Check back in tomorrow morning for the weekly SP 500 earnings data, i.e. Saturday morning, November 3rd, 2018. One aspect to the October drop in stocks, is that there was no flight to Treasuries. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped from … Continued
Great article from Ben Carlson, CFA picked up by Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth. In this blog post from a few days ago, here is what I was thinking of when evaluation the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate (AGG), the bond market’s … Continued
The Financial sector is one of client’s overweights and it’s lagged the SP 500 badly all year. Up just 2% YTD, versus the roughly 8% total return for the SP 500, banks and brokers have been pretty punk, with the … Continued
(The weekly SP 500 earnings update will be posted tomorrow, i.e. Saturday, 10/6/18.) One of the reasons I chose the investment management business as a career, is that I was fortunate to have been studying economics and Money & Banking, … Continued
The 10-year Treasury’s yield closed today at 3.16% and depending on the source you listen to, 3.16% represents the highest yield since 2011 or 2008. The previous 10-year Treasury yield high for 2018 was the high tick of 3.115% on … Continued
An excellent technician, Gary Morrow, as well as a long-time acquaintance, with his TLT chart from 10/1/18. The 3.12% and 3.25% area continue to be strong resistance for the 10-year and 30-year Treasury respectively. When those levels break though, … Continued
The above chart was provided by Gary Morrow, a solid technician who writes with a few other guys at “This Week on Wall Street” (http://thisweekonwallstreet.com/). The significance of the above chart will be addressed shortly. The 10-year Treasury yield … Continued
Looking at all the data this past week, the metric that jumped out was the 15 basis point climb in the 10-year Treasury yield from 2.85% to 3% even as CPI came in softer-than-expected. Thomson had Oracle reporting this past … Continued
The first look at Q2 ’18 GDP will be Friday morning, July 27th, 2018 and expectations have risen sharply throughout the quarter. Some think Q2 ’18 GDP could hit 4% – 5%, but the prognosticators don’t really provide where the … Continued
Having lunch with a client yesterday in downtown Chicago, the discussion around the market was how today’s SP 500 action is nothing like the 1990’s. Bespoke noted this week that Tech’s market cap weighting within the SP 500 is 26% … Continued