the $SPX getting to within 1% of our target at 200-day MA, we see this 1.5-month rally continuing.
We expect further upside as long as the 1.5-month uptrend channels remain intact on the SPX and IWM, and we believe that breakouts above their 200-day MAs could be coming
Breakouts above their 200-day MAs that would likely signal the end to this bear market.


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Crude oil is a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials. Crude oil can be refined to produce usable products such as gasoline, diesel and various forms of petrochemicals. It is a nonrenewable resource, also known as a fossil fuel, which means that it can't be replaced naturally at the rate we consume it and is therefore a limited resource.

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Despite $IWM already hitting our price target at its 200-day MA/YTD downtrend, & the $SPX getting to within 1% of our target at its 200-day MA, we...

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