Category: Equity Leaders Weekly

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the significant of the current breakout by treasury yields and their impact on US equity markets. Last week’s “hawkish hold” from the Fed has sent shockwaves through world markets. Traded interest rates have soared in North America and Europe, with the US 10-year Treasury Note yield climbing toward 4.60%, its highest level since 2007. Rising yields and the prospect that central banks may keep rates higher for longer have also underpinned US Dollar strength, in turn weighing down other currencies along with commodities, bonds and equities.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at what impact expectations of “higher for longer” interest rates have had on bonds and on the homebuilding sector.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take our monthly look at what the sector scopes are telling us about capital flows and at the troubling weakness in German equities.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the impact of rising energy prices and hawkish talk in interest rates have had on the Energy and Utilities sectors.

In this edition of the Equity Leaders Weekly, we are going to look at Uranium by looking at the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (U.UN.TO) as well as two competing investing philosophies of Growth and Value by looking at the shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) vs the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (IVE).

In this issue of the Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the CBOE 10-Year Interest Rate and US Dollar Index.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the VIX and bond prices for insight into changes in investor sentiment.

In this edition of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at recent gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the price of Crude Oil.