Topping Nicholas Colas’s list of ideas to keep in mind while trading: the all important notion that “no one is bigger than the market.” That line from Colas, the co-founder of DataTrek Research, of course is reminiscent of the line attributed...
Nick Colas, DataTrek Co-founder, quoted in Bloomberg: “It’s been derided as a fad that panders to the weaker facets of human nature. But Keeping Up With the Kardashians – the reality TV series featuring an ensemble cast of the eponymous...
From Nick: Latest note for Bloomberg is on a topic near to my heart: worst case scenarios. We looked at the lowest 2018 analyst earnings estimates for the top 20 S&P stocks (AAPL, GOOG, FB, JNJ, JPM etc). The takeaway: they trade for 20x those...
Check out our recent CNBC video and article on an overlooked problem in small cap indices like the Russell 2000 and S&P 600: not enough tech exposure. The S&P 500 is 25% tech. Small caps are at 15-17%. You can watch...
Wall Street earnings forecasts suggest a rosy outlook, but trends in corporate payouts tell a very different story. Bloomberg asked us to summarize a recent client note on the importance of dividend yields and payout ratios. These are critical but...
To continue, high valuations and low volatility require stable economic growth and predictable earnings. I read a lot of commentary that essentially says “US equity market volatility has to rise from here… Because, well, it just...
