Corporate Earnings, Production, and Hourly Wages: No Enigma to Decipher
More than 65% of companies that have reported earnings in the last few days have beaten estimates, which is a little bit higher than the long-term average. So and as the graph below shows, it seems that the earnings recession is over and that corporate profits are in...Worldviews, Solipsism, and Chissiaran: A Random Walk Down the Boulevard of Invincibility
Collective hallucinations are dangerous. Undershooting carries risks, but overshooting could have much more serious consequences. Ignoring history is detrimental. Hubris backfires and lack of foresight demonstrates foolishness. My fear is that in this meta-modernity...New Market Highs and Underperformers: Fundamentals Meet Technical Charts
The market celebrated a Dow Jones Industrial Average that reached 20,000 yesterday. Is this too much of good news? Is it sustainable and could it be that investors are carried away? Could a correction erase the good performance since November given the high market...Shifting Regimes and Changing Winds: Reflections on Trade and Market Implications at the Dawn of a New Era
One of the main issues debated at the Davos conference this week is the possibility of a new trade regime, as President Trump takes office. Discontent with globalization and the talk – over a number of years – by the President himself, as well as by his designated...Sign Up for Our Publications
