Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 11, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February, far above the 198,000 that analysts and economists had estimated. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% while labor force participation and […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 4, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The Dow’s streak of closing at consecutive highs ended at 13 but shares still ended the week at further record levels. Markets added more than 1% on Wednesday […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 2, 2017 |
Has the Unleashing of Animal Spirits Time Arrived? A Little Caution due to the Doom Loop
A year ago equity and commodity markets were in a panic mode. Chinese tremors, fears of deflation, oil prices below $30 a barrel, declining commodity prices (such as copper), and […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: February 28, 2017 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
February 2017 For the first time in years, we see the possibility of an upside in global growth rather than the opposite. Stronger data keeps coming from the countries/regions […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 25, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The Dow Jones has hit 11 consecutive closing highs, a streak that hasn’t been seen since 1987. Plans for tax reform this summer and higher GDP growth goals […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 22, 2017 |
U.S. Economic Developments Meet European Politics: Upswing Targets Convergence
The equities market continues its upswing trend and as its tide rises, other equity markets around the world follow it too, given that expectations and economic fundamentals in other places […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 18, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Another week and another set of new highs for major U.S. indices. The growth in stocks this week has pushed equities to their richest valuation (on a forward […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 16, 2017 |
The Enigma of a Divergence: The Uncertainty Index vs. the Volatility Index
In last week’s commentary we wrote that the earnings, production, and income pictures look good and that the market has legs to make further earnings. The market continued in its […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 11, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action All three major U.S. indices hit record highs this week. Technology, Consumer Discretionary and other cyclical names led the way for the markets as enthusiasm for risk continues […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 8, 2017 |
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 […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 9, 2017 |
Reflation Trades and Upbeat Sentiment: Rates, Oil, and the Containment of Risks
It seems that analysts around the world are singing from the same chorus book, called Reflation. If we could define the latter we would say that it refers to a […]