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Europe is clearly at risk of a double-dip recession, albeit a modest one. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone Composite PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) clocked in at 47.5, down from December's 49.1. The UK is in a worse situation, at an even greater risk than the eurozone of a double-dip re...
In a typical quarter, year-over-year (YoY) growth expectations decline by an average of 3.6 percentage points (ppts) from the start of the quarter to the start of earnings season. However, 20Q4 YoY earnings have increased by 1.5 ppts over this period to -10.3% by Jan. 1, 2021. Con...
Last week, the 10-year Treasury bond yield continued to rise, as last Tuesday's bond auction had a lackluster bid-to-cover ratio of 2.47. This means that the Fed is going to have to do more quantitative easing or the federal government is going to have to curtail its spending. The Fed...
Among strong, positive numbers, industrial production rose 1.6% in December, while the manufacturing component rose by 1.0%. Nominal retail sales declined -1.0% in December. Excluding the food services sector, which has been especially hard hit by the pandemic and lockdowns, sales wer...
COVID-19 didn't cause physical retail's steep decline - it just accelerated it. Retail survivors and thrivers will invest in the apps and digital tools that eliminate friction from the shopping experience. Consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia consistently rate the in-store s...
Consumer spending fell 0.4% in November, its first drop since the April when the Coronacrisis was about at its worst. Bankruptcies of major US companies scaled old heights in December to finally hit their 2011 levels with 16 major companies filing in December. Job losses jumped fo...
In the second quarter, real household spending fell at an annualized rate of 33%. Relative strength in consumer stocks slipped this fall, although the sector is still the second-best performer year-to-date. Fungible spending creates an opportunity to invest in market segments that...
The economic recovery that arises from COVID vaccination will bring relief to some retailers, but what about those whose sales grew during the pandemic? Will they enjoy permanently higher sales, or return to normal, or will they learn that their 2020 sales gains were simply borrowing ...
Retail sales fell 1.1% M/M in November during a month that saw many Black Friday shopping events pushed to earlier on the calendar in a pandemic adjustment which impacted the month-to-month comparison. Retail sales actually rose 4.1% on a Y/Y comparison. After stripping out auto and gas, reta...
Oppenheimer throws some gloom on top of what has been generally positive forecasts for holiday retail sales, although investors with a longer time frame are seen having an opportunity to take advantage. Analyst Rupesh Parikh: "With growing COVID-19 infections and state-specific restrictions s...
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John Hancock Investment Management celebrates five-year anniversary of its original ETF suite PR Newswire BOSTON, Sept. 28, 2020 TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC SEHK: 945 BOSTON , Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Investment Managem...
BOSTON , Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock Investments today announced that the expense ratios for its nine sector ETFs subadvised by Dimensional Fund Advisors, LP, its Floating Rate Income Fund subadvised by Bain Capital Credit, and its Small Cap Value Fund subadvised by Wel...