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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...
Callum Thomas
Jul 5, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 95 - Emerging Market Bond Flows
Emerging market bonds have come under pressure along with the rest of the bond market as a sort of Taper 2.0 has hit the market [ECB...
Callum Thomas
Jul 5, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 94 - Bond breadth breakdown
One of the key indicators we track in our bond strategy analysis is global sovereign bond market breadth. This simply captures the...
Callum Thomas
Jul 5, 20172 min read


ChartCritic 1 - Property Bubbles on Bloomberg
The first edition of the ChartCritic blog series looks at a chart from a Bloomberg View article by Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth...
Callum Thomas
Jul 4, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 93 - Crude Oil Futures and Seasons
Following up on a previous post on Crude Oil tactical indicators, it's timely to check in on a couple of charts after about a 5-point...
Callum Thomas
Jul 4, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 92 - The problem with PMIs
So what's the problem with the PMIs? I could talk about a couple of things here, such as the divergence within emerging and developing...
Callum Thomas
Jul 4, 20172 min read
What is ChartCritic?
ChartCritic is a new series we're launching, and will be a great complement to the ChartBrief series. The basic format of ChartCritic is...
Callum Thomas
Jul 3, 20171 min read


Investor Sentiment Snapshot: Divergences
The latest weekly investor sentiment poll on twitter showed up a couple of interesting divergences that may offer clues on the next steps...
Callum Thomas
Jul 3, 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...
Callum Thomas
Jul 3, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 30 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...
Topdown Charts
Jun 30, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 90 - Institutional Investor Ambivalence
The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index [SSICI] readings show a relative ambivalence among global institutional investors. As...
Callum Thomas
Jun 29, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 89 - The search for yield continues
If the amount of AUM in yield and income related ETFs is anything to go by, it would seem that the search for yield is alive and well. ...
Callum Thomas
Jun 28, 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,...
Callum Thomas
Jun 27, 20172 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...
Topdown Charts
Jun 26, 20171 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...
Callum Thomas
Jun 24, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 23 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...
Topdown Charts
Jun 23, 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...
Callum Thomas
Jun 22, 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...
Callum Thomas
Jun 21, 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...
Callum Thomas
Jun 19, 20172 min read


VIDEO: Gold price outlook - breakout or fakeout?
In this video we discuss the outlook for the gold price. The video focuses on a piece in a recent edition of the Weekly Macro Themes...
Topdown Charts
Jun 19, 20171 min read
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