How to Find Defense & Yield at The Same Time
It’s hard to say if now is the time to play defense in the markets. On one hand, we have trillions of dollars in stimulus still making its rounds, vaccines being distributed at a faster pace across the globe, and financially healthy consumers. It’s hard to imagine a scenario where the market freefalls during a... Read More →
September 7, 2021
Market Performance For The Prior Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News The Delta wave shows signs of peaking And earnings remain strong Global 🌍 earnings estimates kept rising in August. The MSCI EAFE had the largest ⬆️ revisions, but overall the #SPX500 is still leading the... Read More →
August 31, 2021
Market Performance For The Prior Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Q2 GDP revised upwards BREAKING! US Q2 #GDP growth revised upward to 6.6% (was 6.5%). pic.twitter.com/OLlX6a0lGS — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) August 26, 2021 The Mixed News Earnings revisions and surprises are at, or nearing, a... Read More →
August 25, 2021
Market Performance For The Prior Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Earnings: still good It has been a nearly perfect earnings season! 88% of the 472 co’s reporting beat 2Q21 EPS ests on +92.28% growth 87% topped sales ests on +26.47% growth. 52% had their 3Q21... Read More →
August 17, 2021
Market Performance For The Prior Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News 2Q earnings keep pouring in above estimates Source: Factset For more info and charts about Q2 earnings, please visit past posts. The Mixed News What companies are saying In the past week, a number of... Read More →
August 11, 2021
Market Performance For The Prior Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News 2Q earnings are astonishingly good what a round trip pic.twitter.com/zKMUxwETmM — Sam Ro 📈 (@SamRo) August 6, 2021 The share of S&P 500 companies beating 2Q earnings estimates is set for a recordhttps://t.co/EdKigK7Elx pic.twitter.com/InyG591Zfp —... Read More →
July 26, 2021 – July 30, 2021
Market Performance For The Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Earnings of both large and small companies are coming in above expectations. GDP price index reaches a 40-year high. The GDP price index is up 6% at an annual pace, the most since the 1980s, as... Read More →
July 19, 2021 – July 23, 2021
Market Performance For The Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Another week of strong earnings. $SPX is reporting its 2nd highest net profit margin (12.4%) since FactSet began tracking this metric in 2008. https://t.co/ZRARevYebW pic.twitter.com/IqOdbnHvcu — FactSet (@FactSet) July 26, 2021 Long Term EPS estimates are... Read More →
Weekly ChartBook
Week of July 12, 2021
Market Performance For The Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Earnings – so far, so good. $SPX is reporting Y/Y revenue growth of 20.2% for Q2, which is the highest revenue growth rate for the index since FactSet began tracking this metric in 2008. https://t.co/4UB2sQS34b pic.twitter.com/GleaTIp0TY... Read More →
Weekly ChartBook
Week of July 5, 2021
Market Performance For The Week Source: YCharts Disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future performance The Good News Earnings expectations continue to rise. If the positive EPS surprise trend of the last few quarters continues in Q2, actual (Y/Y) earnings growth for the $SPX for Q2 could be as high as 81%. https://t.co/0hICawJDD2 pic.twitter.com/1SulA7N9t8... Read More →