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ChartBrief 178 - Market Seasonality Maps
Another year another datapoint... Regular readers will be familiar with the first chart which shows the average daily returns for the...
Callum Thomas
Jan 10, 20183 min read
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ChartBrief 177 - The fourth Bond tantrum
US 10-Year Bond Yields have moved through a number of key levels and are on the cusp of a major breakout. Regular readers know by now...
Callum Thomas
Jan 10, 20182 min read
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Sentiment Survey: Furious Bulls
The latest weekly sentiment/positioning survey on Twitter revealed a continuation of some very interesting trends and a new record in...
Callum Thomas
Jan 7, 20182 min read
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The Charts to Watch in 2018
I spent a lot of time in the 2017 End of Year Special Edition looking back across 2017. I covered some of my best charts and...
Callum Thomas
Jan 1, 20183 min read
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The Charts of 2017 - Honorable Mentions
As part of the release of the 2017 End of Year Special Edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report (a summary of some of the best, worst,...
Callum Thomas
Dec 28, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 175 - US 10-year Bond Yields about to go to 3.5%?
A couple of things are happening in the bond space right now. Last week we got the flash PMIs for the major DM economies, and all fronts...
Callum Thomas
Dec 20, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 173 - Fed Hikes, What's Next
Much as I expected (given the progression of the data) the Fed hiked again in its December meeting [and in the background continues to...
Callum Thomas
Dec 13, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 172 - When does "so good" become "too good"?
As the global economic cycle heats up, it's worth posing the question: when does "so good" become "too good"? It's a reference to one of...
Callum Thomas
Dec 12, 20172 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 1 Dec 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
Dec 1, 20172 min read
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VIDEO: US HY Credit Spreads - a strategic analysis
In this video we look at US HY Credit Spreads and provide a strategic analysis, and comment on how to think about timing this asset class....
Topdown Charts
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 24 Nov 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
Nov 25, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 166 - Bonds through the Cycle
The topic of the yield curve is one that has been coming up a lot lately, particularly as the 10s minus 2s spread has dipped to the...
Callum Thomas
Nov 16, 20172 min read
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Are US HY Credit Spreads "Too Low"?
In my conversations with clients a common topic of interest is that of US high yield credit spreads. Indeed, it's almost the opposite...
Callum Thomas
Nov 6, 20172 min read
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Weekly Sentiment Survey: Red Flag
This article reviews the data from the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents'...
Callum Thomas
Oct 16, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 158 - Bond Volatility at Rock Bottom
Just like with markets and economies, humans go through cycles of emotion and turning points - it's often the case that when someone hits...
Callum Thomas
Oct 10, 20172 min read
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Maturity Creep - a key trend for global bond investors
I was looking through some statistics on the global government bond markets, specifically the Thomson Reuters Government Bond Indexes. A...
Callum Thomas
Oct 9, 20172 min read
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Weekly Sentiment Survey: Bond Bears and Equity Bulls
This article reviews the data from the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents'...
Callum Thomas
Oct 8, 20172 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 6 Oct 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
Oct 5, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 156 - Critical Signals in PMI-Bond Yield Divergences
First up is an update to the DM composite PMI vs US 10-year treasury chart - the final vs flash PMIs were revised up and that's now...
Callum Thomas
Oct 4, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 155 - TED, HY Credit, VIX
Going through the various charts on credit strategy and risk pricing I noticed a couple of interesting and related charts that I thought...
Callum Thomas
Oct 3, 20172 min read
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