Sentences with phrase «current valuation spread»

The current valuation spread is narrower than it was in 2007, and stands in stark contrast to the early 2000s when it was wider than usual.

How confident are you about the current valuation spread?

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Results for the current quarter included positive revenue of $ 3.4 billion, or $ 1.12 per diluted share, compared with negative revenue of $ 731 million a year ago related to changes in Morgan Stanley's debt - related credit spreads and other credit factors (Debt Valuation Adjustment, DVA).2, 3

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.