- TickerUSB
- ISINUS9029733048
- ExchangeNew York Stock Exchange
- SectorBanks
- CountryUnited States
Waiting on Small-Caps This market continues to be dominated by signals that suggest we are in the early stages of a new bull phase, which we discuss below. At the same time, small-caps continue to be one area of the market that gives us some reason for pause as neither the Russell 2000 or S&P Small Cap 600 indexes have been able to make bullish price or RS inflections. • Small-Caps Still Below Resistance. The major US large- and mid-cap indexes have all decisively broken out to either all-time highs or 52-week highs, leaving small-caps behind. This situation can only happen for so long bec...
Dramatic improvement Encouraging developments continue to pour in. Over the past week we have seen dramatic improvements that could be setting the stage for a broad-based advance. We highlight these improvements below, along with what we would like to see in order to have confidence in labeling this a bull market. • 10-year Treasury yield. We continue to believe that a bottom in Treasury yields is necessary before we see a decisive breakout for the broad equity market. We are seeing signs of this bottom happening -- not only in the absolute chart of the 10-year Treasury yield, but also in ...
Fourth time's a charm? Global equities (ACWI) and the equal-weighted S&P 500 are attempting to break out for the fourth time this year from what has seemed like a never-ending horizontal consolidation period. At some point this consolidation will come to an end, however the weight of the evidence is not yet telling us “this time is different.†Despite some recent encouraging and positive developments from areas such as retail (XRT), EM (EEM), and European Banks (EUFN), we remain in wait-and-see mode as the market approaches resistance. Below we detail why we remain hesitant to call this a...
Our outlook remains cautious and we continue to expect heightened volatility and a potential retest of the February 2018 lows over the next several weeks. Near-term we are monitoring for S&P 500 support near 2,600 (i.e., the October low) and resistance near 2,817 or the 100- and 50-day moving averages. In today's report we outline our current concerns along with developments that would cause us to become more constructive on the market. • Sector Relative Strength Rankings (RSRs) & Weighting Recommendations. We are upgrading Financials to market weight. A longstanding concern we have cited ...
A director at US Bancorp Delaware sold 50,000 shares at 42.980USD and the significance rating of the trade was 79/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly showing Close periods where trading activity is restricted under listing rules. The names of ...
US BANCORP (US), a company active in the Money Center Banks industry, reduced its market risk and raised its general evaluation. The independent financial analyst theScreener awarded an improved star rating to the company, which now shows 3 out of 4 possible stars; its market behaviour has improved and can be considered as moderately risky. theScreener believes that this new assessment merits an overall rating upgrade to Slightly Positive. As of the analysis date December 22, 2020, the closing price was USD 45.59 and its potential was estimated at USD 53.39.
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