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Aug 18, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 18 Aug 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
Aug 16, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 131 - S&P500 Seasonality Stir
It's very timely to take another look at stockmarket seasonality. The brief panic last week (barely a 2% selloff) actually came at a...
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Topdown Charts
Aug 15, 20171 min read
VIDEO: Fed loan officer survey says everything is A-OK
In this video we look at the latest Fed loan officer survey results to see the key trends and insights on loan growth, the economy, and...
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Callum Thomas
Aug 9, 20172 min read
ChartCritic 5 - Golden tricks and SPX
In this edition of ChartCritic we look at a chart that was directed to our attention by Jim Rickards on Twitter. The chart shows the...
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Callum Thomas
Aug 8, 20172 min read
The return of the return on equity
Return on equity is a key profitability metric for stocks, it's useful in comparing individual companies but it can also yield insights...
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Callum Thomas
Aug 7, 20172 min read
ChartCritic 4 - Investor Confidence Index
As I was doing my weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm on Twitter a rather interesting chart caught my attention. It was one of the series from the...
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Callum Thomas
Aug 2, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 124 - NYSE Margin Debt Update
The latest NYSE margin debt data was just released (for June - yes it gets released with a 1-month lag... which by the way reduces its...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 30, 20172 min read
Weekly Sentiment Poll: Fundamentals
The latest weekly sentiment poll on Twitter showed a couple of very interesting trends in sentiment and markets. As a reminder the...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 30, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 121 - Euphoriameter moves into a new phase
The Euphoriameter rose again in July, with the combined sentiment reading for the S&P500 lifted by rising forward PE ratios, a low VIX,...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 25, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 116 - Institutional investor capitulation
The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index data for July showed a distinct sense of upside capitulation (by North American...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 24, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 113 - This measure of US equity volatility is at a 22-year low
On a range of trends and topics these are unusual times we live in, and stock market volatility is no exception. As a matter of fact,...
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Topdown Charts
Jul 19, 20171 min read
VIDEO: S&P500 sector weights and dot com mania
In this video we discuss some key trends in sector market cap weights and earnings share of the GICS sectors of the S&P500 index. The...
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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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Callum Thomas
Jul 7, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 97 - Rising Inequality in the S&P500
When you say the words 'rising inequality' it raises all sorts of connotations and thoughts, but in this ChartBrief we look at a peculiar...
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Topdown Charts
Jul 7, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 7 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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Callum Thomas
Jul 5, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 96 - The Euphoriameter Hits a Post-crisis High
The "Euphoriameter" has hit a new post-crisis high in June, indicating increasing levels of euphoria among investors. The indicator...
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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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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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Topdown Charts
Jun 25, 20171 min read
VIDEO: When is enough enough for the S&P500?
In this video we discuss the outlook for interest rates and the S&P500. The video focuses on a topic from a recent edition of the Weekly...
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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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