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ChartBrief 130 - China Debt & Leverage
The latest loans and monetary data out of China show a continuation of the story of adding more debt. Total social finance growth (the...
Callum Thomas
Aug 16, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 129 - The thing about Trump and North Korea...
After a crazy week the risk of a nuclear war has seemingly receded with the announcement by North Korea that its planned missile strike...
Callum Thomas
Aug 15, 20172 min read


DXY Delight - A rare opportunity
The current setup in the US Dollar index or DXY is rare in that a clear and logical fundamental and technical case can be made for upside...
Callum Thomas
Aug 15, 20172 min read


5 Charts on the Chinese Economy
The July activity data for China were just released, but rather than dwell on the details of the data, I decided I would pick out 5...
Callum Thomas
Aug 14, 20172 min read


Weekly Sentiment Survey: Panic.
This article reviews the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents' equity and bond...
Callum Thomas
Aug 14, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 128 - Wobbles in Consumer Sentiment
Here's a quick update on the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment Indexes through August. The main high-level takeaways were that the composite EM...
Callum Thomas
Aug 12, 20171 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 11 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...
Topdown Charts
Aug 11, 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...
Callum Thomas
Aug 9, 20172 min read


VIDEO: Why look at global property prices?
In this video we look at the trends in global property prices, and why it matter for the global economic and financial market outlook. ...
Topdown Charts
Aug 9, 20171 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...
Callum Thomas
Aug 8, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 127 - India cuts interest rates, what's next?
Last week 2 things dropped in India: the manufacturing PMI for July dropped to the worst reading since the financial crisis, and the RBI...
Callum Thomas
Aug 7, 20171 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...
Callum Thomas
Aug 7, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 126 - A tight US labor market
The July jobs report had the US unemployment rate dropping back to 4.3%, which is slightly lower than the trough in 2007, and comfortably...
Callum Thomas
Aug 5, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 4 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...
Topdown Charts
Aug 4, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 125 - Optimistic if divergent global growth outlook
The July round of Markit manufacturing PMIs showed an ongoing theme of divergence among the major economies, but an interesting and...
Callum Thomas
Aug 3, 20172 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...
Callum Thomas
Aug 2, 20171 min read


EM ETF AUM doubles to a record high
A curious chart was staring me in the face as I went through my excel models pressing 'refresh' on the data feeds. The chart showed the...
Callum Thomas
Aug 2, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 123 - Eurozone inflation upside
Most analysts continue to be too bearish on the Eurozone economy, and one area where there's potential for further upside surprise is...
Callum Thomas
Aug 1, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 122 - China PMI bad and good
The official manufacturing PMI for China came in at 51.4 in July (51.5 expected, 51.7 previous), and the non-manufacturing PMI at 54.5...
Callum Thomas
Jul 31, 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...
Callum Thomas
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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