Salient to Investors: Lars Seier Christensen at Saxo Bank said: The euro’s recent rally is illusory and the euro is doomed because Europe has no fiscal union. Another possible fallout is getting rid of some of the countries being ruined by being in the euro, notably southern European economies. People are dramatically
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The MSCI Emerging Markets Index 30-day volatility dropped to the lowest level since 1997 and is at 10.4 times estimated profit versus 13.8 times for the MSCI World Index. Jitra Amornthum at Finansia Syrus Securities said China’s economic recovery remains weak. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-18/emerging-stocks-fall-most-in-week-on-korean-won-metal-prices.html Free email alerts of articles as
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Norman Villamin at Coutts said earnings disappointments are not much of a surprise given the weak local economies, but they should stabilize later in 2013. Villamin said bullish global sentiment is the primary concern as everyone is on the same side of the trade, and euro strength against
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman said G-20 basically said Japan can continue to reflate their economy, so it will continue to pursue aggressive fiscal easing and monetary easing, and just not talk about the currency so much. S&P retained its negative outlook on Japan’s credit rating, pending policy
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: George Soros and Louis Moore Bacon cut their stakes in gold ETPs in Q4 2012. Huang Fulong at CITICS Futures said macroeconomic data around the world have shown signs of gradual improvement and has pushed gold to a new range of $1,550-$1,625, while lower prices should see physical buyers,
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Hedge funds et al reduced net-long positions across 18 US futures and options last week, the largest decline since November 13, as signs of improving US growth reduced demand for gold and rains in South America added to signs that crop harvests will be bigger. Bets on higher gold prices
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Chad Morganlander at Stifel Nicolaus said people listen when Warren Buffett does a deal, and a gradual improvement in the US economy combined with very low volatility in financial markets makes the perfect cocktail for M&A. The S&P 500 is 15 times earnings in the past year, the highest multiple
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Ian Lyngen at CRT Capital said the data suggests the recovery continues to edge along. Investors continue to buy US government debt as a refuge against a renewal of turmoil in global financial markets and concern the US recovery may falter. Thomas di Galoma at Navigate Advisors said anytime
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: As high-yield ETFs suffer unprecedented withdrawals, the combined value of the 5 biggest fell 7 percent in January. Peter Tchir at TF Market Advisors said a pullback 3 times bigger than for mutual funds suggests hedge funds et al are cherry picking rather than investing in the broader market. Tchir said
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: 20 analysts expect gold prices to fall next week, 11 to rise, 3 neutral – the highest proportion of bears since Dec. 30, 2011. Gold is below its 200-day moving average, indicating more declines may follow. Gold fell in March in 6 of the last 9 years. Hedge
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