In terms of the technicals, the Technology sector is way overbought. The Energy and Telco sectors are way oversold. There are far better technicians than me that you can read every day on Twitter, TheStreet, Seeking Alpha, and the various … Continued
Per Thomson Reuter’s “This Week in Earnings” (by the numbers) as of 7/7/17: Fwd 4-qtr estimate: $139.21 P.E ratio: 17.5(x) PEG ratio: 1.82(x) SP 500 earnings yld: 5.74%, nice increase over last week’s 5.56% Year-over-year growth rate of fwd est: … Continued
Lots of angst around the QQQ’s and the “head-and-shoulders” that looks to be in place (according to some technicians). The June 8th reversal for the semiconductor sector and the QQQ’s was significant. Here is how the Q’s and some key … Continued
95 of the Sp 500 companies have reported Q1 ’17 earnings as of Friday, April 21, ’17 per Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. By the end of this coming week, April 28, ’17, about half the SP 500 will have reported their … Continued
Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S data (by the numbers): Forward 4-quarter estimate: $131.50 vs last week’s $131.95 P.E ratio:17.6(x) PEG ratio: 2.24(x) SP 500 earnings yield: 5.68% Year-over-year growth of the forward estimate: 7.88% vs last week’s 7.71% and still shy of … Continued
Updating this article from the last week of December, 2016 and this article from early, 2017, here is an update to the three favored sectors as Q4 ’16 earnings season began: FC – sectorupwardrev122516 (The spreadsheet is dated 12/25/16, but the … Continued
The top three sectors that are expected to offer strong results with potential “upside surprises” for Q4 ’16: Energy Technology Financials Energy should have the best “upside” in terms of Q4 ’16 earnings growth simply because I suspect the Energy … Continued
“With all thy getting, get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7) My first job real job in the investment business was as a municipal credit analyst back in early 1990 for Clayton Brown & Associates, a small, regional broker-dealer here in Chicago, and … Continued
fc-sectorupwardrev122516 Click on the above Excel spreadsheet to show the three sectors that have seen upward revision to forward earnings growth, at a time when the pattern is usually downward, in terms of the direction of expected earnings growth revisions. … Continued
sector_snapshots_120116_42i-1 – A quick snapshot from Bespoke’s regular Thursday Sector update, shows that Technology is officially oversold. Not a surprise if you’ve been watching the trading action of late. All the FANG stocks, i.e. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google are down … Continued