by Thierry Malleret | Nov 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 2016 In response to the ubiquitous head scratching as to what Trump has in store for the US and the rest of the world, we probed the exceptional network of The Monthly Barometer. The truth: everybody is clueless because Trump policies are unknowable....
by John E. Charalambakis | Nov 24, 2016 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
While the markets enjoy historic highs and particular sectors experienced rallies (such as financial and healthcare) one of the questions that investors may have is whether value can be found in EU equities. From a valuation standpoint EU equities could be seen as...
by Joel Charalambakis | Nov 19, 2016 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Equities continued to march higher this week amid hopes for a lighter tax and regulatory regime in the future administration. Japan’s monetary authorities announced a plan to buy unlimited amounts of 10-year bonds at fixed rates on Friday. Yields had...
by John E. Charalambakis | Nov 17, 2016 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
In the last two commentaries we focused on asset allocation in times of change and on particular sectors that may benefit from forthcoming policy changes. In this commentary we would like to focus on an emerging convergence and suggest that a value-oriented approach...
by Joel Charalambakis | Nov 12, 2016 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action A wild week in trading ended with U.S. stocks posting new highs despite the surprise election of Donald Trump as the 45th President. Futures crashed during the election, down over 5%, but recovered to post strong gains. Stocks moved on speculation of...
by John E. Charalambakis | Nov 9, 2016 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
As the results of the election kept coming in on Tuesday night, the futures markets indicated a turbulent opening for Wednesday. However, as the morning hours were unfolding and as the closing indicates, we had a complete reversal with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...