JHMI News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Industrials From 05/25/22

The Richmond Fed’s Manufacturing Composite dropped into contraction in May as the index hit its lowest level in two years. The 23-point month-over-month drop was also the second-largest decline on record behind the 49-point drop in April 2020. The Richmond Fed headline manu...

How similar will the next three or five years look from the years that immediately preceded the pandemic? And what are the implications for us as global equity investors? We don’t expect anything like the hyperinflation and stagflation we experienced in the 1970s; our outlook s...

Teledyne Technologies has seen a very strong 2021, having digested the FLIR deal very well. I like the great performance, and long-term track record of Teledyne's business is a great deal. A recent pullback, while operating momentum appears strong, creates a compelling set-up here...

TransDigm is one of the world's biggest aerospace suppliers with a big pricing and aftermarket advantage. The company is down 20% from its all-time high as the market is pricing in slower economic growth. The good news is that TDG's financials are improving, which gives this high-...

Industrial production increased 1.1% in April following a 0.9% gain in March, a 1.0% increase in February, and an 0.8% rise in January. Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.8 points to 79.0% from 78.2% in March, the highest since December 2018. Industrial output poste...

The diffusion index for General Business Conditions at -11.6 was a decrease of 36.2 from the previous month's 24.6 (as per latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey). The Empire State Manufacturing Index rates the relative level of general business conditions in New York state. Fol...

The New York Fed’s Empire State Manufacturing survey’s headline index dropped from a solid reading of 24.6 last month down to -11.6 in May. Not only are General Business Conditions back into contractionary territory, but the double-digit negative reading sits in the bott...

Some astute stock market observers are pointing out that due to inflation, a massive P/E compression is now underway. You can’t have a negative quarter when nearly all the constituent components of GDP are rising. Small businesses appear to be incurring a higher "quit" rate...

Based on the history of agriculture and manufacturing, automation and operating margins are positively correlated. As automation increases, labor’s share of revenue tends to decrease, and as labor share decreases, operating margins tend to increase. History suggests that ce...

The 10-year vs. two-year US Treasury yield curve momentarily inverted, and many are worried about the negative signals this may send for risk assets and the economy at large. Under normal conditions, the yield-curve trends upward as duration increases; longer-term bonds offer more yie...