FFCM is currently co-portfolio advisor of AGF U.S. Sector Class, a fund designed to participate
in rising markets while placing an emphasis on minimizing drawdown and preserving capital during market declines.
Not exact matches
Other underperformers could include emerging -
market stocks, which,
while positively affected by any
rise in commodity prices, would be vulnerable to further strength
in the U.S. dollar,
in which much of their debt is denominated.
Over the past 12 months,
while the broader stock
market rose 16 %, the S&P financials index
rose 19 %;
in late January, that benchmark crossed the 500 mark for the first time since 2008.
Elsewhere
in global equity
markets, the Shanghai Composite
rose 0.6 %,
while the Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.6 %.
In fact, the opposite happened: prices in U.S. fixed - income markets rose and are showing remarkable resilience (in spite of a hugely expansionary monetary policy), while equity markets hit new record - high
In fact, the opposite happened: prices
in U.S. fixed - income markets rose and are showing remarkable resilience (in spite of a hugely expansionary monetary policy), while equity markets hit new record - high
in U.S. fixed - income
markets rose and are showing remarkable resilience (
in spite of a hugely expansionary monetary policy), while equity markets hit new record - high
in spite of a hugely expansionary monetary policy),
while equity
markets hit new record - highs.
Nike's share of the U.S. sport footwear
market slipped to 53.3 percent
in the first six months of 2016 from 55 percent a year ago,
while Adidas's
rose to 6.3 percent from 4.2 percent, according to
market research firm NPD.
Single - family home prices are
rising, with «solid sales,»
while there's been a «pullback»
in the condo
market.
The difference can be traced to real estate
market trajectories: Over the past decade,
while housing bubbles percolated through much of Europe and
in North America, home values
rose less than 3 %
in Germany.
If this all occurs
while rates are
rising, which of course means bond prices are moving
in the opposite direction, we could surely see a very sloppy bond
market over the next year or two.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and
markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial
market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end
market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit
market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including
market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including
in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption
in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes
in political conditions
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general
market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result
in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give
rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including
in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the
market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted
in their operation of their businesses
while the merger agreement is
in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued
in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
China is now the largest SUV
market in the world and last year SUV sales
rose more than 30 %,
while passenger cars sales climbed only around 10 %, according to China's Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Exactly why home prices continue to
rise in Vancouver and Toronto,
while prices
in other
markets cool, remains the subject of debate.
And
while it's not entirely surprising that the
market would reward companies keeping costs
in check, the divergence
in performance highlights a broader theme: Investors see inflation
rising in the near future, and want to be positioned accordingly.
«
Markets are able to cope with a small
rise in inflation,
while any softness would be reinforce expectations that the economy has slowed,» said Peter Chatwell, head of rates at Mizuho
in London.
Nordic forward prices fell on Wednesday after
rising for the last three sessions
in a row as some
market players took an opportunity to cash
in the gains,
while bearish fuel
markets weighted on the longer - term contracts.
Tiffany said sales
in the Americas, its biggest
market,
rose 1 percent
in the third quarter,
while sales from Asia - Pacific jumped 15 percent on strong demand
in mainland China.
A return to Amazon's $ 9.99 price point is a veritable certainty,
while the fact that ebook prices
rose in general once Apple entered the
market seems like a pretty damning fact
in general.
The study also notes a
rise in the number of mineral - only sunscreens on the
market — representing 34 % of the products EWG tested
in 2017, double the number from a decade ago —
while adding that those products often hold up better under the EWG researchers» scrutiny.
While many analysts were predicting bond yields to
rise this year as global economies improve, the suddenness of the move was a large factor
in the recent stock
market selloff.
Data firms and analysts agree that
while the long weekend was a bust, the overall season should still be
in line with original forecasts, what with lower gas prices,
rising consumer confidence and a slowly but surely improving job
market.
In early Monday trade, Asian markets mostly rise, while the euro ticked up 0.1 percent against the dollar, after sinking under $ 1.13 to a session low of $ 1.1294 in the previous sessio
In early Monday trade, Asian
markets mostly
rise,
while the euro ticked up 0.1 percent against the dollar, after sinking under $ 1.13 to a session low of $ 1.1294
in the previous sessio
in the previous session.
Rising vacancies and falling rents
in Perth's CBD office
market are putting tenants
in prime position to score favourable deals,
while the conditions could also result
in potential bargains for institutional investors.
India's stock
markets rose on Tuesday, bouncing back from their lowest levels
in a year as
markets were seen as oversold,
while sentiment was also helped after the government said it would make another attempt to pass the goods and services tax (GST).
Last I checked Fidelity showed 2.75 % for a 2 - year brokered CD from Morgan Stanley, and as you helpfully clarified when I posted about that,
while these (as opposed to conventional CDs) are useful
in that one can sell them on the open
market before they mature,
in the midst of a
rising - rate environment this will likely incur a capital loss.
