As this blog post is being written on Wednesday afternoon, May 31 ’17, the Financial sector has given up all of its gains for 2017, and has under-performed the SP 500 by nearly 650 – 700 bp’s year-to-date. Charles Schwab … Continued
The Financial sector has traded quite punk since March 1, 2017, the day after President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress. Part of this – no doubt – is a continued flattening of the yield curve, with the … 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
Many investors are surprised at the Q1 ’17 SP 500 earnings “expected” growth rate of 8% – 10% as the Street kicks off Q1 ’17 earnings this week. As Factset (article linked to yesterday’s blog post here) detailed this week, … Continued
With the roll into the April ’17 quarter, the forward 4-quarter estimate has increased from last week’s $130.98 to this week’s $135.14. The forward 4-quarter estimate now covers the period from Q2 ’17 through Q1 ’18, while the Street obsesses … Continued
Since probably late November, ’16, there has been a plethora of pundits appearing in the mainstream financial media, telling investors to wait for a pullback before buying the Financial sector. However, like the “treading of water” the SP 500 did … 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
Moving into January, 2017, here is the Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S data by the numbers: Forward 4-qtr est: $132.73, up from $128.57 last week, and typical with the roll into the new quarter. P.E ratio: 17(x) PEG ratio: 3.5(x) SP 500 … 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