FX Rates vs USD

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STOXX 600 Earnings Update

Overall Recap Of the companies that reported last week, 54% beat EPS expectations and 44% missed EPS expectations.  In addition, 50% beat Revenue expectations and 50% missed Revenue expectations. The company who beat EPS expectations by thelargest amount was Galapagos NV (GLPG.AS) with a positive 145.3%surprise.  The company who missed EPS expectations by the largest

International Flows and FX Risk

Month to date the market had seen the USD adding pressure to some countries, many commodities and some equity markets.  This is on risk that many companies in Asia and LatAm are not ready to hedge. North American companies and European are more used to than others to understand the FX risk. They usually have

Long term market Update

The SPX and NDX are showing more strength that I expected last few days. Today, we could end up with a bearish engulfing candle on daily SPX. R Option Model still flat even with the strong price action last week. In a monthly candles we are still below the last month close and high. Also

Strong Private Payrolls

Non-farm Private Payrolls came at 287K vs. 195K consensus. Tariffs: Market is assuming that China will not materially respond to the tariffs. Trump has gone ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum.  Mexico and Canada are temporarily exempt. Market is assuming that many other countries will also be able to get an exemption.  Based on this assumption,

STOXX 600 Earnings Outlook

STOXX 600 Earnings Outlook as of the close of today Fourth quarter earnings are expected to increase 11.9% from Q4 2016. Excluding the Energy sector, earnings are expected to increase 9.8%. Fourth quarter revenue is expected to increase 0.3% from Q4 2016. Excluding the Energy sector, earnings are expected to increase 0.5%. 27 companies in