Upgrading Utilities to Overweight The S&P 500 (SPX) is back near YTD highs and testing resistance in the 5670-5783 range, and we view this as an ideal time to reduce risk and shift to defensives. We continue to believe that the SPX and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are going through a 1- to 4-month pullback/consolidation that could end up being a topping pattern. To recap, (1) in our 7/30/24 and 8/6/24 Compass reports we discussed how 5100-5191 was our target/bounce area on SPX, (2) we downgraded our long-t...
A director at Spire Inc sold 6,590 shares at 65.150USD and the significance rating of the trade was 65/100. 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 showin...
Short Shots is a collection of technically vulnerable charts culled from the Negative Inflecting and Toppy columns within our Weekly Compass report or from various technical screening processes. The charts contained in this report have developed concerning technical patterns that suggest further price deterioration is likely. For these reasons Short Shots can also be a great source of ideas for investors interested in short-selling candidates.
The independent financial analyst theScreener just slightly lowered the general evaluation of SPIRE (US), active in the Gas Distribution industry. The title has lost a star(s) at the fundamental level and now shows 3 out of 4 stars. Its exposure to market risk remains nonetheless the same and can be still described as defensive. theScreener slightly downgrades the general evaluation to Slightly Positive for the title on account of the lost star(s). As of the analysis date April 5, 2022, the clos...
Rating Action: Moody's assigns Ba1 to Spire Inc. preferred stock. Global Credit Research- 14 May 2019. New York, May 14, 2019-- Moody's Investors Service today assigned a Ba1 rating to Spire Inc.' s Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock.
S&P 500 testing YTD lows The S&P 500 remains on shaky ground, recently slicing through 2,600, and now testing YTD lows. We view the YTD lows (~2,530) as an important area of support and some sort of a bounce, or at least a pause, is to be expected. The question is whether this level ultimately holds. Our outlook remains cautious and we put a high probability on a breakdown to new lows given weak longer-term internals and continued leadership of defensive Sectors, while banks and small-caps are ...
Cautious outlook intact; Downgrading Manufacturing Relatively solid earnings results have failed to support the market amid an ongoing host of concerns including, but not limited to, rising interest rates and a potential Fed policy mistake, and also a strong dollar and China-U.S. trade war fears. With the February low of ~2,532 only about 4% lower from current levels on the S&P 500 and seemingly no resolution in sight to the aforementioned concerns, we remain extremely cautious and expect conso...
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT FINANCE CREDIT OPINION 21 July 2017 Update RATINGS Spire Inc. Domicile St. Louis, Missouri, United States Long Term Rating Baa2 Type Senior Unsecured - Dom Curr Outlook Stable Please see the ratings section at the end of this report for more information. The ratings and outlook shown reflect information as of the publication date. Contact Jeffrey F. Cassella 212-553-1665
ISSUER COMMENT INFRASTRUCTURE APRIL 6, 2017 What is Moody’s Credit Outlook? Published every Monday and Thursday morning, Moody's Credit Outlook informs our research clients of the credit implications of current events. Spire’s Equity Issuance Is Credit Positive From Credit Outlook On Monday, Spire Inc. (Baa2 stable) issued up to 2,504,700 shares of its common stock related to the mandatory co
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