Home prices
in New York's notoriously difficult housing
market rose just 1.45 % over the past three years,
while rents over that period
rose by around 5 %.
Amid the
rise of Facebook, technology start - ups are beating a path to the public
markets, looking to cash
in early
while investors still have Silicon Valley fever.
While it's still not known when interest rates will go up and by how much, what we do know is that the bond
market is at greater risk to
rising interest rates than at any time
in recent history.
While this has been good news, even amid the positive returns it is worth taking a look at one of the unintended consequences of a
market rally — the
rise in stock prices may have added unintended risk to your portfolio.
In each of these cases,
markets afterward
rose double - digit rates for a good long
while as the VIX fell.
For example, Morgan Stanley predicts the passage of tax reform could lead to another 4.94 percent
rise in the
market,
while a failure to pass a bill could result
in a 1 percent drop.
Using new transaction - level data, authors Leonardo Bartolini, Svenja Gudell, Spence Hilton and Krista Schwarz show that trade volume
in the federal funds
market exhibits large swings over the course of the day
while prices remain fairly stable, with rate volatility
rising sharply only near the end of the trading day.
A consequence of anchoring, or placing too much importance on recent events
while ignoring historical data, is an over - or under - reaction to
market events which results
in prices falling too much on bad news and
rising too much on good news.
Sales
in Europe, the company's biggest revenue generator, jumped 14.4 percent,
while emerging
markets that include Latin America and Asia saw a 7.6 percent
rise in sales.
While beer sales
rose 0.5 percent
in 2014, craft beer sales
rose by 17.6 percent to capture 11 percent of the U.S.
market.
While the most extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish,
rising - yield syndrome we define has generally appeared only at the most wicked
market peaks
in history, investors have ignored those conditions over the past year.
While these may at first seem unrelated,
in fact financial
market disruptions are tightly tied into the self - reinforcing processes of
rising debt, capital flight and slowing growth that recent reforms were supposed to untangle and address — and for which they have clearly failed.
While I don't expect a significant deterioration
in credit
markets next year, conditions are turning less favorable: corporate leverage is higher, default rates are
rising and with oil hovering near $ 40, energy issuers are at risk.
While these issues may seem like a structural nuisance
in a
rising market, they may fuel cries of SPV foul play
in a down
market.
The more striking estimate by TrendForce is that Amazon's smart speaker
market share will fall to 51 %
in 2018
while Google's will
rise to 21.6 %, Alibaba to 6.3 %, Xiaomi to 5.1 % and others to 7.4 %.
While fund cash outflows are highly likely to continue, a sharply
rising stock
market, however unlikely, would help offset the outflows, slowing the declines
in assets under management, fee revenues and profits.
The well - published national debt issues hurt consumer spending
in the West,
while rising interest rates, energy and food prices dampened the strong growth seen
in major
markets in the East, such as China.
And
while we also expect this date, the
market remains unconvinced, leaving some room for rates to
rise into the September meeting, particularly
in the front of the U.S. rate curve where more sensitivity (and given current pricing, more vulnerability) to higher Fed rates lies.
Ethereum leads the way this weekend
in the crypto
market, with a more than 10 %
rise today,
while several other majors broke - out or are nearing break - out...
In the year - long rally beginning in March of 2003 cyclical stocks were up 63 percent, while the market rose 35 percent (after two and half years of relentless losses
In the year - long rally beginning
in March of 2003 cyclical stocks were up 63 percent, while the market rose 35 percent (after two and half years of relentless losses
in March of 2003 cyclical stocks were up 63 percent,
while the
market rose 35 percent (after two and half years of relentless losses).
While prices are expected to continue
rising to some degree
in 2017, the
market could be headed for a cooldown.
Earlier, some
markets in Asia closed higher following a report showing that imports
rose in China last month for the first time since late 2014,
while a contraction
in exports narrowed.
While the strategy is continually assesses by
market and by currency, the
rise in U.S. yields is an isolated phenomenon, said Yngve Slyngstad, the chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.
While the stocks — known by the acronym FAANG, which stands for the quintet of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, whose parent company is Alphabet Inc. — have come under heavy volatility
in 2018, they have generally performed
in line with the overall
market, and some of them have continued their spectacular
rise.
Now, a new day dawns and as the bulls seek to make it five sessions
in a row of
rising stock prices, we find that the
markets were generally higher
in Asia overnight,
while the gains are incremental thus far
in London and on the Continent.
While strong fundamental factors are driving recent growth
in the non-government bond
market, some commentators have ascribed the timing of some issues to borrowers «getting
in» ahead of Y2K, behaviour which would also have contributed to
rising spreads.