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Jul 22, 20172 min read

Weekly Macro Themes - 21 July 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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What's the difference between EM and DM anyway?

Callum Thomas

Jul 17, 20172 min read

What's the difference between EM and DM anyway?

Anyone who has been paying attention to emerging markets will have noticed the very interesting price action going on there. But since...

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ChartBrief 109 - The big swings in commodity futures positioning

Callum Thomas

Jul 15, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 109 - The big swings in commodity futures positioning

Here's a quick update on commodity futures positioning with the latest weekly CFTC COT report data. I've just picked out what I think...

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ChartCritic 3 - Is this the most irrelevant chart you've ever seen?

Callum Thomas

Jul 14, 20172 min read

ChartCritic 3 - Is this the most irrelevant chart you've ever seen?

Today's edition of ChartCritic takes a look at a chart shared by EconomPic on Twitter (which has also made the rounds of all the usual...

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Jul 14, 20172 min read

Weekly Macro Themes - 14 July 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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ChartBrief 105 - The VIX is at a Seasonal Turning Point

Callum Thomas

Jul 12, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 105 - The VIX is at a Seasonal Turning Point

The topic of seasonality is a controversial one among investors. Some swear by it, referring to studies that present evidence for a...

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ChartBrief 103 - Global Economic Leading Indicators

Callum Thomas

Jul 11, 20171 min read

ChartBrief 103 - Global Economic Leading Indicators

The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators showed some interesting results country-by-country, but one view we use when...

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Callum Thomas

Jul 10, 20171 min read

This FAANG is Not Dot Com

There's been a lot of talk about the so-called FAANG stocks and parallels being drawn against the 2000's dot com bubble. With S&P500...

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ChartBrief 102 - China inflation surprises, commodities, and EM

Callum Thomas

Jul 10, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 102 - China inflation surprises, commodities, and EM

The latest inflation figures out of China weren't much to talk about on the face of it, with CPI at 1.5% yoy in June and PPI at 5.5% -...

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ChartBrief 101 - Fundamental sentiment and clues from the bond market

Callum Thomas

Jul 9, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 101 - Fundamental sentiment and clues from the bond market

The latest weekly equity (and bonds) sentiment poll I take on Twitter has produced some interesting results this week. I have done this...

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ChartCritic 2 - The long and short of VIX

Callum Thomas

Jul 5, 20172 min read

ChartCritic 2 - The long and short of VIX

Today's edition of ChartCritic takes a look at a chart that was shared by Jesse Felder on Twitter which shows the relative $ value traded...

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US High Yield Credit Spreads Low - as they should be?

Callum Thomas

Jul 5, 20172 min read

US High Yield Credit Spreads Low - as they should be?

Most people are probably aware that US High Yield credit spreads are trading at the bottom end of the range - almost 1 standard deviation...

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ChartBrief 91 - Surprising surge in Chinese exports will prolong the rebound

Callum Thomas

Jul 2, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 91 - Surprising surge in Chinese exports will prolong the rebound

The world's second largest economy has reported a number of interesting datapoints for those willing to dig a little to get to the...

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Callum Thomas

Jun 26, 20172 min read

The big PE10 at the small end of town

A number of analysts and commentators have been discussing the increasingly high levels of the "Shiller PE", also known as CAPE or PE10,...

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ChartBrief 88 - Global flash PMI enters into a downtrend, what's next?

Callum Thomas

Jun 23, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 88 - Global flash PMI enters into a downtrend, what's next?

The latest round of flash manufacturing PMIs saw the "global composite" that we put together fall -0.40 to 53.8 which places it down...

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ChartBrief 87 - 2 Crude Oil tactical indicators to keep front of mind

Callum Thomas

Jun 21, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 87 - 2 Crude Oil tactical indicators to keep front of mind

In the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report we talked about the likelihood of further short-term downside in the oil price...

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Fed policy still in the "sweet spot" for stocks

Callum Thomas

Jun 20, 20172 min read

Fed policy still in the "sweet spot" for stocks

Whether it's "3 steps and a stumble" or just the fact that the Fed is thinking and talking about going from QE to QT, there is a growing...

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ChartBrief 86 - The rise of consumer sentiment

Callum Thomas

Jun 19, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 86 - The rise of consumer sentiment

We decided to take a closer look at a seldom talked about indicator, the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment indexes (available exclusively through...

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Jun 16, 20172 min read

Weekly Macro Themes - 16 June 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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ChartBrief 85 - Are we all wrong about volatility?

Callum Thomas

Jun 15, 20172 min read

ChartBrief 85 - Are we all wrong about volatility?

A number of commentators have pointed out the divergence between economic policy uncertainty indexes and the VIX or equity volatility. ...

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