Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel on why this upcoming FOMC meeting is important
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HEADING FOR A NEARLY 19%
DECLINE DURING THAT SPAN. RIGHT
NOW, THOSE SHARES OFF 3% IN
TODAY'S TRADING, WHICH NOW
TAKES US ALL TO OUR TALK OF THE
TAPE, IS THE MARKET ROTATION
HERE TO STAY? LET'S ASK THE
WHARTON SCHOOL PROFESSOR OF
FINANCE WISDOMTREE CHIEF
ECONOMIST JEREMY SIEGEL.
PROFESSOR SIEGEL, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE.
AS I'VE LAID OUT THE MARKET
ACTION AND WE KIND OF ALLUDE TO
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT
WEEK WITH THE FED AND INTEREST
RATES. JUST HOW MUCH OF THIS
MARKET RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE
DEPENDENT ON JUST A HANDFUL OF
KEY SECTORS. AND THEN, OF
COURSE, FUTURE INTEREST RATE
POLICY?
>> YEAH, BOTH.
>> I MEAN.
>> IT'S SOME OF THE
FLUCTUATIONS HAVE BEEN WILD. I
THINK WEDNESDAY WAS THE BIGGEST
DROP OF MAG-7 VERSUS THE S&P IN
FOUR YEARS. AND YOU KNOW
THERE'S SOME SOME ANALYSTS I'D
SAY SHOULD WE EVEN CALL IT THE
MAG MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT MOONSHOT
COMPETITION MARGIN EROSION. AND
ON TOP OF THAT, AS YOU RIGHTLY
MENTIONED, NEXT WEEK IS VERY
IMPORTANT. WHAT WHAT IS KEVIN
WARSH THINK OF THIS OIL
INCREASE? YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS
AGO WE HAD WTI AT 70. NOW WTI
IS AT 90. AND YOU YOU YOU WERE
RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE.
BUT HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. AND
WE WE'VE SEEN HOPES BEING
DASHED IN IN THE PAST. WHAT IS
WARSH THINK OF THIS. I MEAN IS
HE IS HE WILLING TO LOOK PAST
THIS OR NOT. AND BY THE WAY, I
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE
SOME HAWKISH DISSENTS IN THE
MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
>> IN YEARS PAST, PROFESSOR,
WE'VE WE'VE HEARD AND MAYBE
HEARD SOME KIND OF, I GUESS
MAYBE SARCASM WITH REGARD TO
ONE WORD IN PARTICULAR THAT
CAME OUT OF THE FED AND JAY
POWELL'S FED BACK IN THE DAY.
THAT WAS THE WORD TRANSITORY.
WE DON'T REALLY USE IT THAT
MUCH ANYMORE THESE DAYS. BUT
STILL, THERE'S A FEELING THAT
THE THE TRANSITORY OR
TRANSITORY NATURE OF INFLATION
IS GOING TO BE A HUGE FOCUS FOR
THE FED, FOR INVESTORS. IS
THERE MAYBE THAT HAWKISH TILT?
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO EVER
VIEW SOMETHING AS TRANSITORY IN
TERMS OF INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
AND THEN BE CAUGHT AT LEAST
BLINDSIDED BY IT?
