finance charts

Here's an interesting note on quantitative easing and asset allocation from Andy Lees of UBS.  He says: The attached chart gives a simple overlay of the front month 10 year US Treasury future vs the front month S&P future. As…

This time last year, The Economist’s survey of global house prices was a sea of negative numbers. That was then. Of the 20 markets tracked in our latest survey, only four still posted year-on-year declines and only Ireland’s property…

Despite the small pullback in equities today the momentum is higher on the US stock market, golden cross and all. Below is a chart that Andy Lees of UBS put up in his morning note today. It shows that we are now back above "the Lehmans…

A well-regarded US-based equity analyst had this to say about the preceding chart: Here’s a surprising tidbit: if the S&P 500 Index were to finish lower today, it would mark the 10th negative performance in the last 16 sessions.…

Is there a data series more highly anticipated and thoroughly parsed than the monthly nonfarm payroll release by the BLS? Probably not. But we’ll throw a few graphs onto the pile anyway. The headline Establishment Survey number came in at…

By Annaly Capital Management A common phrase often overheard on your favorite financial news channels goes something like this: “Stocks are cheap relative to bonds.” After all, the dividend yield on the Dow Jones Industrial Average is now…

Over the past few days, I have heard from a number of stock market analysts say that this past September's rally in the S&P500 was the best performance since at least 1939. That's 71 years! This afternoon, I heard an analyst describing…

by Annaly Capital Management Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney delivered a speech yesterday in Ontario that contained two observations that we think are certainly true: · “Insights from financial markets are somewhat fleeting at the…

Here's the ISM report in numbers and words. WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING ... "Business results (top and bottom line) continue to meet or exceed our operating plan and exceed prior year performance by double digits."…

From the U.S. Department of Labor: In the week ending Sept. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 453,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 469,000. The 4-week moving average…