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Callum Thomas
Jan 10, 20183 min read
ChartBrief 178 - Market Seasonality Maps
Another year another datapoint... Regular readers will be familiar with the first chart which shows the average daily returns for the...
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Callum Thomas
Jan 10, 20182 min read
ChartBrief 177 - The fourth Bond tantrum
US 10-Year Bond Yields have moved through a number of key levels and are on the cusp of a major breakout. Regular readers know by now...
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Callum Thomas
Jan 7, 20182 min read
Sentiment Survey: Furious Bulls
The latest weekly sentiment/positioning survey on Twitter revealed a continuation of some very interesting trends and a new record in...
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Callum Thomas
Jan 1, 20183 min read
The Charts to Watch in 2018
I spent a lot of time in the 2017 End of Year Special Edition looking back across 2017. I covered some of my best charts and...
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Callum Thomas
Dec 28, 20172 min read
The Charts of 2017 - Honorable Mentions
As part of the release of the 2017 End of Year Special Edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report (a summary of some of the best, worst,...
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Callum Thomas
Dec 20, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 175 - US 10-year Bond Yields about to go to 3.5%?
A couple of things are happening in the bond space right now. Last week we got the flash PMIs for the major DM economies, and all fronts...
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Callum Thomas
Dec 13, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 173 - Fed Hikes, What's Next
Much as I expected (given the progression of the data) the Fed hiked again in its December meeting [and in the background continues to...
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Callum Thomas
Dec 12, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 172 - When does "so good" become "too good"?
As the global economic cycle heats up, it's worth posing the question: when does "so good" become "too good"? It's a reference to one of...
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Topdown Charts
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 1 Dec 2017
Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. To read more and see the...
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Topdown Charts
Nov 28, 20171 min read
VIDEO: US HY Credit Spreads - a strategic analysis
In this video we look at US HY Credit Spreads and provide a strategic analysis, and comment on how to think about timing this asset class....
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Topdown Charts
Nov 25, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 24 Nov 2017
Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. To read more and see the...
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Callum Thomas
Nov 16, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 166 - Bonds through the Cycle
The topic of the yield curve is one that has been coming up a lot lately, particularly as the 10s minus 2s spread has dipped to the...
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Callum Thomas
Nov 6, 20172 min read
Are US HY Credit Spreads "Too Low"?
In my conversations with clients a common topic of interest is that of US high yield credit spreads. Indeed, it's almost the opposite...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 16, 20172 min read
Weekly Sentiment Survey: Red Flag
This article reviews the data from the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents'...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 10, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 158 - Bond Volatility at Rock Bottom
Just like with markets and economies, humans go through cycles of emotion and turning points - it's often the case that when someone hits...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Maturity Creep - a key trend for global bond investors
I was looking through some statistics on the global government bond markets, specifically the Thomson Reuters Government Bond Indexes. A...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 8, 20172 min read
Weekly Sentiment Survey: Bond Bears and Equity Bulls
This article reviews the data from the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents'...
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Topdown Charts
Oct 5, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 6 Oct 2017
Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. To read more and see the...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 4, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 156 - Critical Signals in PMI-Bond Yield Divergences
First up is an update to the DM composite PMI vs US 10-year treasury chart - the final vs flash PMIs were revised up and that's now...
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Callum Thomas
Oct 3, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 155 - TED, HY Credit, VIX
Going through the various charts on credit strategy and risk pricing I noticed a couple of interesting and related charts that I thought...
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