Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

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...

Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

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 ...

Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

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...

Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

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 ...

Analyse court terme - US BANCORP : Les cours se sont repris.

La tendance est incertaine. Les cours se sont repris, mais la tendance manque de puissance pour le moment. La prochaine résistance est à 55,04 $.

US Bancorp Delaware: 1 director sold

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 ...

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Investment Thesis Takes A Slight Detour; But Still Intact

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Revenues under more Pressure than Expected

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U.S. Bancorp: Q4 2020 results: solid profitability despite revenue pressure; loss coverage remains robust

USB's Q4 2020 results demonstrated the consistency and diversity of its preprovision earnings, but revenue pressures are evident

U.S. Bancorp 3Q20 Results Show Resilience in Challenging Operating Environment

Please refer to PDF document for more detail about our research: U.S. Bancorp 3Q20 Results Show Resilience in Challenging Operating Environment

U.S. Bancorp: Q3 2020 results: lower loan loss provisions and stable preprovision income drive profitability higher from Q2

USB's Q3 2020 results demonstrated the consistency and diversity of its preprovision earnings, but asset quality is expected to weaken and revenue pressures are evident

U.S. Bancorp: Rating Report

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) released a new rating report on U.S. Bancorp.

U.S. Bancorp: Update following ratings affirmation, outlook changed to negative

Our credit view of U.S. Bancorp reflecting its diversification and conservative risk appetite, offset by a weaker capital position which will be tested by coronavirus pandemic challenges

US BANCORP reduced its risk exposure resulting in an upgrade to Slightly Positive

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.

Ford Equity US Rating and Forecast Report

Ford Equity Research covers more than 4,000 stocks using a proprietary quantitative model that evaluates a company’s earnings strength, its relative valuation and recent price movement. Ford’s five recommendation ratings include strong buy, buy, hold, sell, strong sell. For all stocks in our coverage universe, ratings are generated each week and reflect the fundamental and price data as of the last trading day of the week.