The latest (of many) rumors and official jawboning say that OPEC have come to a deal to adjust production. But there's a number of...

The Westpac/MNI Consumer Sentiment survey for September (just released) rose 3.7pts to 115.2. This is a volatile series that changes a...

Tuning out from the US presidential debate for a moment, another debate seems to be raging over in Europe. The debate between the stock...

Here's the regular quick draw 5 macro technical charts (going as far as individual commodities, currencies, bonds, and sectors, as well...

I previously wrote about stock market seasonality just prior to the recent VIX flare-up, and now that things have calmed down again it's...

The results for the weekly equity sentiment poll are in and there are a couple of interesting trends worth pointing out. As a reminder...

Those that follow my personal account on Twitter and StockTwits will be familiar with my weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm in which I pick out...

Here's a quick update on the September round of flash manufacturing PMIs from IHS Markit. The results were mostly positive with Europe up...

While China no longer has a flash manufacturing PMI (like Japan/US/Eurozone) what it does have is the MNI China Business Sentiment...

What do you get when you combine a measure of fear vs complacency, a measure of low vs high valuations, and a measure of low vs high...

This ChartBrief looks at a really useful monthly series on global trade volumes that the CPB (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy...

This ChartBrief looks at the REER (Real Effective Exchange Rate - from the BIS) for China and Japan. You probably have two questions; why...

Welcome to the 5th Topdown Charts ChartBrief, today we look at trends in global industrial production growth (as a gauge for global...

A quick update on the equal weighted average Fed "Dot Plot" dot following the September FOMC announcement. This graph charts the average...

One of the first surveys for September, the SMI (Sales Managers Index - kind of like the more popular PMI or Purchasing Managers Index),...

This ChartBrief looks at emerging market equity valuations. Earlier this week in the Tuesday Technicals I outlined the short-term bearish...

Today's ChartBrief looks at assets under management in the major US listed ETFs for US junk bonds and (hard dollar) emerging market...

ChartBrief ...what's a ChartBrief? (you might be thinking) But then again, the name kind of says it all. ChartBrief is a new series or...

Here's a quick draw 5 macro technical charts (going as far as individual commodities, currencies, bonds, and sectors, as well as the rest...

The US NAHB index (measure of home builders confidence) jumped to almost a 12 month high in September as home builders become...