Microsoft & Tesla Rise While Facebook Falls (On Earnings)
Microsoft’s Blowout Earnings It was yet another great earnings report for Microsoft which continues to fire on all cylinders. This was Microsoft’s 2Q 2020. The firm reported EPS of $1.51 which destroyed estimates for $1.32. Revenues were $36.91 billion which beat estimates for $35.68 billion. Revenues were up 14% yearly. Its stock is up 63% […]
Pending Home Sales Index Falls The Most Since 2010
Home Price Growth Rises Again Even though yearly FHFA home price growth fell very slightly, it has been clear for the past few months that home price growth is bottoming. Monthly price growth in the 20 city Case Shiller index was 0.5% in November which beat estimates and the prior reading of 0.4%. Monthly non-seasonally […]
Investors Ignore Coronavirus & Bid Up Apple On Its Great Report
Stocks Rebound Despite Coronavirus Fears The stock market rebounded on Tuesday after its sharp decline on Monday related to the coronavirus. Even though it doesn’t seem like the increase in cases has slowed, markets looked past this issue. It makes you wonder if the virus was just an excuse to sell stocks because they were […]
Manufacturing Expected To Rebound In Q1
Weak Durable Goods Orders December durable goods orders report was weak as it signaled there will be weak business investment growth in Q4. We already knew business investment would likely fall. This just reiterates that perspective. Hope is capex recovers in 2020 since the regional Fed manufacturing reports have been strong. Monthly durable goods orders […]
Coronavirus Sends Stocks Lower – Bernie Sanders Is The Favorite
The Streaks Are Over! Stocks fell on Monday, ending the streak without back to back down days. It ended at 30 days, tying the longest streak since 1955. Furthermore, the 1.57% decline ended the S&P 500’s streak without a 1% decline. It reached 74 days which tied the one ending in October 2018. There were […]
New Home Sales Miss Estimates, But Housing Market Is Still Solid
Disappointing New Home Sales December new home sales report wasn’t great because November’s reading was revised lower and December’s reading missed the low end of the estimate range. It’s not consistent with the recent strength in housing data especially housing starts, but it’s not weak enough to suggest a new trend is forming. Specifically, in […]
Record Nasdaq 100 Rally
Modest Decline On Coronavirus Fears On Friday stocks couldn’t outlast the coronavirus fears like they did on Thursday as the S&P 500 fell 0.9%. The market just avoided a 1% drawdown, as it rallied slightly in the afternoon. There have now been 72 days without a 1% move either way in the S&P 500. Nasdaq […]
Recession Indicator Avoided By A Hair
Leading Economic Indicators Disappoint Leading economic index was weak, but not weak enough to show negative yearly growth which would be a recession warning. Monthly growth in December fell from 0.1% to -0.3% which missed estimates by a tick. Yearly growth was 0.1%. A few reports are showing growth was actually -0.1%, but I’m going […]
Risk Adjusted Returns In The 99th Percentile
S&P 500 Rebounds The stock market recovered after a morning selloff related to the coronavirus. From the low on the day, to the close, the S&P 500 rose 0.63%. WHO stated, it’s a “bit too early to consider this event as a public health emergency of international concern.” So far, there have been 600 confirmed […]
Lowest Existing Housing Inventory On Record
Redbook Same Store Sales Growth Improves Preliminary January consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan was basically unchanged. As you can see from the chart below, the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index is at a 19 year high as it has increased with the stock market. Correlation with the S&P 500 is quite high. Low […]