Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst, Evidente

Sam Ferraro

Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst

Evidente

Evidente is an independent financial education firm that delivers innovative financial advice to wholesale investors, including active long only funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds, in Australia and globally.  Drawing on academic research in asset pricing, behavioural finance and portfolio construction, Evidente provides wholesale investors with commercial solutions to stock selection and asset allocation decisions across equities and other asset classes.

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<ul><li>The S&amp;P500 moved sharply lower overnight, shedding 3% apparently on continued concerns about China's future growth prospects.&nbsp; Despite the correction in recent months, the stock market still doesn't look particularly cheap, with the prospective PE on the S&amp;P500 still higher than historical norms. &nbsp;The headwinds facing US stock investors stem from the stagnation in expected profitability over the past 12 months.&nbsp;</li><li>For Australia, the market&rsquo;s prospective PE of 14.5x suggests that the market is neither cheap or expensive at current levels.&nbsp; Like the US, the key headwind facing corporate Australia is the stagnation of future growth prospects, which has now dragged on for five years now due to the terms of trade shock.&nbsp;</li><li>As far as reporting season goes, the market continues to punish even small misses from high growth stocks.&nbsp; I discuss the market pricing for Seek.com and other market darlings that have confronted growth stalls in the past year.</li></ul>

The S&amp;P500 moved sharply lower overnight, shedding 3% apparently on continued concerns about China's future growth prospects.&nbsp; Despite the correction in recent months, the stock market still doesn't look particularly cheap, with the prospective PE on the S&amp;P500 still higher than historical norms. &nbsp;The headwinds facing US stock investors stem from the stagnation in expected profitability over the past 12 months.&nbsp;For Australia, the market&rsquo;s prospective PE of 14.5x suggests that the market is neither cheap or expensive at current levels.&nbsp; Like the US, the key headwind facing corporate Australia is the stagnation of future growth prospects, which has now dragged on for five years now due to the terms of trade shock.&nbsp;As far as reporting season goes, the market continues to punish even small misses from high growth stocks.&nbsp; I discuss the market pricing for Seek.com and other market darlings that have confronted growth stalls in the past year.

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LKQ Corporation offers automotive products and services. The Company provides alternative collision replacement parts, recycled engines and transmissions, as well as remanufactured engines. LKQ offers customers in North America, Central America and Europe replacement systems, components and parts for the repair of automobiles and light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks.

Pool Corporation is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products. The Company's inventory includes a diverse range of products, from construction materials, replacement parts and fencing to pool care products and spas.

Weyco Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, distribute men's footwear.  The Company offers both casual and dress shoes which are sold on a worldwide basis.

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. operates as a sporting goods retailer that manages stores primarily in the eastern and central United States. The Company owns stores that offers a broad selection of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear.

Burlington Stores, Inc. owns and operates clothing retail stores. The Company offers, through its stores and internet sites, men's, women's, and children's apparel. Burlington Holding operates within the United States and Puerto Rico.

Tractor Supply Company operates a retail farm store chain in the United States. The Company provides farm maintenance products, animal products, general maintenance products, lawn and garden products, light truck equipment, work clothing, and other products.  Customers include hobby, part-time, and full-time farmers and ranchers, as well as rural customers, contractors, and tradesman.

Dollar General Corporation operates a chain of discount retail stores located primarily in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. The Company offer a broad selection of merchandise, including consumable products such as food, paper and cleaning products, health, beauty, pet supplies, and non-consumables such as seasonal merchandise.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.  a specialty retailer that operates stores and direct-to-consumer operations. Through these channels, the Company sells: casual sportswear apparel, including knit and woven shirts, graphic t-shirts, fleece, jeans and woven pants, shorts, sweaters, and outerwear; personal care products; and accessories for men, women and kids.

Murphy USA Inc. produces and distributes petroleum products. The Company engages in refining, marketing, and transportation of oil and gas products. Murphy USA provides products and services worldwide.

Etsy, Inc. provides e-commerce services. The Company offers handmade and vintage items, art, and supplies, as well as regular items such as clothing, housewares, paper goods, candles, bags and purses, music, and wood working items. Etsy serves users throughout the United States.

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, invests in automotive, consumer finance, utilities and infrastructure, heavy equipment and mining, property, agribusiness, cement, and consumer products businesses. Jardine Cycle & Carriage serves customers in South East Asia.

S.A. D'Ieteren N.V. imports to and distributes European- and Asian-manufactured cars in Belgium.  The Company offers vehicle glass repair and replacement services in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Canon Marketing Japan Inc. distributes all Canon products in the domestic market.  The Company sells copying machines, printers, digital cameras, facsimile, scanner, projectors, and calculators.

Inchcape PLC is a global automotive distributor and retailer. The Company acts as a vehicle and parts distributor in multiple markets. In these markets, Inchcape has exclusive responsibility for managing the value chain on behalf of a focused portfolio of premium and luxury brand partners. Over two thirds of the Group profit is derived from Asia Pacific and emerging markets.

Wuchan Zhongda Group Co.,Ltd. offers supply chain services. The Company purchases and distributes metal materials, ores, automobiles, chemicals, rubbers, and energy products. Wuchan Zhongda Group also conducts finance, medical, thermal power, and public utility businesses.

Bapcor Limited retails automotive parts. The Company offers aftermarket parts, accessories, and services. Bapcor serves customers in Australia.

Sinomach Automobile Co., Ltd. operates in the car wholesale and retail business. The company changed business sector from machinery to automobile wholeslae after the acquisition of China Automobile Trading Co Ltd.

Liaoning Cheng Da Co., Ltd. imports and exports a variety of textile products including knitting products, household textile products, and apparel.  The Company also operates pharmaceutical chain stores and provides processing services.

Zhejiang Orient Holdings Co., Ltd. imports and exports textile products.  The Company exports cotton and wool knitwear, household textile products, and accessories, as well as imports textile raw materials and equipment.  Zhejiang Orient also provides apparel processing services, acts as a cargo transportation agency, and operates in properties.

Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Company Ltd. retails and distributes books and offers services.  The Company operates a chain of retail bookstores, distributes textbooks and supplementary materials, and provides ancillary support and services to book publishers.

Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products, and electrical/electronic materials.  The Company conducts business throughout most of the United States, in Canada, and in Mexico.

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