Turning Points

Turning Points is an independent blog produced and edited by @esimong. I share charts, indicators and other cool things about trading & investing.

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Watchlist For This Week

Stocks: ANA LNT AMZN AEE AEP AMT AWK AAPL BLL CLNX CHD CTXS CLX CMS COO CCI DVA DB1Gn D DUK LLY ENEI ES EXR GIS GILD HPQ HUM IBE COL KMB MSFT MAA NEM NEE NI PM PNW PGR O REGN RSG SO TSLA UDR WMT WEC XEL

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Trending Stocks

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U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks Tumble at Fastest Pace Since 2008

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S&P 500 Comparison to October 2007

Source: @NautilusCap

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Huawei's American suppliers

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has a long list of American suppliers, potentially putting the firm at risk of a ZTE-style supply ban after the arrest of its CFO in Canada, who faces accusations that she misled multinational banks about Huawei's control of a company operating in Iran.

Source:  REUTERS GRAPHICS

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Traders Are Shorting the S&P 500 at a Rate Unseen Since 2015

Investors haven’t been this keen to short the U.S. stock market since the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates.

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AAII Sentiment Survey: Optimism Falls To An Unusually Low Level

Source: AAII

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German Economy Suffers Another Blow as Business Confidence Drops

The drop in the Ifo index was bigger than forecast and took the closely watched gauge to its lowest since November 2014. The expectations index was unchanged on the month, providing some hope that the current uncertainty will pass. The euro extended its decline against the dollar.

Consumer spending rose the most in almost eight years in the first quarter, helping the economy grow 0.4%. Capital investment and construction also gained, though some of the support may prove short-lived.

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The World’s 7.5 Billion People, in One Chart

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Another Breadth Warning For Stocks

Even while some measures (like the advance-decline line) appear more benign, the breadth divergence we have witnessed in the stock market over the past year is among the most significant we have ever seen in its history. Thus, by this measure, the probability of the broad stock market rolling over into a new bear market is as elevated as ever.

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The S&P 500 gained each of the first four months of the year for the first time since 2013

The S&P 500 returns the rest of the year (final 8 months) have been more than twice as strong as the average year returns—10% versus 4.7%—following four straight monthly gains to kick off a new year. There’s always a catch though, and in this case we’ve seen an average pullback of more than 8% the rest of the year.

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The Potential Winners From a Crackdown on Huawei

With China’s Huawei in the eye of the storm, European competitors could emerge as winners in the race for spectrum. Both Nokia and Ericsson have outperformed the Stoxx 600 Tech index since the announcement of the U.S. ban on Huawei last week.

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Record Lows For Eurozone Banks vs European Equities

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Valuations, Revenues and Losses For Tech IPOs Over The Past Three Quarters

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Stoxx 50 Top Buy Stocks

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Ibex 35 Top Buy Stocks

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Investors Hedging Against Stock Market Collapse Jumps to Record

Traders reduced their exposure to equities compared to the April survey and removed their underweight position in euro zone and banking stocks and added to tech shares by reducing exposure to bond proxies and commodities.

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