In my 32 years of active participation in the financial markets I can not recall any brokerage firm ever issuing a stark warning like this about
any sector of the financial markets.
Perhaps part of the explanation of the market's vagaries may be attributed to the general collapse of the dot.com
sector of the financial markets that may have curbed the enthusiasm of some «new» buyers.
Not exact matches
It's good to have a powerful
financial sector in Canada to deal with foreign competition but Canadians need protection from excessive use
of market power.
«We have to recover the public
sector, we have to scare the free
market out
of our pensions, education, health care, and culture, and let the cooperative social
sector come in and combat the casino economy
of capitalism and
financial speculation.»
After all, the
financial sector is one
of out three main
markets (energy and materials are the other two) and our banks have generally been good investments over the years.
About 90 percent
of North Korea's trade is with China, and Chinese junket operators are well equipped to use the formal banking
sector and informal
financial networks created by the Chinese traders and small businessmen who've crisscrossed the world for 1,000 years, says Andrew Klebanow, a senior partner at Global
Market Advisors LLC in Las Vegas.
The backbone
of the housing
market overhaul is the so - called Dodd - Frank law, a bill passed by Congress in 2010 that also sets out the general principles for shaking up Wall Street and the
financial sector.
As the bank earnings flurry rolls on this week, the
financials sector should be able to play catch - up and return to being one
of the best - performing groups in the
market.»
Roughly half
of $ 1 - million - plus accounts are betting the
market will rise by 5 percent in the fourth quarter, and they are splitting bets evenly between the energy, technology,
financials and health care
sectors.
And because the TSX has come to be dominated by two
sectors in particular —
financial services and resources account for close to 60 %
of the index's $ 1.9 - trillion
market capitalization — any strife facing companies in those
sectors has an outsized effect on overall returns.
He dismissed suggestions that Britain could maintain full access to just some parts
of the single
market, such as in the
financial sector.
Additionally, the roll back
of Dodd - Frank should be a boost for the
financial industry, as evidenced by the fact the
sector is among the best performing in the stock
market since the election.
China's official pledges, made at the annual Boao Forum for Asia in southern Hainan province, echoed previous promises from Beijing to open the
financial sector but comes at a time
of heightened pressure on China from the United States over trade and access to its massive
markets.
«We believe short - term gains could fade shortly after earnings season as «the usual»
sector overhangs weigh on H1 / 18 performance, namely the housing
market and NAFTA,» National Bank
of Canada
Financial Markets analyst Gabriel Dechaine told clients in a research note.
Ensure that Canada remains competitive by enabling this highly - innovative
sector of the economy to catch up to other jurisdictions, ranging from the United States and Great Britain to New Zealand where P2P lending
markets provide new, vibrant competition to established
financial industry participants.
And because the TSX has come to be dominated by two
sectors in particular —
financial services and resources account for close to 60 per cent
of the index's $ 1.9 - trillion
market capitalization — any strife facing companies in those
sectors has an outsized effect on overall returns.
Many central banks, especially during the most acute phases
of the crisis, also employed policies known as «credit easing,» which involves purchases
of private
sector assets in certain credit
markets that are important to the functioning
of the
financial system but are temporarily impaired.
The Initiative is informed by regular meetings
of experts in the
sector, policymakers and supporters engaged in the
financial services
sector, including
financial intermediaries, securities
market participants and their regulators, among others.
In most other countries with which we normally like to compare our
financial markets, the corporate
sector makes greater use
of bond funding.
The US export
sector is getting the benefit
of a lower dollar; there's a significant fiscal package in the pipeline, which will add more than 1 per cent
of GDP to private spending power; and sharp cuts have been made in US official interest rates, with
financial markets expecting more to come.
From 1998 to 2005, she was director
of the
markets division and head
of the capital
markets sector at the U.K.
Financial Services Authority.
While none
of the
financial sector heavyweights is guaranteed to hit the ASX boards - the
market often has the final say when it comes to IPOs - their owners and investment bankers will test
market appetite and do everything in their control to make it happen.
KIE's GAP matches that
of the broader
financial sector (XLF), which is not surprising, but is far shorter than the 24 - year GAP for the broad
market (represented by SPY).
The task
of rhetoric is to divert attention from the fact that the
financial sector aims not to «free»
markets, but to place control in the hands
of financial managers — whose logic is to subject economies to austerity and even depression, sell off public land and enterprises, suffer emigration and reduce living standards in the face
of a sharply increasing concentration
of wealth at the top
of the economic pyramid.
The
financial sector, large and small, is doing great in terms
of profitability (and that's before all their goodies in the tax cuts), credit is freely flowing, and while there's always speculation afoot in
financial markets, there are no large and potentially destabilizing credit bubbles.
