Apple may throw a life vest to the beleaguered Technology sector this week, with their fiscal Q4 ’18 financial results release after the bell on November 1, ’18. To keep tonight’s post short and sweet, here is how Apple’s EPS … Continued
One of the themes written about over on Seeking Alpha the last 10 years is the “Original (Tech) Gangsters” which represented the growth giants from the 1990’s, which includes Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Oracle (ORCL), Cisco (CSCO) and even IBM … Continued
Here is the expected (and actual) EPS and revenue growth for the Technology sector: Q4 ’19: +11.3%, +5.6% (est) Q3 ’19:+9.6%, +5.6% (est) Q2 ’19: +5%, +4.8% (est) Q1 ’19: +6.8%, +5.1% (est) Q4 ’18: +13.8%, +5.3% (est) Q3 ’18: … Continued
Bespoke – in their weekly Research Report – published every Friday night, had a great graph on what could be a potential bottoming in Emerging Markets the last few weeks. This blog has written previously about Emerging Markets and … Continued
Seasonally, the SP 500 is entering one it’s strongest periods of the calendar year. The SPY’s YTD total return as of Friday, 10/19/18, was about 5%, while the XLF and KRE ETF’s returned -3% and -6% respectively, YTD. Client’s largest … Continued
FCSP500EarningsYield The above link is a new spreadsheet comparing the “4-quarter trailing” SP 500 earnings yield and the “forward 4-quarter” SP 500 earnings yield. Readers have asked about the 4-quarter trailing SP 500 EPS earnings yield, but the time was … Continued
Apple does not report until Thursday, November 1 ’18, but the smartphone giant is the big dog in the Technology sector after the creation of the Communications sector. Per David Aurelio of Refinitiv IBES, Apple’s EPS weight within the Tech … Continued
This summer, the CFA Society of Chicago, in one of their well-attended Vault Series presentations, featured Ted Reilly, the founder of Chicago Media Angels, the Chicago start-up that fills the gap between the artistic moviemaker and investment capital. For some … Continued
Since this blog’s last update on portfolio positioning in early July ’18, the weightings of the positions have changed little in the last three months. With the creation of the Communications sector, Technology’s sector weighting has fallen to 20%, … Continued
What the title of today’s blog doesn’t tell you is that valuation is a slippery slope. Some of the seemingly cheapest stocks in the SP 500 are not really attractive values, but more “value-traps” which like the Siren’s of Greek … Continued