This quarter’s earnings season is off to a good start as 81% of companies reporting have beat EPS estimates, and 80% are beating revenue forecasts. We remain focused more on what companies will say on the conference calls about four key areas and view these factors as...
CNN Business runs a “Fear and Greed” index which currently leans more towards “fear” than “greed.” The reading is generated by seven indicators including price momentum, put/call spreads, junk bond demand, market breadth, and market volatility. The current reading...
Last week when stocks were rising with the S&P 500 closing at its fifth straight record high, investors seemed unfazed by a Fed taper later this year. After yesterday’s FOMC minutes and three sharp down days in a row, the market now worries over a Fed taper. ...
Corporate earnings are on fire. This year’s first quarter was significantly better than expectations with growth coming in at 52% yr/yr. The consensus expectation for the second quarter sits at 61%, after which earnings growth is expected to be 23% in the third...
All you have to do is look around to see there is inflation pressure everywhere. We appear to be in stimulus shock. M2 has gained 26% year-over-year, the largest gain since 1943. M1, or very liquid money in circulation, is up by 316%. Fiscal spending in...
This quarter’s earnings season just started last week, so it is still early. Results were centered on the big banks which mostly reported blow-out earnings and revenues. The stock reactions, however, were mixed. When the bar is set high heading into earnings season...
