Monthly archive November, 2013
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Nov 5, 2013 •
An excellent review and forecast equities strat from the team at BarCap. Note: “Within the Stoxx 600, the Insurance, Telco and Banks sectors showed the strongest out performance and ended the month up 8.2%, 6.7% and 5.7% respectively”. The alpha in the month was indeed the Insurance sector which was the over weight allocation here...
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Nov 5, 2013 •
The usual award winning technical analysis from the usual Swiss team. They have firmed up on the recent technical improvement across indexes. They are no longer forecasting a correction near term. Their cyclical model remains as was previously ie a deep correction into early 2014. Its the FX markets that are providing the fizz at...
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Nov 4, 2013 •
The team coming out with their new report today and maintaining their long euro positions in line with recent trend in spite of Thursday’s excitement. I don’t see anything as yet technically to undo the euro long bias vs the us$. Fundamentally the euro monetary picture remains tight and therefore positive vs the US$ and...
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Nov 3, 2013 •
Some great reports from the JP team here below. The equity report needs some thoughtful comments. The FX is inconclusive as yet, imo. Participants are collecting again around the themes of a weaker euro and gbp vs the US$ . Here some FX reports to start proceedings. JPM-FXtechstrat-31-10-13 JPM-FXDaily-01-11-13 JPM-FXUpdate-01-11-13 The fundamental case contra the...
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Nov 3, 2013 •
Here a round up of the latest WF reports. We start with the usual weekly roundup. WF-WeeklyEconomicFinancialCommentary_01-11-13 This week’s view of the ISM manufacturing data. WF-ISM Manufacturing-01-11-13 And here the latest housing monthly report. WF-UShousingmonthly-01-11-13 Here an outstanding report from the team which needs some digestion and comment! WF-USManufacturing&Credt-01-11-13 And here finally another good report...