Chart of the Day
Highest Leverage in Americas
Chart of the Day: Bottom-up aggregation of 16,200 non-financial companies in the World. Relatively high gearing in Americas. Low balance sheet risk in Developed Pacific, Emerging Europe, and Emerging Asia.
Read MoreEmerging Markets Have the Strongest Earnings Growth
Chart of the Day: All regions have shown earnings recovery for the past 12 months. Seeing strong growth in all Emerging regions. Only Developed Americas showed single-digit growth at 7%, unlike other regions.
Read MoreRising Profitability in Emerging Asia
Chart of the Day: Bottom-up aggregation of 16,200 non-financial companies in the World. Margin recovery in Emerging Asia could still rise further. Some risk of falling margins in Emerging Europe.
Read MoreUS Dream Factor Is High, but It Could Stay High in 2018
Chart of the Day: Excluding a major negative event, the fundamentals support a relatively optimistic market. Even though the Dream factor is high, the US market could stay high for longer.
Read MoreHighest Leverage at Utilities and Telecom, Most Risk to Rising Rates
Chart of the Day: Leverage is always high in Telecom and Utilities. If interest rise, these and Real Estate sector would be hurt the most. Least impacted by interest rate rise are Info Tech, Health Care, Energy, Materials.
Read MoreCyclicals: Materials and Energy on the Rise
Chart of the Day: Revenue recovery could have at least another year to go. This should increase demand for goods, this increased demand should drive up price of oil and materials.
Read MoreGlobal Revenue Recovery Has Just Started
Chart of the Day: More than 16,000 non-financial companies worldwide show a strong revenue uptrend. This trend could continue, which would be positive for equity in 2018.
Read MoreGlobal Fundamentals Can Remain Strong
Chart of the Day: Based on our bottom-up aggregation of 16,200 non-financial companies across every market in the World. Companies have been slow to expand their assets, unlike in prior stock market boom times.
Read MoreChina Performed Best in Asia in 2017
Chart of the Day: China H performed the best in 2017, up 51% in USD terms. Many Asian markets saw higher USD returns as the US Dollar weakened. Relatively low return in Malaysia, however, the ringgit recovered and USD return was above 20%.
Read MoreMost Thai Banks Have NPL-to-Net Loans above the Global Average
Chart of the Day: Four large Thai banks: KTB, BBL, KBANK, and SCB all have an NPL-to-net loans ratio above the world. BBL is likely able to absorb those more easily.
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