>> YOU'RE PERFECTLY RIGHT. I
MEAN, TRANSITORY UNDER POWELL,
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING THE COVID
INFLATION, YOU KNOW, REALLY
BECAME A A WORD LIKE HE SAID,
LET'S RETIRE THAT WORD SO THAT
THAT FEAR. BUT BUT THERE IS A
GOOD GOOD POINT. I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, LET'S HOPE THIS WAR IS
GOING TO BE OVER. OIL IS GOING
TO GO BACK DOWN. OIL WILL BE IN
SURPLUS GOING BACK TO 60. SO
THIS IS A MUCH BETTER
TRANSITORY STORY, HONESTLY,
THAN ANYTHING OVER COVID, WHEN
THE GOVERNMENT WAS SPENDING
TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND THE FED WAS, YOU
KNOW, I THINK RECKLESSLY JUST
EXPANDING THE MONEY SUPPLY. SO
THERE IS A CASE THAT IF YOU
TAKE WHAT'S CALLED THOSE LONG
TERM EXPECTATIONS, THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFLATION
PROTECTED BONDS AND THE
STANDARD BONDS, WE HAVE NOT
SEEN ANYWHERE NEAR AS MUCH OF A
WIDENING SOMETHING. THE FED
CALLS A FIVE YEAR, FIVE YEAR,
WHICH IS LOOKING BEYOND THE
FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS CYCLICAL
AND FAR OUT, HAS NOT SEEN ANY
REALLY APPRECIABLE INCREASE IN
INFLATION EXPECTATION. NOW, IF
WARSH WANTS TO KEEP HOLDING AND
MAKES THE CASE FOR THAT, I'M
SURE HE'S GOING TO BRING THAT
UP. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
SEEING INFLATION IN THAT. THOSE
CORE NUMBERS, BEYOND JUST THE
ENERGY THAT I THINK ARE GOING
TO SPEAK UP AND SAY, LISTEN,
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TIME TO
RAISE AT LEAST A QUARTER OF A
POINT. SO I'M REALLY WEDNESDAY
IS GOING TO BE A REALLY IN
IMPORTANT DAY IN IN ADDITION TO
ALL THESE EARNINGS, OF COURSE,
THAT ARE COMING OUT EVERY DAY.
>> HOW MUCH DO INTEREST RATE
EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT EXACTLY
THEY COULD DO FROM HERE FACTOR
INTO WHETHER OR NOT THIS MARKET
IN YOUR MIND IS FAIR, VALUED,
OVERVALUED, OR UNDERVALUED? I
WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, EARLIER
TODAY, WE HAD TALKED ON THE
HALFTIME REPORT ABOUT BANK OF
AMERICA'S MICHAEL HARTNETT
ISSUING A NOTE TO CLIENTS
SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT YET SEE
THE LEVEL OF INTEREST RATES AS
A THREAT TO ANYTHING BUT BONDS,
BULL MARKET IN RISK ASSETS. I
MEAN, THAT MEANS EVEN AT 4.7%
APPROACHING FIVE, THAT IT'S NOT
AN AREA THAT WE THINK IT'S
GOING TO DERAIL THE GROWTH AND
EARNINGS THESIS AROUND THE
FUNDAMENTALS IN THE MARKET.
DOES THAT SEEM TO CLICK WITH
WHAT YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT
YOUR ANALYSIS SAYS ABOUT THE
MARKET THESE DAYS?
>> NOT NOT YET A THREAT. BUT
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE
HIGHS OF THE INTEREST RATES WE
SAW WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN POWELL
WAS STEPPING ON THE BRAKES,
REALLY HARD TO TO STOP A MUCH
HIGHER INFLATION THREE AND FOUR
YEARS AGO NOW. YOU KNOW, I LIKE
TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S CALLED
THE YOU KNOW, THE TIPS YIELD,
THE INFLATION ADJUSTED YIELD.
THAT TEN YEAR HAS GONE TO 2.5%.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A
20PE STOCK MARKET, WHICH IS
PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE NOW
WITH THESE DECLINES. THAT'S A
5% YIELD REAL ON THE MARKET. SO
THERE'S STILL A MARGIN THERE,
2.5% THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER
THAN HISTORICALLY. BUT IT'S
STILL AN EDGE THAT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT ON STOCKS VERSUS
BONDS. SO I WOULD AGREE NOT YET
A THREAT. BUT IF WE SEE THOSE
REAL YIELDS CONTINUE TO RISE
THERE'S NO QUESTION. I MEAN
THAT'S THE OTHER
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This segment explores current market dynamics, focusing on the potential for rotation, the impact of the 'Magnificent Seven' performance, and the influence of upcoming Federal Reserve policies amidst fluctuating oil prices and inflation concerns. Jeremy Siegel discusses the differences between the current transitory inflation narrative compared to the COVID-19 era and analyzes whether current interest rate levels pose a threat to the stock market's valuation.
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