This industry is on the cusp of a renaissance⦠[RiskHedge Report] [Stephen McBride]
I haven't frozen to death yet... By Stephen McBride - RiskHedge The latest CPI reading is good for stocks... Are we headed for a recession?... An update on Europeâs energy crisis... And why these stocks are among my top picks for 2023... - Inflation looks to have peaked⦠and thatâs great for stock market investors. The latest US inflation numbers hit the wire last week. Prices jumped 7.1% from a year ago. This is a good sign for the stock market. I know what youâre thinking: âStephen, inflation is still sky-high. Surely that canât be good for stocks?â But as Iâve said before... the annual inflation rate isnât what matters for the stock market. What investors need to watch is the direction of inflation. In other words, is the inflation rate rising or falling? Thatâs the dividing line for stock market returns. Since 1928, the S&P 500 posted average annual gains of 6.7% when inflation was rising. But when inflation fell, stocks posted annual gains of 16.5%, on average. Thatâs a Grand-Canyon-sized difference. Inflation remains at nosebleed levels... but the direction of inflation peaked in June and has been trending down for five straight months. Novemberâs inflation reading was the lowest of 2022. I dug into how stocks performed each time inflation peaked over the past 70 years. The S&P 500 jumped 16% over the next 12 months, on average. Inflation could remain elevated over the coming months. But as I first said in my September 1 issue of Disruption Investor, I believe itâs peaked directionally⦠and that means now is the time to load up on your favorite stocks. - The big debate: Are we headed for a recession? The Wall Street Journal polled a group of leading economists about the odds of a recession last week. Economists pegged the chances of an economic downturn in the next year at over 60%. Thatâs only the third time the probability has been above 50% going back to 2006. [Only Available Through Midnight Tonight] Investors who parked money in these stocks couldâve avoided BIG losses in 2022. [Click here today to see how to take advantage in 2023.]( (From our partners.) Everywhere I look financial commentators are predicting a recession. The talking heads on CNBC think itâs a foregone conclusion. Does that mean a recession is a foregone conclusion? Predictions and surveys are one thing. Itâs another to look at whatâs actually happening: Folks are still spending and traveling like crazy... In a recent interview, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said, âIf I didnât watch CNBC⦠the word recession wouldnât be in my vocabulary. You canât see [a recession] in our data.â Sportswear giant Nike reported earnings earlier this week. Revenues jumped close to 20% and it said: âOur Black Friday and Cyber Week performance set record highs.â This past quarter, folks spent a near-record $20 billion in Disneyâs theme parks. Does any of this signal âeconomic slowdownâ to you? Whether America avoids a recession or not is very important for investors. If the economy holds up, it means stocks have likely bottomed. Going back to the 1950s, the average non-recessionary bear market saw a 24% decline in stocks. At its October lows, the S&P 500 was down 24.9%.  But if weâre running toward a slowdown, stocks likely have further to fall. Over the past seven decades, the average recessionary bear market saw stocks fall 36%. - I have good news⦠Iâm not freezing to death. Long-time RiskHedge Report readers know I live in Dublin, Ireland⦠A few months ago, the headlines said Europeans would freeze to death this winter due to surging energy costs related to the Russia-Ukraine war. Although my energy bill roughly tripled over the past year, Iâm happy to report I havenât frozen to death, yet. In fact, since spiking to record highs in August, natural gas prices in Europe have fallen over 60%. Source: Tradingeconomics.com In short, European nations averted a crisis by ordering record amounts of energy during the summer. Enough to get folks through a long, cold winter. At one point, 60 ships carrying billions of dollarsâ worth of natural gas were anchored off the coastlines waiting to dock and unload. To be clear, Europe didnât solve its energy problem⦠it simply kicked the can down the road. The real issue is Europe consumes A LOT more power than it produces. It relied on Russia for most of its oil and gas. But that supply has largely been cut off due to the ongoing war. - Nuclear power is the ultimate solution to this problem. [As weâve discussed recently](, nuclear is the safest, cleanest, and often cheapest form of energy known to man. Europe has been moving away from nuclear power for decades. Thatâs something you can afford to do during âgood timesâ when energy is cheap and abundant. But times are changing⦠When faced with the choice between nuclear power and nationwide blackouts, Europe will choose to keep the lights on. In fact, weâre already seeing this shift... Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany announced itâs keeping its three remaining nuclear power plants open. Belgium proposed to keep its nuclear plants running for another decade. And Poland signed a deal with the US company Westinghouse (now partly owned by Cameco) to build its first nuclear power plant. Weâre on the cusp of a nuclear renaissance. Nuclear-related stocks like uranium producers are among my top picks for 2023. Stephen McBride
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