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The Return of Volatility
UPDATED (7-May-2020): I wanted to revisit this blog post with an update, partly because it's really interesting and worth highlighting,...
Callum Thomas
May 7, 20205 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: A Fundamental Transition Point
In this edition I take you through 5 charts which outline how a possible reassessment of the global macro/fundamental outlook is changing...
Callum Thomas
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Fundamental Fear
In this article we explore how starkly sentiment has shifted on the fundamentals outlook. From the heights of euphoria at the beginning...
Callum Thomas
Mar 25, 20193 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Bullish Technicals, Bearish Fundamentals
The sentiment snapshot series is back! For context, in the sentiment snapshot series I look at some of the charts from the weekly survey...
Callum Thomas
Mar 18, 20193 min read
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7 Charts on Quantitative Tightening
As the Fed is steadily progressing through its balance sheet normalization plan, it's worth checking in on a few charts that highlight...
Callum Thomas
Aug 29, 20185 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Vol Rising
This week in the sentiment snapshot I take a look at volatility. For context, in the sentiment snapshot series I look at some of the...
Callum Thomas
Jun 4, 20183 min read
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5 Charts on Quantitative Tightening
As the Fed is steadily progressing through its balance sheet normalization plan, it's worth checking in on a few charts that highlight...
Callum Thomas
Jun 2, 20183 min read
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ChartBrief 213 - Global Equity Fundamentals
Equity market fundamentals are looking pretty strong around the world. Key indicators like interest coverage ratios and profit margins...
Callum Thomas
May 31, 20182 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Bonds and Reflation
This week I took a long hard look at the survey results and a series of other charts, because they all seemed to be challenging my medium...
Callum Thomas
May 27, 20183 min read
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ChartBrief 212 - SCANNZ Economies
I wanted to revisit this topic, as some of the data have been updated - and it doesn't make things look any better for this group. ...
Callum Thomas
May 23, 20182 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Bullish at the Margin
Looking at the charts this week investors remain bullish, and judging by the margin debt and leverage charts - investors are clearly...
Callum Thomas
May 20, 20183 min read
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ChartBrief 211 - Global Consumer Confidence
There is a little-watched and relatively obscure set of indicators produced by Thomson Reuters and Ipsos, called the primary consumer...
Callum Thomas
May 11, 20182 min read
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ChartBrief 210 - Not so fast, Oil bulls
The geopolitical backdrop and news flow is creating ripples across commodity markets, and giving the rebound in crude oil a boost as...
Callum Thomas
May 9, 20182 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: What About Reflation?
Whatever happened to that whole "reflation" trade theme that everyone seemed to be talking about a year ago? Well, judging by some of...
Callum Thomas
May 6, 20183 min read
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5 Curious Charts on Corporate America and the Decline of the IPO
Something weird happened in the last couple of decades. The number of companies undertaking an IPO (Initial Public Offering - the...
Callum Thomas
May 5, 20184 min read
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ChartBrief 209 - Charting Long Term Growth in America
With all the high frequency data available these days, like weekly economic data, and market pricing by the second, it can sometimes be...
Callum Thomas
May 2, 20183 min read
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Sentiment Snapshot: Quantitative Tightening Underappreciated?
The latest results from the weekly surveys on Twitter showed equity investors are still torn between a bullish outlook on the...
Callum Thomas
Apr 29, 20183 min read
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ChartBrief 208 - Stockmarket Leverage
When you get towards the end of a market cycle a couple of things start to happen. Valuations increase, sentiment becomes extremely...
Callum Thomas
Apr 28, 20183 min read
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Infrastructure Investment, Long-Term GDP Growth, and US Bond Yields
The release of the latest GDP data brings with it updates to a couple of key trends in government investment, infrastructure spending,...
Callum Thomas
Apr 27, 20183 min read
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What the EPS? France and Germany
First, a quick point of clarification... "What the EPS?" is an experimental new blog series I am going to be running which will be...
Callum Thomas
Apr 26, 20182 min read
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