Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

So far the S&amp;P 500 has failed to overcome the 2,790-2,800 resistance level we first highlighted in our 6/5/18 Compass. However, while a breakdown below support remains possible, the S&amp;P 500 is currently at an area where we would expect to see some support. The wild card remains financials.  A breakdown of the sector has the potential to usher in another broad market selloff, which could cause the S&amp;P 500 to fall below 200-day moving average support and lead to more negative breadth signals for the indicators highlighted above. $26.50 on the XLF is the level we are watching.

So far the S&amp;P 500 has failed to overcome the 2,790-2,800 resistance level we first highlighted in our 6/5/18 Compass. However, while a breakdown below support remains possible, the S&amp;P 500 is currently at an area where we would expect to see some support. The wild card remains financials.  A breakdown of the sector has the potential to usher in another broad market selloff, which could cause the S&amp;P 500 to fall below 200-day moving average support and lead to more negative breadth signals for the indicators highlighted above. $26.50 on the XLF is the level we are watching.

U.S. Equities: Downgrading Manufacturing and Materials; Large-Cap Financials at Critical Support

Silver Point

Thomas J. Monaco

Independent Insight Provider

Silver Point is a boutique research firm that focuses on the broader financial services sector, with a particular focus on troubled institutions globally. 

Asia Ex Japan

Equity Bottom-Up

* Questionable Restructuring Plan: Deutsche Bank (DBK.GY/DB.NY) [Deutsche] announced a dramatic restructuring plan with targets which are likely too optimistic.* A US Problem Institution: The FDIC – following the Federal Reserve’s lead from a year ago – placed Deutsche US on problem institution status, citing operational weakness.* S&amp;P Downgrade:  Deutsche’s shares now trading in the single digits and CDS spreads are significantly wider. The belated S&amp;P downgrade continues to suggest that…

* Questionable Restructuring Plan: Deutsche Bank (DBK.GY/DB.NY) [Deutsche] announced a dramatic restructuring plan with targets which are likely too optimistic.* A US Problem Institution: The FDIC – following the Federal Reserve’s lead from a year ago – placed Deutsche US on problem institution status, citing operational weakness.* S&amp;P Downgrade:  Deutsche’s shares now trading in the single digits and CDS spreads are significantly wider. The belated S&amp;P downgrade continues to suggest that…

Financials, especially the large-cap brokers have suffered severe pullbacks recently. If these stocks cannot sustain a reversal in the next few days, we believe the markets could suffer a more severe pullback. Many of these names are suffering uptrend violations in price and RS, as well as bearish descending triangle patterns. The Sector is showing signs deteriorating breadth as well. In today’s report we highlight concerning charts within Financial Sector.

Financials, especially the large-cap brokers have suffered severe pullbacks recently. If these stocks cannot sustain a reversal in the next few days, we believe the markets could suffer a more severe pullback. Many of these names are suffering uptrend violations in price and RS, as well as bearish descending triangle patterns. The Sector is showing signs deteriorating breadth as well. In today’s report we highlight concerning charts within Financial Sector.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Financials Struggling, Tech and Energy Leading

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

In this report, we look at financials positioning among global equity funds which, in line with global EM funds, are sitting at their highest levels in over 7 years.  Despite this record exposure, there has been a clear rotation out of US financial stocks and into EMEA and Asian stocks.  The latest positioning data shows India as the largest financial overweight among our group of 149 global equity funds, with the US moving from an overweight holding to underweight in the space of the last 12 months.

In this report, we look at financials positioning among global equity funds which, in line with global EM funds, are sitting at their highest levels in over 7 years.  Despite this record exposure, there has been a clear rotation out of US financial stocks and into EMEA and Asian stocks.  The latest positioning data shows India as the largest financial overweight among our group of 149 global equity funds, with the US moving from an overweight holding to underweight in the space of the last 12 months.

Global Financials Positioning:  Funds Hit Maximum Overweight - Rotate Out of USA, into EMEA/Asia

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:• Technology: Overweight.  Technology remains a leadership Sector as uptrends and significant bases remain intact. The recent pullback has resulted in a number of groups breaking to new highs especially in the Software related groups. Historically investors will move to software related names to reduce risk as these companies often have a source of reoccurring revenue. Large- and Mid-cap semiconductors have also been quite resilient, whereas small- and micro-cap semis are seeing breakdowns in price and RS.• Financials: Overweight. Financials continue to plod up and to the right. Banks and thrifts, exchanges, investing banking and brokerage, pawn shops and Latin/South American banks look attractive.

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:• Technology: Overweight.  Technology remains a leadership Sector as uptrends and significant bases remain intact. The recent pullback has resulted in a number of groups breaking to new highs especially in the Software related groups. Historically investors will move to software related names to reduce risk as these companies often have a source of reoccurring revenue. Large- and Mid-cap semiconductors have also been quite resilient, whereas small- and micro-cap semis are seeing breakdowns in price and RS.• Financials: Overweight. Financials continue to plod up and to the right. Banks and thrifts, exchanges, investing banking and brokerage, pawn shops and Latin/South American banks look attractive.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Cyclicals Are Leadership, Small-Caps Are Closing the Gap.

United States

Morgan Stanley, a bank holding company, provides diversified financial services on a worldwide basis.  The Company operates a global securities business which serves individual and institutional investors and investment banking clients. Morgan Stanley also operates a global asset management business.

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U.S. Equities: Downgrading Manufacturing and Materials; Large-Cap Financials at Critical Support

So far the S&P 500 has failed to overcome the 2,790-2,800 resistance level we first highlighted in our 6/5/18 Compass. However, while a...

Vermilion Research

Deutsche Bank - Good Night Moon

* Questionable Restructuring Plan: Deutsche Bank (DBK.GY/DB.NY) [Deutsche] announced a dramatic restructuring plan with targets which are likely...

Thomas J. Monaco

U.S. Equity Strategy: Financials Struggling, Tech and Energy Leading

Financials, especially the large-cap brokers have suffered severe pullbacks recently. If these stocks cannot sustain a reversal in the next few...

Vermilion Research

Global Financials Positioning: Funds Hit Maximum Overweight - Rotate Out of USA, into EMEA/Asia

In this report, we look at financials positioning among global equity funds which, in line with global EM funds, are sitting at their highest...

Steven Holden

U.S. Equity Strategy: Cyclicals Are Leadership, Small-Caps Are Closing the Gap.

In our March Strategy we provide a top down analysis of U.S. equity market drivers, and highlight opportunities within the following Sectors:•...

Vermilion Research

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