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Gas prices deflated by average hourly earnings are about where they were in 1991.
Unchanged from 2004.
Down 50% from the July 2008 high.
-30% from 10 years ago.
During the tech bubble stock prices clearly decoupled from fundamentals, a phenomenon we have yet to see recently
Nasdaq 100 vs S&P 500 – earnings & performance
Goldman: In a moderate recession, our model implies 2023 EPS would fall by 11% to $200 (vs. current consensus of $250).
Assuming consensus EPS estimates move halfway (to $225) by year-end, a 14x P/E would bring the S&P 500 to 3150.
The probability of losing money in the S&P 500 over one day is a little worse than a coin-flip
but declines to just 5% over a 10-year time horizon (data since 1929).
BofA: Only 24% of stocks in the S&P 500 outperformed the index YTD, marking the third narrowest 6-mo. period in history since 1986 (was narrower in Jul 2023 at 23% and in Feb 2020 at 21%).
Europe’s equity market is dominated by a small group of internationally exposed quality growth compounders: the GRANOLAS
(GSK, Roche, ASML, Nestle, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, L'Oreal, LVMH, Astrazeneca, SAP and Sanofi). -GS
BofA Bull & Bear Indicator: drops to 1.5 from 1.9, lowest since Nov'22,
driven by large outflows from HY bonds, global stocks and worsening global equity market breadth;