When the correlations all go to 1

When the correlations all go to 1

Our FSW Markets All Luxury Index was up almost 25 percent in mid-February. Currently, it is down around 2 percent. As of intraday today, most of the index’s constituents are down on the year with a few exceptions: Hermès (4.0%), EssilorLuxottica (2.6%), and Moncler...
Another strong week for luxury equities

Another strong week for luxury equities

The FSW Markets All Luxury Index closed up almost 7 percent last week. Outside of small declines from Burberry and PVH Corp., every constituent of the index was up on the week and most of them big. The biggest gainer was Kering. On Tuesday, Kering announced that its...
Market yawns as Kering reports more terrible results

Market yawns as Kering reports more terrible results

Kering has been the sick man of the luxury for a while now. Their participation in the post-pandemic luxury top-line growth party was substantially less than that of many of its competitors (e.g., revenue growth in 2021 was 10 percentage points lower than LVMH) and...