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103 entries · October 11, 2013 to August 3, 2017

Accuvest Core Brands – July Highlights

IF CONSUMPTION DRIVES THE ECONOMY, SHOULDN’T THE MOST POWERFUL BRANDS BE DRIVING YOUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO? The Accuvest Core Brands portfolio had a great month of July, continuing an impressive 2017. Please use the link below to review July’s Top Core…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Review – June 30, 2017

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Review – May 19, 2017

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Accuvest Core Brands – April Highlights

IF CONSUMPTION DRIVES THE ECONOMY, SHOULDN’T THE MOST POWERFUL BRANDS BE DRIVING YOUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO? The Accuvest Core Brands portfolio had a great month of April, continuing an impressive 2017. Please use the link below to review April’s Top Core…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Review – March 10, 2017

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Review – Feb. 10, 2017

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Charts to Watch – 2016 Market Review – Dec. 30, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – Dec. 2, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – Nov. 18, 2016

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Reasons to be Patient with Equities

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – Sept 16, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – June 10, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – March 18, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – February 19, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – February 12, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – January 29, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – January 8, 2016

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – December 4, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – November 20, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – October 23, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – September 18, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – September 11, 2015

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Why Europe? Why Now?

Why Europe? Why Now? Earnings and Margins Recovery MSCI EMU earnings and profit margins are significantly below previous peak levels, offering recovery potential. Earnings and Margins should improve with business confidence. The IFO institute’s business climate index for Germany climbed…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – August 21, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – July 31, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – July 24, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – July 17, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – June 26, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – May 22, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update & Heat Map – May 8, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – April 10, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – March 27, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – March 20, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – February 27, 2015

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Why Invest in Europe (FX Hedged)?

Leading indicators show tentative signs of stabilization (relative PMIs), and there is still substantial pent up demand (savings ratio of 13% and net investment is 1/3 its normal levels). Bank balance sheets have stopped contracting and money supply is now…

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Why Invest in the Japan (FX Hedged)?

The explicit policy of the Bank of Japan and Government of Japan is to weaken the Yen, create asset price inflation, and support economic growth. Abenomics had a positive impact during 2014, and more accommodative initiatives are expected in 2015…

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Why Invest in U.S. Small Caps?

Falling energy sector profits and a rising dollar will be less of an earnings headwind for small-cap stocks given lower energy sector exposure and a greater proportion of sales derived domestically. (Small-caps derive 18–20% of earnings outside the US compared…

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Why Invest in the Technology Sector?

Select industries in the Technology sector are among the fastest growing segments of the market. The US technology sector is attractively valued given its solid long-term earnings growth, improving cyclical outlook, accelerating cash distributions to shareholders, and exposure to secular…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – February 13, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – January 30, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – January 9, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – January 2, 2015

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – December 19, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – November 21, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – November 14, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – October 24, 2014

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One Chart to Watch: Greece vs. Germany: Round 3

Europe is leading a worldwide rout of equities. While a myriad of headlines have contributed to the gloom, negative investor sentiment began to surge in earnest on October 2nd, when European Central Bank President Mario Draghi stopped short of quantifying…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – October 10, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – October 3, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – September 26, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – September 12, 2014

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – September 5, 2014

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One Chart to Watch: Broken inflation expectations suggest interest rates lower, longer

Breakeven inflation is the difference between the interest rate on Treasury bonds that are protected against inflation (TIPS) and nominal Treasury bonds, which are not. A breakeven rate is a measure of the inflation compensation an investor would need to…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – August 22, 2014

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How to Capitalize on Economic Reform in India

A review of the underlying exposures of India ETFs Summary Points Economic Reform is poised to unlock economic growth in India Stronger GDP growth will require substantial loan growth, benefiting Financials Loan growth will require bank recapitalization, especially for State…

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One Chart to Watch: U.S. & World Region Relative Strength during Sell-off

It had been 6 months (January 22, 2014) since the MSCI All Country World Index experienced a 5% correction (or consolidation) in equity prices. Sell-offs in the midst of well-established bull market offer an opportunity to identify new market leadership…

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Charts to Watch – Global Market Update – August 8, 2014

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One Chart to Watch: The Japanese Yen vs. 10 Year Treasury Yields

