Updating "Granny Shots" adding 7 names, deleting 9 -- seasonals favor inflection in "Pure Growth" + further upside in "Quality Defensive"

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STRATEGY: Updating "Granny Shots" adding 7 names, deleting 9 -- seasonals favor inflection in "Pure Growth" + further upside in "Quality Defensive"

Market shows resilience given macro headwinds. S&P 500 > 200D = good
We are 3 trading days into April, and S&P 500 is up modestly (+0.3%) and narrowed YTD losses to -4.3%. This shows resilience in equites given the macro headwinds and increased Fed hawkishness:

- Fed cumulative hikes for December 2020 is now 8.84 hikes (each hike = 25bp)
- this is up from 8 hikes at end of March

1Q2022 earnings season starts next week and stocks are biding their time at the moment. We think it is a good sign that the S&P 500 is managing to hold above the 200D, in the face of bad news.

- when a stock/ index is > 200D, that is considered being in an uptrend
- this can change, of course
- hence, hopefully, stocks can hold gains in the face of bad news
- and if there is "good news" (not a lot lately), then equities can further build upon gains

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...hedge funds likely primary "buying power" in the next 3-6 monthsJPMorgan's prime brokerage team (JPM PB) March monthly report is pretty revealing, as it shows March was a month of intense de-ri...

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