Rising commodity prices could kill soft landing narrative, are “bull market kryptonite”

<p>An analyst at US financial firm Raymond James says not to take your eye off steadying and rising commodity prices. </p><ul><li>“The rally in equities globally since October has been built
partially on the continued decline in commodity pricing, which has
helped U.S. and European consumers, lowered the inflation
outlook/rates, and generally helped build a narrative of “soft
landing” around capital markets,” </li><li>

“However, since
late May, the Bloomberg commodity index has been moving up (~10%),
and though still down on the year, it’s worth paying attention to,
because continued commodity inflation has the chance of transitioning
the dominant narrative from ‘soft landing’ back to ‘stagflation’,
essentially returning to summer/fall 2022 narratives.”</li></ul><p>Says they could poison the equity market, acting as “bull market kryptonite".</p><p>—</p><p>Earlier I posted on what JPM is watching to prompt an end to the bull market:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/jp-morgan-us-stock-mkt-concentration-highest-60-years-watch-ai-frenzy-for-selloff-sign-20230724/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">JP Morgan: US stock mkt concentration highest 60 years. Watch AI frenzy for selloff sign.</a></li></ul><p>Weekly candles showing what a great year for equities 2023 has been so far.</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.