Year to date, we have seen a high correlation between the Japanese Yen and the yield on the 10 Year US Treasury. The primary trend has been Yen strength with US 10 year yields moving lower. However, from July 17th…

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What to Watch – Global Market Update – July 25, 2014

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One Chart to Watch: High Yield Bonds vs. S&P 500 Index

Credit instruments, like high yield bonds, are positively correlated to equities. Until late June of 2014, the iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF: HYG tracked the trend of the S&P 500 in both slope and duration. Since June,…

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One Chart to Watch: German Economic Growth

A key chart to monitor in the weekly is chart 36, “Germany: Eco Outlook, Industrial Production & PMI”. German economic data continues to decelerate from levels of growth seen last year. This is likely to weigh on euro-area growth. When…

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Why Japan? Why Now?

A Powerful Relative Monetary Policy Advantage with Attractive Valuations, Fundamentals and Momentum What Happened in H1 2014? One of the most popular investment themes coming into 2014 was Hedged Japanese Equity (owning Japanese equities while simultaneously hedging out the risk…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – June 20, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – June 13, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – June 6, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – May 30, 2014

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Emerging Markets: Where Country Selection Matters

Exposure to Emerging Markets is often implemented with a single broad Emerging Markets ETF, like iShares’ EEM. However, with approximately 60% of the iShares Emerging Market ETF (EEM) assets allocated to only 4 countries, we set out to confirm that…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – May 23, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – May 16, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – May 2, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – April 25, 2014

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Europe Pt. 2: The Smart Beta Portfolio

In our last post we discussed the attractiveness of European equities in aggregate, and assessed the pros and cons of implementing this regional investment theme with a market capitalization weighted ETF (VGK – Vanguard). It was our conclusion that the…

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Europe: Market Capitalization vs. Smart Beta

A bullish investor consensus for European equities appears to be building. More and more, we are hearing and reading that European equities are attractive and undervalued. It may be the right time for greater exposure to developed international equities, and…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – April 17, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – April 11, 2014

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U.S. Financials: Investment Theme Update

In an effort to update you on the Accuvest “U.S. Banking & Financial Services” investment theme, we have restated the core tenants of our positive outlook in 3 points below. In addition to monitoring these primary drivers, we are interested…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – April 4, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – March 28, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – March 14, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – March 7, 2014

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South Africa: Currency or Country?

From the perspective of a U.S. Investor, an allocation to South African equities is largely a bet on the performance of the South African Rand. In fact, over the last 12 months 47.8% of the volatility exhibited in the iShares…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – February 28, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – February 21, 2014

The S&P 500, MSCI EAFE, and MSCI ACWI all remain below 2013 highs and closed this week failing at said resistance. The Dow Jones Industrials, Transports, Financials, and Emerging Markets have lagged and are well below 2013 closing levels. Relative…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – February 14, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – January 31, 2014

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Turkey: Re-pricing or Funding Crisis?

The worst selloff in emerging-market currencies in five years is beginning to reveal the extent of the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s tapering of monetary stimulus. Compounded by political and financial instability, the Turkish Lira (TRY) depreciated to a record…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – January 24, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – January 17, 2014

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – January 3, 2014

Please use the AGA Weekly Chartbook link below to access this week’s Chart Book. Financial Market Update: Equities sold off this week while, US Treasuries, Gold, and the US Dollar rallied Credit Spreads, including Mortgage Backed Securities, remain at historically…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – December 20, 2013

Please use the AGA Weekly Chartbook link below to access this week’s Chart Book. Financial Market Update: The Federal Reserve initiated “QE Taper” this week, monthly purchases will drop from $85B to $75B Equities finished the week higher as did…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – December 13, 2013

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A Look at Russia’s Value

Out of 32 countries, Russia is ranked first in valuation. In this article, we discuss the metrics behind this #1 ranking, as well as growth and inflation concerns that could effect the country’s value. Russia could represent a relatively low…

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – December 6, 2013

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – November 22, 2013

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – November 8, 2013

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Accuvest Weekly Chartbook – November 1, 2013

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AGA Chart Book – October 25, 2013

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AGA Chart Book – October 11, 2013

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