(This blog post could be classified as – somewhat like the Jerry Seinfeld show – a post about nothing. I’m just thinking out loud about the popularity of indexing and what clients miss in the “index game”.) Strategas Partners, the … Continued
The expected year-over-year growth rate of the SP 500’s “forward -4-quarter” EPS finally moved over 10%, the first print over 10% since – well – quite a while. A lot of folks are talking about the “tough compares” for the … 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
Jeff Miller, one of my friends in the business and the excellent ‘Weighing the Week Ahead” and “Dash of Insight” blogger here in Chicago (Jeff’s blog was voted one of the Top 100 Financial blogs in America a few years … Continued
Thomson Reuters data (by the numbers): Fwd 4-qtr est: $137.83 vs last week’s $138.05 P.E ratio: 18x PEG ratio: 1.88x SP 500 earnings yield: 5.51% Year-over-year growth of the fwd estimate: +9.63% vs last week’s +9.69% Source: Thomson Reuter’s “This … Continued
Apple updated Wall Street on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. I wanted to give the Street a few days to chew on the models, etc.etc. and update their numbers. Here is the change in fiscal 2018 revenue and EPS estimates, from … Continued
When looking at portfolio performance as of August 31, Microsoft, client’s largest holding performed pretty well in the month of August, +3.5%, and year-to-date was up over 21%, versus the SP 500’s +10.5%. Then we get to client’s #2 holding, … Continued
Last week, the continued upward drift in Technology estimates was written about (here), and now this coming week we get Apple’s iPhone 8 announcement / update on Tuesday, and the Oracle’s fiscal Q1 ’18 earnings release on Thursday, September 14th, … Continued
Thomson Reuters data (by the numbers): (Source: “This Week in Earnings” dated 9/1/17): Fwd 4-qtr est: $138.18 P.E ratio: 18(x) PEG ratio: 1.82(x) SP 500 earnings yield: 5.58% vs last week’s 5.67% Year-over-year growth of fwd est: +9.82% vs 9.95% … Continued