Tag Archive: S&P 500 INDEX

Goodwill Hunting In Stocks and Bonds

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Was it the supermoon that I did not manage to catch last night ? And Robin Williams has departed from our world. I read a comment on Twitter about a Catch 22 situation… Continue reading

Equity Wednesday : If You Can’t Improve Earnings, Then Improve the Earnings Per Share

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Share buybacks – boon and boon and boon. Earnings surprises are at a 3 year high at 70.4%  but nowhere near the 2009 levels where 80% of companies beat earnings estimates. And here… Continue reading

Equity Wednesday : No Guts No Glory, Remember Oct 87

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I am beginning to think its a market plague even as the world has a few real diseases outbreaks to worry about. BUBONIC PLAGUE A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151… Continue reading

Equity Wrap : The Ali Baba Jinx, Choose Carefully

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As our heart goes out to the victims of an unbelievable plane tragedy, the world readies to pay the price. Price to insurance companies – Annual aviation war risks premium total $60-70m globally.… Continue reading

Markets Are Turning Today – Bradley Turns With The K-Wave ? Sell Now or Buy Vols ?

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I am no astrologer and am not exactly a big fan although I do glance at those horoscopes, occasionally, for  a laugh at the things that never happen. When you combine astrology with… Continue reading

Record Lows for 2014 – Volumes and Volatility

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Records have been broken in many categories for 2014 so far. Dow Jones Industrial historic highs, S&P 500 record highs 10 times in the past 4 weeks. The only record lows we are… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – time to get off again?

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So far, selling in May and coming back in Jun had been relatively good. Our favorite S&P500 hit new highs overnight and it seems that this bunny is not going to stop. Of… Continue reading

Yes, It Will Crash. By How Much ?

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The undercurrents have yet to hit retail space as institutional research reports emerge that are sounding faint alarm bells that buzz louder each day as summer approaches. Many of these research reports are… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – sell in May and come back in Jun

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The S&P500 seems to be topping up here, and we probably need a rest before rallying higher. If you plot UST10y yields versus S&P500 (USGG10YR Index SPX Index HS on your Bloomberg), you… Continue reading

Ignore The Geopolitical Risks – AUD, S&P 500 and Gold

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Why we should ignore geopolitical risks ? Because nothing really happened in all the previous scares we had, central banks will make sure everything will be ok and globalisation has raised the stakes… Continue reading