The strength of US corporate profits has not translated into investment spending as it has done in the past
John Robertson
PortfolioDirect
The strength of US corporate profits has not translated into investment spending as it has done in the past. The proportion of after tax profits going to private non residential fixed investment (see chart) is as low as it has been for over sixty years. The low propensity of business to invest has been retarding US growth but now offers an opportunity. Last month, 48.6% of businesses surveyed by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said that their investment spending would be higher in the coming year than in the year gone by. This compares with 35.7% in 2012 and 39.4% in 2013, when they were also asked the same question. The sentiment appears to be edging toward a point where the investment cycle picks up speed. This will be a critical next stage for US equity prices as well as, globally, raw material producing companies.
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John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business strategist and investment market professional for over 30 years after starting his career as a Commonwealth Treasury economist in Canberra. Since being Australia's top-rated commodities analyst and chief economist at one of Australia' leading stockbroking firms, he has advised companies across the mining, consumer products, IT and biotech sectors on their equity market relations. He leads the firm's investment evaluation and security structuring activities on behalf of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB), the world's first equity 'crowdfunding' investment platform. John Robertson discusses the interaction of mining and investment markets in his weekly 'From the Capital' column in Mining Journal.
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John Robertson
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John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business...
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John Robertson
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John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business...
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