Market breadth expanding as 8 of 11 sectors above 20dma (vs 2 last month). 4 reasons "fresh capital” should invest in Industrials. 17 stock ideas.

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As we move into the second week of June, our confidence that S&P 500 will gain >20% in 2023 has increased. The decisive upside breakout last week helps, as are signs that inflationary pressures are easing (May jobs report wages). To me, 3 things will be key over the next month and all of these will have an impact (of sorts) on our thesis:

First, May CPI (released June 13th) is critical, and as of this writing, core CPI MoM <0.4% and YoY <5.5% would strengthen the case for a Fed pause (inflation falling). The rate of change matters as much as the level (too high). Second, will the Fed tolerate the recent easing of financial conditions (FCI) and rise in FAANG? In our view, FAANG via AI and labor substitution are solving wage inflation pressures (longer term), so it would be at the opposing end if the Fed wanted to end the rise of FAANG. Sort of, since FAANG will still invest in such products $META $AMZN $AMD $AAPL $NFLX $NVDA $GOOGL $TSLA Third, we believe market breadth is notably expanding in the past week. 8 of 11 sectors (GICS Level 1) are now tradi...

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