Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
At the beginning of this month, I discussed the monthly statistics for March. To wit:
“It is often the case that the month following a negative return month will post a positive return as markets bounce from oversold conditions. However, as shown below, this is not always the case.
“It’s almost like the timing belt on the global growth engine is a bit off or the cylinders are not firing as they should.”
Back in January 2015, when we looked at the utterly disconnected fundamentals of the energy sector, we were stunned to note that the forward 12-month P/E for the Energy sector has risen above 22.4, the first time it had done so since April 8, 2002. On that date, the closing price of the Energy sector was 225.15 and the forward 12-month EPS estimate was $10.05.
Our amazement was contained in the following summary: "using the S&P Energy Sector Index data, the sector's forward multiple is now an absolutely ridiculous, mindblowing 23x."
Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
On Friday March 15, 2013–just over three years ago–people across the entire nation of Cyprus went to bed believing that everything was OK.
The next morning they woke up to a different reality.
It turned out that their banking system was totally broke. After suffering enormous losses, banks no longer had sufficient liquidity or capital to maintain customer account balances.
In case you missed it, DM central banks are locked in a truly epic FX deathmatch.
Sluggish growth and trade and the attendant global deflationary supply glut have left the world stuck in a nauseating, perpetual hangover from the financial crisis. Subpar inflation and disappointing growth have become the norm in developed markets and that’s lured central bankers into a mad Keynesian dash for the bottom.