We have shown the endless hockey-stick-like charts of hope that are the coming margin expansion, dramatic earnings growth, and revenue increases [7] (all juxtaposed against the reality of a labor-destroying cost-cutting and growth-disabled global economy) but perhaps nowhere is the 'hope' in the US more evident when compared to the rest of the world. Around the world, analysts and strategists are comfortable marking down expectations for British, European, Asian, and Emerging Market nations but not the good ol' USofA. We cannot help but believe that while momentum in US equity markets dominates all sense and rationality, it would appear the US will struggle to realize these 'hopeful' expectations if the rest of the world is collapsing... unless of course, Mars does indeed start importing Fords and GMs.
The normalized forward expectations for EPS... Spot the odd one out!
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and this as US Macro data appears to have topped out... with the biggest two-day drop in 9 months!
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Chart: Credit Suisse and Bloomberg