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Infrastructure bills roll through Congress…Pelosi trying to assuage progressives
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Act (BIA) and Build Back Better Act (BBBA) wait for House votes
- BIA likely passes House, gives moderate Dem’s a win – BIA is popular in swing districts
- Dem’s know they need something to campaign on heading into ’22 mid-terms
- BIA has 4 committed GOP votes – 7 progressive Dem’s can vote nay and bill still passes
- If BIA passes, moderate Dems have little motivation to vote in favor of unpopular BBBA
- Progressive Dem’s insistent on two bills being voted as single package
- Odds are that Biden’s $3.5T proposal passed only if $’s are drastically reduced
- IF BBBA passes, we believe the spend over time is more like $5 – $7 trillion
- Fed will finance by issuing new bonds…more money creation and inflation pressure
Tax policy will be the next debate in DC…worst case scenario likely averted
- If BIA lives, the BBBA likely dies…AND tax hikes on corporations/individuals are muted
- Extreme policies getting traction…taxing unrealized gains as income? Won’t happen
- Seeing downward revisions for economic growth and earnings – > regulation and taxes
- IF tax policy more onerous than anticipated, corporate earnings and risk taking in general become impaired and stock market will take notice…
- Republicans no shoe-ins for ’22 mid-terms – look at Newsom’s landslide victory in CA
Should investors be concerned about debt ceiling? We are not…
- Debt ceiling negotiations typically cause only near-term volatility (next few days/weeks)
- There have been 6 previous government shutdowns longer than 1 day since 1990
- Data suggests that markets DO NOT react meaningfully to government shutdowns
- Shutdown, if occurs, will be very short as Democrat’s can resolve issue on their own
- Given Afghanistan debacle, do Dem’s want to further global confidence in US? No.
- Extended shutdown will increase the search for alternatives to US $ as reserve currency
- Q3 earnings/economic growth forecasts are fundamental drivers of asset prices in medium term
- Why are analysts lowering 3Q earnings estimates? Likely supply chain worries…
Consumer spending strong heading into Q4/holiday season…but issues exist
- Port congestion increasing…container ships awaiting LA and Long Beach port entry has doubled to 73 ships in past few days
- Average wait times for ship entry are now ~ 3 days longer than August levels
- Double Trouble: unprecedented demand at ports AND transport Co’s struggling to hire
- Flowing through to companies: FDX , NKE and now BBBY
- Bulk shippers benefitting – Dry bulk shipping ETF (BDRY) +23% QTD and 362% YTD
- Employers concerned about vaccine mandates for businesses with 100+ employees…
- Holiday season blues: employees quit amidst holiday season? Implications for retailer’s revenues and earnings in busiest part of year?
Karol Krucinski, CFA is a Director of Portfolio Management at Timber Point Capital Management and Fortis Capital Advisors where he co-manages investment strategy implementation and portfolio construction while leading the firm’s Direct Indexing platform and trading oversight. His client work encompasses developing customized portfolio solutions and analysis of complex investment scenarios including concentrated positions and tax-sensitive transitions. Karol’s experience spans quantitative analysis, portfolio optimization and risk management across diverse asset classes.
Kirsten Stainer has extensive experience managing institutional and private investor relationships while structuring and leading capital formation efforts across both debt and equity strategies. In addition to her experience in real estate, Kirsten has led Series A and B raises at Founders Fund and Battery Ventures backed startups and scaled enterprise revenue streams with teams at JPMorgan Chase and Clearwater Analytics.
Manish Shah, J.D. has decades of experience investing across the capital stack and various alternative investment classes. He has served as a principal and manager of numerous real estate investments, including control equity, preferred equity, mezzanine and senior debt investments. His prior experience includes the turnaround of a publicly traded company (acquired NYSE: EMR) where he was responsible for business and real estate acquisitions and divestitures.
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