by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 3, 2017 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
We have written before that the financial stress index produced by the St. Louis Fed is a very reliable indicator regarding potential dark clouds in the economic and financial horizons. As can be seen in the graph below (updated as of the end of July), the index...
by Thierry Malleret | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
July 2017 The world’s main economies are still growing in sync, but at a slower pace. Next year, the slowdown will be greater than expected in the US (because of Trump’s unfulfilled promises) and in the UK (due to Brexit uncertainty). The Eurozone remains one...
by Joel Charalambakis | Jul 29, 2017 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Spanish GDP accelerated at its fastest rate in two years during the past quarter. Spain’s economy grew over 3% over the past year according to recent data released. The accelerated growth and continued fiscal consolidation led to S&P and Fitch both...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 27, 2017 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
In the last few commentaries we have noted that while equity markets may be stretched, there might still be room to grow given the current macro-circumstances, corporate earnings, and business sentiment. In this week’s commentary we would let some graphs do the...
by Joel Charalambakis | Jul 23, 2017 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action China’s economy accelerated its growth rate in Q2 to 6.9%, with consumer spending, factory output and investment all posting strong figures. Retail sales were also at their strongest level in over a year. While critiques of China’s data are valid,...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 20, 2017 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
As many analysts have pointed out lately, the equity markets at the current levels are stretched, but probably not over-stretched. Global equity correlations have been falling this year (from their high of 77% in 2009 to around 39% in 2017), providing some...