Some interesting stuff on corporate balance sheets from SocGen’s Albert Edwards on Wednesday.
Edwards observes, for example, that corporate leverage is finally recovering after a temporary retraction:
Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.
Learn moreSome interesting stuff on corporate balance sheets from SocGen’s Albert Edwards on Wednesday.
Edwards observes, for example, that corporate leverage is finally recovering after a temporary retraction:
| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of Jun 19 2013 16:35 |
6,349 | -25.39 | -0.4% | 6,876 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of Jun 19 2013 17:15 |
1,180 | -3.23 | -0.3% | 1,258 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of Jun 19 2013 05:00 |
1,629 | -22.88 | -1.4% | 1,687 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of Jun 20 2013 05:00 |
1.33 | 0.00 | -0.3% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of Jun 20 2013 05:22 |
104.74 | -1.38 | -1.3% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of Jun 20 2013 02:45 |
1,344 | -29.50 | -2.2% | 1,795 |
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