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Friday Investment Talk: Brexit and EU during COVID, US Fed Actions, Inflation and the Summer Market

Author: Christopher Davies Posted in: Analytics, News, Personal financeTags: , , ,
, NASDAQ Positive Seasonal Streak Ending

As Europe reopens, UK’s BOE announces the economic recovery will be ‘V-shaped’. Tourist travel seems to be picking up and markets (especially tech stocks) reacted well – as is usual in this seasonal bullish period. Q2 earnings reports are on the horizon, with stocks priced for perfection.

Fiscal stimilus is ending in the US as government transfer reciepts and other forms of unemployment support expire. As elections come to the forefront and COVID cases increase further aid is likely. The effects on inflation will be muted until employment levels come back and wages increase.

Seasonal ETF Trade Updates

Author: Christopher Davies Posted in: Analytics, AVC Pro Subscription, Personal financeTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

July and the second half of the year have started off consistent with historical trends and patterns. The first trading day was mostly positive with S&P 500 and NASDAQ recording gains. However, July has historically been a month of transition with gains early and weakness in the second half. Meanwhile, three seasonal tredns start in July.

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Friday Investment Talk: Russian Taxes, Market Valuation, MLPs and Credit Quality

Author: Christopher Davies Posted in: Analytics, Investment ideas, News, Personal financeTags: , , , , , ,
, NASDAQ Positive Seasonal Streak Ending

AVC partners review Veronika’s participation in the Russian Portfolio Investment Conference where she discussed our Dividend Investment Research (DIR), and the new 13 to 15% income tax for Russian non-residents, down from 30%.   We reviewed the influence of recent central bank actions stocks and bond pricing. Credit quality is likely to become more of Read more ➝

Friday Investment Talk: ESG, Corporate Debt, and Fundamental Weakness

Author: Christopher Davies Posted in: Analytics, News, Personal financeTags: , , , , ,

This Friday we follow up on our ESG webinar from Wednesday. ESG ETFs have witnessed explosive growth in terms of AUM and number of listings. ESG outperfomance vis-a-vis SPX and even the NDX is evident lately. Certain institutional investors have pushed this stretched trend recently. Many market indicators (both fundamental and technical) are very overbought. Read more ➝

Friday Investment Talk: Fallen Angels, Gold vs Miners, and Weak Seasonality

Author: Christopher Davies Posted in: Analytics, Investment ideasTags: , , , , , , ,
, NASDAQ Positive Seasonal Streak Ending

AVC partners discuss corporate bonds from some surprising names now considered “Fallen Angels”. Gold, inflation and the undervalued gold miners are discussed in relation to the current overbought market. Thursday’s huge sell off is a set up for a last run of strength before real seasonal weakness sets in.