My annual conversation with the Market Strategist/Private Client Group for Stifel Nicholas and Chief Investment Officer with Washington Crossing Advisors includes the prospects of an economic handoff to the private sector and a sustainable recovery, the risks of yet another jobless recovery, and the...
In my interview with the Chief Investment Strategist for Sanford C. Bernstein , Mr. Parker describes how the second half of the year is likely to result in a modestly below consensus view for 2010 operating earnings for the S&P 500, why a 13 to 15 P/E is more appropriate for the current market climate...
In my latest interview with the Chief Investment Strategist for Legg Mason Capital Management, we discussed a bottom-up view of the markets, the sustainability of the US economic recovery, and key segments of his new book: "Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition", including concepts...
Yesterday’s posted interview with David Malpass brings into sharp focus a key aspect of the US economic recovery that far too few investors are tuned into. Specifically, the underappreciated dynamic that second, third, and lower tier companies (the backbone of employment growth in the US) may not...
The stock market rally since early March appears to have three distinct phases to it. The first phase was the backing off from the economic abyss. The second phase was a bounce to fair value normalcy. The third phase (the one we are in now) is what I would call the return to business as usual phase ...
Back on August 3rd subscribers to my weekly newsletter - Sectors and Styles Strategy Report - read the following: "China may become the bigger fly in the bullish ointment. Unlike the US, China has spent all of its stimulus package money not on consumer demand related areas (where it is most needed...
For the past two months, I have made the argument that above consensus macro economic data would lead to above consensus earnings results and that investors would see the evidence of this as 2Q09 earnings season got underway. Based on the reports issued thus far, this argument has won the day as above...
The Fourth of July is just a few days away. So, how about a four step process to investment fireworks for this summer? The media is attributing yesterday’s stock market swoon as being driven by the disappointing report on US consumer sentiment. No doubt it is a contributing factor, however, a single...