Michael Batnick, Ritholtz Wealth’s Director of Research, puts up a chart that perfectly articulates the what-seems-to-be misplaced anxiety over the Technology sector these days, and the constant comparisons to Technology’s halcyon days of the late 1990’s. Apple no doubt … Continued
The weekly earnings commentary will be out tomorrow, i.e. Saturday, August 4th, 2018. However today, I thought readers would be interested in looking at some “SP 500 Revenue” stats. 1.) Despite being the sector showing the fastest EPS and … Continued
In the weekly SP 500 Earnings update this weekend, some thoughts were given on the Technology sector’s earnings, forward growth estimates, and the influence Apple has on the sector. Readers should quickly look at this blog post from a few … Continued
(This blog’s technology consultant has asked me to notify subscribers that this blog’s “RSS feed” is going away, and that it is necessary for readers to subscribe or resubscribe (there is no cost for subscribing) to www.fundamentalis.com in order to … Continued
Here are the last 3 weeks closing value for the SP 500: 05/4/18: 2,663.42 4/27/18: 2,669.91 4/20/18: 2,670.14 Here is the last 3 weeks closing yield on the 10-year Treasury: 05/4/18: 2.945% 4/27/18: 2.95% 4/20/18: 2.95% Chart … Continued
A lot of times in the investment business, advisors will take a position (either a purchase or sale, or economic forecast or market call) and then work to justify the forecast, despite everything about the forecast looking wrong. There is … Continued
The SP 500 fell 5.95% this past week, and is now down 2.91% year-to-date. How is Q1 ’18 revenue growth looking as we head into the start of Q1 ’18 earnings ? This blog has typically focused on SP 500 … Continued
Once a year, looking at the top market cap weights in the SP 500 can provide some insight into the equity market’s key benchmark. The last time this was written about was here, in August ’16, or about 16 … Continued
The Technology sector is now roughly 25% of the SP 500 by market cap. (Not as high as what it was in 1999, early 2000 at 33%, but it’s getting there. ) The Tech sector has returned roughly 32.6%% in … Continued
The financial media has made a big deal of Apple’s decline in September ’17, saying it has been the worst selloff in years. Given Apple’s importance to the Tech food chain and it’s massive weight in the SP 500 … Continued