The Euphoriameter rose again in July, with the combined sentiment reading for the S&P500 lifted by rising forward PE ratios, a low VIX,...

The latest Credit Managers' Index data from the NACM showed another blip down by -1.5 points to a still respectable 54.6 in July. It...

The TED spread is something a lot of people were seemingly worried about a few months ago - at least that bearish crowd that provide the...

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...

As equity market implied volatility grinds lower it's worth throwing a couple more charts into the mix. In this post we look at ETF bets...

The latest hard data on global trade continue to show a picture of global trade volumes returning to trend growth. We look at the CPB...

In a recent report I was prompted to look at the NAFTA economies and equity markets. A key reason was the Canadian rate hike that had the...

In this video we discuss the differences and developments between EM [Emerging Markets] and DM [Developed Markets]. The video walks...

The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index data for July showed a distinct sense of upside capitulation (by North American...

A couple of interesting data points on Europe have surfaced over the past couple of weeks which are worth highlighting. The first is the...

The July round of flash manufacturing PMIs showed a slight but important rebound in the "global flash manufacturing PMI" (an indicator we...

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,...

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...

With the release of the June quarter GDP results from China it's worth checking in on a few charts that show some of the key trends in...

Following on from the popular post on the seasonal turning point for the VIX last week, here's an insight into seasonality for the S&P500...

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...

As the Bank of Japan is set to meet this week to review monetary policy settings it's worth checking in on a couple of particularly...

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

Recently the main talk in markets was reflation, but about 2 years ago everyone was talking about deflation: why deflation was...

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...