Friday, March 13, 2015

To Catch A Falling Knife

From nearly every perspective, MSCI Europe Energy sector valuations look rather tempting compared to any other sector in the region:

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The issue, then, becomes whether or not the decline in prices has stopped:

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Our point-and-figure methodology comes in handy here, enabling us to track relative performance versus the MSCI All Country World Index for the Energy sector's constituents.  With just one possible exception (Neste Oil), all of these charts would seem to indicate a high likelihood that the downtrend in European Energy stocks will remain in effect for some time to come.