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Sentiment Snapshot: Fundamentally Sound
Price by itself can very quickly change the tone in markets, and we saw a very clear example of that in the latest weekly sentiment...
Callum Thomas
Mar 12, 20183 min read


ChartBrief 195 - OECD Leading Indicators at a Turning Point
The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators was just released, and given how useful these indicators can be in shedding light...
Callum Thomas
Mar 10, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 194 - S&P500 Sector Situation
We often hear about what's happening with the S&P500 - for the smarter people you hear the S&P500 is up or down X%, for the not so smart...
Callum Thomas
Mar 8, 20183 min read


Global Equity Winners and Losers
For anyone who has been looking at the detail across sectors, factors, and styles in global equities, there have been a couple of...
Callum Thomas
Mar 7, 20182 min read


Chart Of The Week: China Property Outlook
This week the "Chart of the Week" is focused on the outlook for China's property market. The Chinese property market is perhaps one of...
Callum Thomas
Mar 6, 20181 min read


Sentiment Snapshot: Turning Tides
So far, the recovery from the February correction is proving *not* to be a "v-shaped recovery", and rather seems to be in a process of...
Callum Thomas
Mar 5, 20183 min read


ChartBrief 193 - The Return of Volatility (Part 2)
A few weeks ago I wrote an article called "The Return of Volatility" in the midst of the February stock market correction. I highlighted...
Callum Thomas
Mar 3, 20183 min read


ChartBrief 192 - Institutional Investors Buying the Dip
The latest round of data from the State Street Investor Confidence Index [SSICI] appeared to show global institutional investors "buying...
Callum Thomas
Mar 1, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 191 - China PMI and Copper
With the end of February, China puts itself in the spotlight with the first major PMI results of all the major economies, and major...
Callum Thomas
Feb 28, 20183 min read


Treasuries: Too Far Too Fast?
Since the September low point last year US 10-Year bond yields have risen 90bps, this compares to 125bps from the low point in July 2016...
Callum Thomas
Feb 28, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 190 - Global Equities Breadth Check
With the rather volatile action in global equities over the past few weeks, it's worth checking in on where market breadth is tracking. ...
Callum Thomas
Feb 27, 20182 min read


Chart Of The Week: Inflation Surge
This week the "Chart of the Week" is a rather peculiar indicator on inflation. The global inflation outlook has been gaining...
Callum Thomas
Feb 26, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 189 - Global Trade Update
A few data points have come out on global trade over the past week so it's worth taking a look at what has been a really key theme for...
Callum Thomas
Feb 24, 20183 min read


ChartBrief 188 - DM Mfg PMIs and UST 10Y
In case you didn't get that, it's Developed Markets manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) and US 10-Year government bond yields. ...
Callum Thomas
Feb 22, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 187 - Bond Market Seasonality
Most investors are fairly familiar with the concept of seasonality in the stockmarket, with aphorisms such as "sell in May" baked into...
Callum Thomas
Feb 21, 20182 min read


Implied Correlation Index Flashes a Buy Signal
I've talked about the CBOE implied correlation index a few times before, but it's very timely to revisit this indicator as the February...
Callum Thomas
Feb 20, 20182 min read


Chart Of The Week: CDS vs High Yield
US high yield credit spreads seemed to basically slumber through the stock market correction and VIX spike. This leaves a question as to...
Callum Thomas
Feb 19, 20181 min read


Cyclicals vs Defensives - the next shoe to drop?
The February stockmarket correction has investors scrambling to find the reason behind the rapid fall in the major indexes, with various...
Callum Thomas
Feb 14, 20182 min read


Sentiment Snapshot: Back to Business
The much awaited and widely predicted correction (that no one really ended up predicting) has turned 2 weeks old now, and driven the...
Callum Thomas
Feb 12, 20183 min read


Chart Of The Week: US REIT Dividend Yields
US REITs have been double-hammered by the rise in bond yields and equity market correction. Since peaking in August 2016 the Dow Jones...
Callum Thomas
Feb 12, 20181 min read
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