Salient to Investors: Randall Warren at Warren Financial Service said we need to see good economic reports and good earnings reports later this month for stocks to keep rising. Birinyi Associates says the rally is longer than the average length of bull markets since 1962 of 4 years – 4 of the
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Prapas Tonpibulsak at Krungsri Asset Mgmt said most governments are trying to boost economic growth and employment, supportive of equity investments. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is at 10.5 times estimated earnings versus 13.4 for the MSCI World Index. Most developing market companies missed analyst estimates for the last 5 quarters whereas a majority
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Laszlo Birinyi at Birinyi Associates says: The S&P 500 rally has a good year to go as investors give up their pessimism and buy. The bull is very much alive given this sort of hesitancy or reluctance instead of acceptance. There is nothing troubling in view unless people start talking
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: InvesTech Research say it has been 18 months since the S&P 500 had a 10 percent correction. Leuthold Group said only 7 of the 22 bull runs since 1900 have lasted four years; of which 5 lasted at least an additional year. The 1920s bull rose 500 percent over
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up 22 percent since its October 2011 low versus the 33 percent advance for the MSCI World Index – the first time since 1998 they have underperformed during a global rally. Bulls say emerging markets will lead the next stage of the global rally
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Grace Tam at JPMorgan Asset Mgmt said nobody knows what will happen next, but Cyprus is something we have already seen happening in Europe, so are not concerned. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index is at 14.9 times estimated earnings versus 14.1 for the S&P 500 and 12.7 for the Stoxx
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: University of St. Gallen economists found that nations that pushed the EU to probe China for product dumping later secured greater trade with her. Lead author Simon J. Evenett said in the last decade, France and Germany made 51 protests, and Italy 41. Trade missions and visits by government ministers to China boosted exports. Michael
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The majority of companies surpassed their previous highs by April 2011. 59 percent of S&P 500 stocks have exceeded their previous records set before the Index peaked in 2007. Unlike past bull markets, where a single industry dominated, all groups have improved in this rally. None of the
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Eric Thorne at Bryn Mawr Trust said we have not seen any major resolution to Europe, yet stocks ignore what’s going on there and reach all-time highs anyway. LEELAMARCUM.COM/IMAGES/ Witold Bahrke at PFA Pension A/S said Europe is in desperate need for growth, but today’s bad PMI is signaling a
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Investors are exiting the BRICs as disappointing profits and growing state intervention cause stocks to trail global shares for a fourth year. Over 59 percent of MSCI BRIC index companies have missed analyst estimates for the fourth-straight quarter in 2013. Peter Dixon at Commerzbank says lower valuations means the time is ripe for
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