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Chart: Credit Growth About to Surge
One of my favorite data series is the Fed senior loan officer opinion survey. Hidden amongst the various questions and series of the...
Callum Thomas
Aug 8, 20181 min read


Emerging Market Stress - Over With?
After charging down to complacent and tight levels, EM risk pricing came back with a vengeance this year. But as the charts below of EM...
Callum Thomas
Jul 31, 20181 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 13 July 2018
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
Jul 13, 20182 min read


Chart: US Credit Managers' Index
This week the attention falls on the popular Purchasing Managers' Indexes (PMI) as just about every country in the world provides a...
Callum Thomas
Jul 2, 20181 min read


Chart: Seasonality in Credit Spreads
Most people are familiar with the concept of seasonality in the stockmarket, and most of my followers will be familiar with seasonality...
Callum Thomas
Jun 22, 20181 min read


Chart: TED Spread and LIBOR-OIS
Here's a timely update on a couple of short-term funding pressure gauges - I noticed the movement in these indicators as I was updating...
Callum Thomas
Jun 18, 20181 min read


Chart: China Credit Flows
The May data for China showed a further slowing in the growth of credit. To be clear, total credit is still increasing, but the issue is...
Callum Thomas
Jun 13, 20181 min read


Chart: Emerging Markets Sovereign CDS
Another update to a really important chart for emerging markets, this one shows the median 5-year sovereign CDS premium across 14...
Callum Thomas
Jun 12, 20181 min read


Chart: Eurozone Credit Risk Pricing
This chart of Eurozone credit risk pricing attracted a lot of interest when I originally posted it, and it remains extremely topical, so...
Callum Thomas
Jun 11, 20181 min read


Weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm - 10 June 2018
Those that follow my personal account on Twitter will be familiar with my weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm in which I pick out 10 charts on the...
Callum Thomas
Jun 10, 20186 min read


Chart Of The Week: Eurozone Credit Risk
This week it's a look at credit risk pricing in the Eurozone. This is a chart I've been using a lot in recent months, of course as of the...
Callum Thomas
Jun 5, 20182 min read


Chart Of The Week: EM Sovereign CDS
This week it's Emerging Markets sovereign CDS (Credit Default Swaps). The reason why I think this chart is really worth paying attention...
Callum Thomas
May 22, 20182 min read
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The Charts to Watch in 2018 [UPDATED]
At the start of the year I posted an article on The Charts to Watch in 2018. It covered some of the key charts and indicators from my...
Callum Thomas
May 17, 20184 min read


Chart Of The Week: Bank Loan Officers Give a Green Light for the S&P500
This week it's the Fed's bank loan officer survey and the S&P500. The US Federal Reserves's loan officer survey provides insight into...
Callum Thomas
May 15, 20182 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 11 May 2018
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
May 11, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 204 - HY Investors on the Run
There has been a lot going on this year, and while the stockmarket has grabbed most of the headlines, something has been going on in a...
Callum Thomas
Apr 7, 20183 min read


ChartBrief 200 - Credit Managers' Index
The NACM "Credit Managers' Index" or CMI is the often forgotten indicator which, similar to its cousin the PMI (Purchasing Managers'...
Callum Thomas
Mar 30, 20183 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 30 Mar 2018
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
Mar 29, 20182 min read


VIDEO: Top 5 Charts of the Week
In this video we run through the weekly email newsletter "The Top 5 Charts of the Week" and add a bit of extra comments and context. In...
Topdown Charts
Mar 28, 20181 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 23 Mar 2018
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
Mar 23, 20182 min read
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