UTRN News and Press, Vesper US Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy From 08/18/22

Aflac reported Q2 results on August 1st, beating EPS expectations by 20%. Over the past 4 years, EPS has exceeded expectations in every quarter. Rising interest rates tend to be favorable for AFL. The Wall Street consensus rating is neutral and indicates AFL shares are slightl...

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...

Dividend kings rarely go on sale, but Stanley Black & Decker is currently down 50% from its previous high. With the stock trading with a current P/E of 13.2 and forward P/E of 11.2, the market has reacted too strongly concerning current business challenges. The company has for...

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

Eversource Energy reported very solid Q1 results that showed the earnings per share growth that we have come to expect from this company. This EPS growth was probably caused by the company's rate base being significantly higher than it was in Q1 2021. The company intends to contin...

Beyond the broad S&P benchmark, 45% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are already off more than 50%, which only happened as part of the larger-than-historically-average bear markets of 2000-02 and 2008-09. The last eight times the S&P 500 was down in a calendar year, bonds finished the yea...

EL shares fell 5.8% on Tuesday after disappointing results. Organic sales growth was 9% last quarter and expected to be 5-7% for FY22. The reason was China, where COVID lockdowns have reduced in-store sales and disrupted EL's national distribution centers in Shanghai. EL sales gro...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Pick any barometer of costs these days, and the story is the same: Prices are up - and in a dramatic fashion. The first thing that jumps out is the dismal performance of most asset classes during periods of low growth and high inflation - otherwise known as stagflation. A solid fo...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...