The European Commission voted to impose tariffs of up to 45% on imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). The announcement follows previous tariffs imposed on Chinese EV imports back in June. This new round of economic…
Innovative Tech will face macroeconomic headwinds in a new “higher for longer” interest regime. Yet, the long-term opportunity of the cohort is tremendous. Investors need to be judicious with the timing of adding new capital to…
Highlights Portfolio Strategy Downgrade communications equipment stocks to underweight. All three end-markets are weak and signal that profits will continue to surprise to the downside. Continue to avoid the electrical components…
Our upgrade of the S&P electrical components & equipment (ECE) index to overweight earlier this year was based on both market and industry factors. The group had undershot on technical, valuation and sentiment basis. Moreover,…
The overall tech sector has been under pressure as a consequence of shoddy profits. We do not expect any imminent reprieve, particularly within the heavyweight S&P computer hardware, storage and peripherals index. This group is…
We recently boosted weightings in the S&P electrical equipment & components index, and the latest data reinforce this view. Final demand has stayed more resilient than other manufacturing and resource-intensive industries, as…