Salient to Investors: Robert Lutts at Cabot Money Mgmt the underlying support for the labor market is driven by housing and potentially construction finally returning. Lutts said QE and lower interest rates are finally having an impact as signalled by the stock market. Troy Logan at Warren Financial Service said employment has stabilized – key is
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Bespoke Investment and Bloomberg say short sales in the S&P Composite 1500 Index fell in February to the lowest in recorded data back to 2007 – the last time at this level saw the Index lose 3.3 percent over the next three months. Bulls say the capitulation by
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Ivo Weinoehrl at DWS Investments said the macro economic picture has improved a little, but no reason to get excited. Weinoehrl said sequestration will cut a half percent off growth in 2013, so the equity market is fully valued – the debt ceiling will be a much
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: E. William Stone at PNC Wealth Management doesn’t expect massive impact from the impending spending cuts, but says there is fear of the unknown and an anticipation of increased volatility. William Murray at the IMF said sequestration means reevaluation of growth forecasts. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/u-s-stock-index-futures-little-changed-before-gdp-report.html Free
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Bill Gross at Pimco said: Asset-price irrationality has risen to 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. Corporate credit and high yield bonds are somewhat exuberantly and irrationally priced, spreads are tight, profit margins are at record peaks with room to fall, and the economy is still fragile.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: 75 percent of the S&P 500 companies so far reporting quarterly results have beaten estimates. The S&P 500 is at 14.96 times reported earnings versus the average of 16.4 since 1954. Peter Nesvold at Jefferies says 2013 will be ‘The Year of Transports’. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/u-s-stock-futures-fluctuate-before-home-sales-data.html Free email alerts
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Brad Sorensen at Charles Schwab said the economic numbers are holding up really well, and housing rebounding will continue, feeding into consumer confidence. 74 percent of S&P 500 companies so far reporting quarterly results have beat estimates. The index is at 14.8 times reported earnings versus the average
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Kenneth Heebner at the CGM Focus Fund has bet 21 percent of his find on a decline in U.S. Treasuries as the growing US economy eventually prompts the Fed to boost interest rates. At the end of 2012, the fund was 29 percent invested in banks, 24 percent in homebuilders. Heebner said
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jeremy Grantham at Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo said: All global asset prices are too high because of Federal expansive monetary policy. US companies, other than quality stocks with stable earnings and low debt, and most global growth equities, are brutally overpriced. US large-caps, excluding quality stocks, will lose
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Correlation between the Euro Stoxx 50 Index and the MSCI All-Country World Index has fallen to the lowest level since 2008. The Euro Stoxx 50 trades at 10.9 times estimated earnings versus 13.7 for the S&P 500 and 14.8 for the MSCI Asia Pacific Index. Trevor Greetham at Fidelity Worldwide is underweight
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