Not only are there numerous highly valued tech companies looking for an exit,
economic fundamentals remain moderately strong in the U.S., which has been eking out economic gains since late 2009.
Inflation concerns have been looming over the strong earnings and
economic fundamentals.
Mills contends
economic fundamentals and solid earnings will push stocks higher this year even though valuations remain elevated — adding it's the wrong time to get majorly defensive.
Governor Stephen Poloz cautioned that those climbing real estate prices have outpaced local
economic fundamentals like job creation, immigration and income growth.
For all the talk of abnormal times and changes in underlying
economic fundamentals, the Fed is pinning its hopes on a very conventional premise — that the U.S. consumer will keep spending at recent strong rates, encouraged by low unemployment and the apparent beginnings of higher wages.
In April, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said prices in several cities didn't match with
their economic fundamentals.
«We haven't seen this happen over the past eight years,» the E-Trade official said, referring to bullishness based on a combination of strong earnings and strong
economic fundamentals.
The company said in a statement that Indiana is under saturated and «favorable
economic fundamentals.»
«We are losing that to China» in a way that doesn't reflect
economic fundamentals, he said.
My colleague Josh Barro wrote that he's not as nervous about a Trump presidency as he was before because «
economic fundamentals are by far the largest driver of a president's popularity.»
What's surprising about the weakness on the West Coast is the absence of any change in
economic fundamentals, such as a spike in unemployment, to explain it.
«The history of currency pegs is that they are susceptible to changes in
economic fundamentals that warrant a completely different level in the exchange rate,» said Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.
True, the bond market's implied inflation forecast has shot up since last year; but that's almost entirely because of oil rather than
economic fundamentals.
The Congressional Budget Office defines asset bubbles as: «An economic development in which the price of a class of physical or financial assets (such as houses or securities) rises to a level that appears to be unsustainable and well above the assets» value as determined by
economic fundamentals.
Eventually,
economic fundamentals will reassert themselves: high corporate profits, positive industrial growth, lower unemployment and improved consumer sentiment in the United States; lower inflation and a transition to easier, expansionary money policies in Brazil, Australia, India and most significant of all, China, the world's second - largest economy.
Capital is leaving China for reasons that have little to do with
economic fundamentals and that do not imply that the RMB is overvalued, and the capital account deficit is large enough to overwhelm the current account surplus.
Canada's
economic fundamentals are anything but sound, despite mantras to the contrary.
But neither the current account nor the capital account is necessarily driven only by
economic fundamentals.
Because «overvaluation» and «undervaluation» usually refer to the fundamental value of a currency, this excess of supply over demand would only imply an overvaluation of the RMB if supply and demand were driven primarily by
economic fundamentals.
Although volatility can go both ways, «market volatility» is usually code for «market declines,» which can erode consumer and business confidence and cause a weakening in
economic fundamentals.
News can affect yields by offering market participants insight into
economic fundamentals and shaping their expectations of central banks» future monetary policy decisions.
This can happen very naturally as a matter of course because
economic fundamentals deteriorate, or because there is a change in rules or regulations that disrupts the balance between supply and demand.
It's what's going on with the residents of Vancouver slapping a 15 % foreign investor tax as mainland China hot money pours without regards to
economic fundamentals.
The DJ Transportation Index, more closely tied to
economic fundamentals, has lagged by 5.6 %.
We view this correction as more technical, and sentiment - driven, and we do not believe that it signals a material change in
the economic fundamentals.
[13] But the opportunities for these reversals of confidence are greater in the Asian countries, where foreign investors did not know these economies well and
the economic fundamentals are not well established.
This is to say,
the economic fundamentals suck even before one brings up climate change and spills.
«In line with a positive assessment of
economic fundamentals, we view credit conditions as favorable.
For many years, China kept the renminbi weaker than
economic fundamentals dictated, to help its exporters stay competitive in foreign markets.
This will require improving
the economic fundamentals in those provinces, which can not be accomplished through a cut in the GST / HST.
The economic fundamentals are highly supportive of this thesis, at this point it's only a question of whether or not the monkeys at the Fed are losing their ability to rig the markets.
While policymakers can witness the movements in key financial market variables, it is difficult to say for sure what their implications are for
economic fundamentals, that is, for inflation and output.
Though most of the damage to the market didn't occur in the second quarter, thus far, the recent stock market volatility doesn't seem to be having a noteworthy impact on China's
economic fundamentals.
John Maynard Keynes was right to emphasize the great importance of animal spirits, but other economists have also been right to emphasize that it is political and
economic fundamentals that dominate in the medium and long terms.
In a recent speech to the Economic Club of New York, I discussed a number of areas where
economic fundamentals have improved.
Slapping digital distribution on top of a traditional, linear business model doesn't much change
the economic fundamentals.
Volatility in equity markets is, of course, not always a reflection of weak
economic fundamentals.
«Further policy intervention would be wise to cool surging home prices in Toronto, as the market has become disconnected with
economic fundamentals,» said Wright.
We are one of the few advanced economies really with its act together, with very solid
economic fundamentals.
Not only is that not true — as it is a reflection of Fed policy rather than
economic fundamentals — certain sectors like capital spending and manufacturing are in recession already.
Nonetheless, as Draghi's remarks imply, the unleashing of massive new money into bond markets via QE is causing distortions, with some bond prices increasingly disengaged from
economic fundamentals.
U.S.
economic fundamentals appear solid, but U.S. equities are trading at a significant premium over other developed and emerging markets.
The gas projects have encountered somewhat less opposition, in part because of the perceived lower environmental damage from a gas pipeline or tanker accident, but also because
the economic fundamentals of gas exports provide more benefits to the local economy because much of the gas will come from BC fields and the need for construction and operation of LNG facilities on the coast.
My firm, 720 Global, has repeatedly urged caution as valuations are currently stretched on the back of reckless Federal Reserve monetary policy and poor
economic fundamentals.
Fortunately, the underlying
economic fundamentals have provided the necessary impetus for institutional fund managers to step in on each pullback and support the integrity of the primary uptrend.
Economic fundamentals have turned a corner and a more stable U.S. dollar suggests an opportunity for local - currency bond investing.
Investors» perceptions about the intentions of these central banks, rather than
economic fundamentals, are set to remain the central driver of markets.
First, if growth did not recover and surprise on the upside (in which case high asset prices would be justified), eventually slow growth would dominate the levitational effects of liquidity and force asset prices lower, in line with weaker
economic fundamentals.
Investors» perceptions about the intentions of these central banks, rather than
economic fundamentals, are likely to remain the central driver of fixed income markets.
We also believe that
our economic fundamentals will hold us in good stead, and that we will retain our hard - won reputation as a country with responsible economic and financial management.