We believe more attractive opportunities are likely to be found in cyclical
sectors of the US and global equity
markets, such as industrials, consumer discretionary and
financials.
Performance
of companies in the
financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit
markets.
The 12 - member independent working group was comprised
of senior leaders from across Canada's
financial services
sector, including finance, investment and capital formation sourced from both public and private
markets.
Deregulation: Hope comes not only from the
financial sector, which has enjoyed a bigly post-election
market rally, but from lots
of other industries.
It seems, on the basis
of information available at present, that developments in the Chinese property
markets and the broader
financial sector are likely to be more important for the outlook.
Consider these risks before investing: The value
of securities in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods
of time for a variety
of reasons, including general
financial market conditions, changing
market perceptions, changes in government intervention in the
financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or
sector and, in the case
of bonds, perceptions about the risk
of default and expectations about changes in monetary policy or interest rates.
The reason the stock
market's going up is very largely the result
of the tax cut for the
financial and corporate
sector that Trump and the Republicans legislated.
Sharon has more than 25 years» experience in
financial markets, having worked in stockbroking houses as an equity analyst covering an array
of sectors and for a family office.
«The biggest winners are likely to be Asian and global
financial sector firms with intra-Asia regional capabilities and a focus on securities
markets, pensions, insurance, asset management, and cross-border banking,» says Anil Agarwal, head
of Asian
financial research.
The Bank
of Canada will continue to focus on what it does best: supporting the economic and
financial well - being
of Canada by achieving low, stable and predictable inflation; by keeping core
financial market infrastructure safe; and by giving sound advice on
financial sector policies so that vulnerabilities do not get in the way
of sustainable, productive growth for all Canadians.
Tucker, P (2009): «The repertoire
of official
sector interventions in the
financial system: last resort lending,
market - making, and capital», speech at the 2009 Bank
of Japan International Conference, Tokyo, May.
In addition, if the
market for technology and source
sector stocks or the stock
market in general experiences a loss
of investor confidence, the trading price
of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business,
financial condition or results
of operations.
In addition, the narrow focus
of Canada's equities
markets in three
sectors —
financials, energy and materials — further reduces opportunities for diversification.
Next is a chapter discussing the concept
of cryptocurrency forks in greater detail, then a section by Coinfinity CEO Max Tertinegg, who shares his views on the cryptocurrency
market, and lastly an interview with Incrementum CEO Stefan M. Kremeth on the likely impact
of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies on the
financial sector.
Their portfolio simulation approach: (1) is restricted to the technology, industrials, health care,
financials and basic materials
sectors; (2) assumes an extreme sentiment day for a stock has at least four novel news items (prior to 3:30 PM in New York) and is among the top 5 %
of average daily positive or negative events; (3) makes portfolio changes at
market close; (4) holds positions for 20 days, subject to a 5 % stop - loss rule and a 20 % take - profit rule; (5) constrains any one position to 15 %
of portfolio value; and, (6) assumes round - trip trading friction
of 0.25 %.
I take this as another sign
of the growing maturity
of the
sector, which is now recognised as an industry in its own right, both by the
financial markets and by government.»
In late October, I noted a condition that we characterize as a Whipsaw Trap - which essentially involves a breakdown in a broad set
of market internals, followed by a recovery driven by some
of the more volatile components (
sectors such as
financials and transportation stocks are good examples).
Only 30 million Indians paid tax last year in a population
of 1.3 billionThe
financial sector is dominated by state - owned banks with under - developed capital
markets — banks provide too much
of corporate lending and capital
markets too little.
They also track commodities, other mutual funds, and options in identified
sectors of the
market and the
financial markets overall.
Sound
financial policy requires that the Government fully fund any budget deficit by issues
of securities to the private
sector at
market interest rates, and not borrow from the central bank.
As the amount
of short - term borrowing and lending among
financial institutions expanded,
markets for repurchase agreements and commercial paper became primary funding sources, forging a chain that linked the fortunes
of many institutions and various
financial sectors to the performance
of a few
of the largest and exacerbated systemic vulnerability.»
The
Financial Services equity research team maintains coverage on nearly 220 companies spanning the four key
sectors of banking, capital
markets, insurance, and specialty finance.
HERERA: The
financial sector helped list the broader
market and that «s key because some
of the biggest names in the industry report their quarterly earnings tomorrow and expectations are high.
If you've spent any time at all following
financial markets, you've probably heard
of sector rotation.
The information technology and
financial services
sectors are still among the most attractive
sectors of the
market.