Sunday Sticker Shocks and Straws

By Paul Sankey Published on August 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Hello, The last week of Summer 2024 is upon us. Welcome to the first week of 2024/5! Source: Bloomberg, Sankey Research Good luck to you & yours, may it be a great year. ~ Briefly noted: still no Prime Minister appointed in France, which is causing a continuing political crisis there. And next thing you know the founder of Telegram is arrested this weekend at Le Bourget, Paris’s private airport. Telegram, and that story, are …

Read More

Sunday Multiple Multiples

By Paul Sankey Published on August 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM

On Friday I chatted to a major & long term client, a gen-u-ine hedge fund portfolio manager, and I realized that all our stock views right now are about multiple expansion/contraction; because we cannot get there on a bullish macro call. So today we talk multiples. ~ People kindly ask me how its going at Sankey Research, and the response is that the primary driver of our business is “Oil’s share of the S&P500”. Below …

Read More

Letter from the Quai D’Orsay

By Paul Sankey Published on July 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM

We just took the Eurostar London to Paris, which City of Lights is empty. Above, the Quai D’Orsay, Notre Dame approaching renovation completion (later this year, fire was 2019). The 2024 Olympics are starting, and the streets are closed. No taxis, metro only to get around or foot. Paris is empty, the notoriously grumpy locals ain’t got time for all this. The local barman is berating the quiet. TGV (Train Grand Vitesse, fast French long …

Read More