Not one but two charts this week caught the eye, the first being the bottom chart which shows “relative P.E’s” of the US vs Emerging Markets, from JP Morgan. Not being a big fan of the “relative” valuation … Continued
Good chart from Chris Kimble’s technical analysis service. The sustained dollar weakness has been one of the surprises to 2017. I cant help but think at least some of it has to do with the inability of Treasury yields to … Continued
2019 est: +10% 2018 est: +12% 2017 est: +11% 2016: +1% 2015: -1% 2014: +8% 2013: +6% 2012 +6% 2011:+15% 2010 +40% This blog may be out with a few sector updates over the weekend (or maybe not) but tonight’s … Continued
Having never owned the Emerging Markets (EM’s) in any form or fashion in the 1990’s and then staying out of the asset class between 2001 – 2007 given all the money that flowed into the asset class after Technology collapsed, … 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
In 2016, Technology didn’t do very well with the Nasdaq up 6% – 7% when looking at the full-year returns of the Nasdaq Comp and the Nasdaq 100, as the SP 500 rose 11.9% last year and the Russell rose … Continued
What is it about the 2,100 level for the SP 500 ? From LPL’s Ryan Detrick’s twitter feed too. In mid-February ’16, Justin Lahart of the Wall Street Journal wrote an excellent article suggesting a “recursive loop” was in effect, explaining … Continued
With Walmart’s fiscal Q1 ’17 earnings report of last Thursday now out of the way, it is thought that – officially – the calendar Q1 ’16 earnings season is now over. Per Thomson, 474 of the SP 500 companies have … Continued
The Weekly Earnings Update is already done, but this comment on the Energy sector takes precedence in my opinion in terms of the weekly earnings commentary. There are a couple of reasons I think Energy remains the key to this … Continued
Yesterday, on this blog, we articulated the bullish case for stock prices for 2016 (here), referencing and linking to some of my favorite sources. One of the mistakes i learned from the late 1990’s and 2007 was NOT giving freight … Continued