Winter Fuel Wake Up
Winter worries may start early as supply of distillate and natural gas are the tightest they have been in years with winter ahead. While in recent years Mother Nature has bailed out these markets with warmer than normal winters, this year even a normal winter could drive prices higher. Already the Energy Information Administration (EIA) […]
4 Chemical Stocks Well Poised To Top Earnings Estimates
The chemical industry has so far enjoyed a positive run this year, helped by an upswing in the world economy and continued strength across major end-use markets such as construction, automotive and electronics. The Zacks Chemicals Diversified industry has outperformed the broader market year to date. The industry has gained around 23.6% over this period, higher than […]
China: Momentum Still Going Strong
(Video length 00:03:30) Four Pillars of GDP: Main driver has been private consumption Overall, China is experiencing fast GDP growth with all four pillars contributing to GDP growth, and private consumption contributing the most and net exports contributed the least. Strong price and earnings momentum In the past five months, China A has shown strong […]
Preview For October ECB Meeting And Outlook For EUR-crosses
Video length: 00:09:10 Even though the ECB’s policy meeting today won’t produce new staff economic projections (SEPs), which has typically been a precursor for a change in interest rates, market consensus calls for a taper to the European Central Bank’s QE program. Likewise, given that no rate move is expected today, all attention will be […]
How Does A Dynamic Portfolio Stack Up Vs. 60/40?
Implied volatility is low, but realized volatility is even lower. Many equity investors are concerned about valuations, but strong earnings growth has led to double-digit returns year-to-date.1 In fixed income, the Federal Reserve (Fed) has continued along its path of tightening, but rates are lower year-to-date at tenors greater than five years. Overall, a seemingly naive 60% equity/40% fixed income portfolio2 has delivered […]
The Key Risk From Draghi Isn’t A Taper Tantrum, It’s This…
Ok, so as noted on Sunday, Mario Draghi is probably going to thread the needle today. Here’s what we said: This telegraphing was itself telegraphed (remember: there’s now forward guidance for the forward guidance – that’s how absurd things have gotten) earlier this month when Bloomberg reported that the ECB is set to cut QE in half starting in […]
Deutsche Bank Trading Revenue Plunges 30% As CEO’s Time Running Out
Deutsche Bank’s Q3 2017 revenues were €6.78 billion, below market expectations of €6.88 billion. The share price fell 2.7% shortly after the European market open. The problem – like the previous quarter – was a bigger-than-expected drop in trading revenues. Trading revenue was down 30% year-on-year to €1.512 billion versus €2.162 billion in Q2 2017. […]
Will Value Investing Rise From The Dead?
Value investing may not be a victim of the grim reaper, but the strategy’s certainly giving a convincing impression of a cadaver. Jocelin Reed at AJO, a value-oriented investment shop in Philadelphia, points out in a recent note that buying big-cap US stocks that fall into the value bucket – priced at relatively low valuations – has […]
GBP/USD Daily Analysis – Thursday, October 26
GBP/USD broke above a major resistance level at 1.3228, indicating that the pair is in short term uptrend from 1.3087. Further rise could be expected and next target would be at 1.3337. A breakout of this level could take price to 1.3400 – 1.3450 area. Support is at 1.3087, only a breakdown below this level […]
