MSCI World
Assessing The Damage
Our tactical accounts remain positioned very defensively, and we have yet to see the sort of capitulative market action that would lead us to lift any existing equity hedges.
Global Valuation Checkup
Foreign equities beat the U.S. in the first quarter, but the performance gap that’s opened up since the 2007 market highs remains astounding. While foreign equity valuations (especially within EM) have rebounded from February 2016 lows, the bounce has done little to close the enormous P/E discounts relative to the U.S. market.
Finding Value In “Forward Earnings”
Forward earnings might be the greatest Wall Street innovation in history: a tool that makes the stock market look cheap all the time.
Market Internals: The Good And The Bad
Leadership isn’t warning of impending weakness in either the U.S. economy or the stock market. Market breadth, on the other hand, is highlighting risks that aren’t evident when inspecting leadership alone.