Category: Stock Markets

Analysis of major stock markets around the world.

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TPG shares drop more than 20 per cent on disappointing forecast

From Lucy Battersby:

The market has fallen out of love with telco company TPG….

The cut-price telco beat guidance by just $300,000 when it has a history of beating guidance by tens of millions of dollars.

It has also forecast earnings growth of 7 per cent this year, the lowest growth forecast in seven years.The reasons for the soft result include plans for more capital expenditure than usual, its future profit margins are likely to be squeezed on the NBN, and there are few obvious acquisitions left after swallowing up iiNet and AAPT in recent years…..

Source: TPG shares drop more than 20 per cent on disappointing forecast

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Bob Doll: Equities Appear More Attractive than Other Asset Classes | Nuveen

From Bob Doll’s weekly newsletter:

The strong patch of summer U.S. economic data may have ended. Following weak Institute for Supply Management readings in previous weeks, August retail sales declined 0.3%. This marks the first pullback since March, and bears watching for a broader downtrend into September…..

Corporate earnings expectations are climbing slowly. Following a modest second quarter improvement, analyst expectations for future quarters have climbed in recent weeks…..

Equities may continue to climb in 2016, based on historical trends. Strategy group Fundstrat shows that since 1940, when stock prices increased more than 5% by mid-September, 87% of the time they rallied further in the last three-and-a-half months of the year. As of Friday’s close on September 16, the S&P 500 Index is up 6.3%….

As you can see from Bob’s commentary, there seems to be a divergence between economic data (retail sales in this case) and technicals which tend to be more focused on the earnings expectations. I have seen something similar.

Retail sales have fallen in July/August but of greater concern is the longer-term down-trend. Continued growth below core CPI would warn of a contraction in real terms.

Retail Sales ex Motor Vehicles & Parts

Light Vehicle Sales are also below trend, reinforcing the down-turn in consumer outlook.

Light Vehicle Sales

The decline in sales is reinforced by the decline in growth of average weekly earnings (all employees).

Weekly Earnings - All Employees

Technicals, on the other hand, remain reasonably strong for the present. Until declining sales impact on corporate earnings.

Source: Weekly Investment Commentary from Bob Doll | Nuveen

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Australia: ASX 200 weak but support for banks

The ASX 200 penetrated its lower trend channel, indicating that the up-trend is slowing. This week’s long tail indicates short-term buying pressure but not necessarily a reversal. Breach of primary support at 5100 would warn of another decline (4700). Bearish divergence on Twiggs Money Flow indicates long-term selling pressure.

ASX 200

The ASX 300 Banks Index is consolidating between 7200 and 8000. Declining Twiggs Money Flow peaks warn of long-term selling pressure but this week’s blue candle suggests short-term support. A test of primary support at 7200 remains more likely but a failed swing that recovers to 8000 would be a bullish sign. Breakout above 8000 (still unlikely) would signal a primary up-trend.

ASX 300 Banks Index

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India: SENSEX trend channel

India’s Sensex respected support at the lower channel of a linear regression channel from March 2016. Short candlesticks for the last two weeks indicate some hesitancy, but breakout above 29000 is likely and would indicate a test of long-term resistance at 30000. Rising Twiggs Money Flow, with troughs above zero, indicates long-term buying pressure.

SENSEX

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China: Hang Seng retreats

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (monthly) broke resistance at 24000 after a strong up-trend, but this week retreated below the new support level. Expect a test of the rising trendline around 22000. A Twiggs Money Flow trough above zero would confirm long-term buying pressure.

Hang Seng Index

The Shanghai Composite Index (monthly chart) continues to range below resistance at 3100.

Shanghai Composite Index

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UK: Footsie buying pressure

Footsie retracement continues to look promising. Twiggs Money Flow high above zero suggests long-term buying pressure. Respect of support at 6400/6500 would establish a solid base for another attempt at 7000/7100*.

FTSE 100

* Target calculation: 6500 + ( 6500 – 5900 ) = 7100

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DAX disappoints

Germany’s DAX retreated below its new support level at 10500, suggesting another test of the long-term rising trend line. A Twiggs Money Flow trough above zero would indicate long-term buying pressure. But expect a slower, more gradual primary up-trend.

DAX

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S&P500 consolidation suggests another downward leg

The S&P 500 is consolidating between 2120 and 2150 after a rounding top. Short-term consolidation (I would hesitate to call this a pennant) suggests another downward leg is likely, with a target of 2080. Respect of primary support at 2000 remains likely. Recovery above 2200 would complete a bullish rounded top (an inverted “U”) or a stronger inverted scallop pattern (resembling an inverted fishing hook) depending on the length of the right-hand leg. Twiggs Money Flow high above zero continues to indicate long-term buying pressure. Breach of primary support at 2000 is unlikely but would warn of another test of 1800.

S&P 500 Index

* Target calculation: 2200 + ( 2200 – 2000 ) = 2400

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Bayer, Monsanto in $88b deal that could reshape the world’s food supply

From Drew Harwell:

The German chemical company Bayer said it will take over US seed giant Monsanto to become one of the world’s biggest agriculture conglomerates.

The $US66 billion ($88 billion) deal – the largest corporate mega-merger in a year full of them – could reshape the development of seeds and pesticides necessary to fuelling the planet’s food supply…..

Bayer in the US is known largely for its pharmaceuticals, with scientists who developed modern Aspirin and Alka-Seltzer. But the deal would pivot the 117,000-employee company more towards its farm-targeting business in agriculture chemicals, crop supplies and compounds that kill bugs and weeds.

Monsanto is the world’s largest supplier of genetically modified seeds, which now dominate American farming but are still a major source of environmental protests in Europe and abroad. The 20,000-employee company also develops Roundup, the weed-killing herbicide.

This is a merger of two giants in the agricultural and chemicals sectors and could lead to some interesting new developments in the future.

Source: Bayer, Monsanto in $88b deal that could reshape the world’s food supply

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