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ChartBrief 160 - China and Reflation
Chinese PPI inflation picked up further in September, accelerating to 6.9% (6.3% previous, and consensus). It forms part of a trend that...
Callum Thomas
Oct 16, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 159 - Emerging Economies go from Doom to Boom
Quick update today on the latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators and an observation on monetary policy trends within emerging...
Callum Thomas
Oct 11, 20172 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 29 Sep 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
Sep 29, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 151 - These 2 incredible ETF AUM charts show what's at stake with QT1
The Fed's plan to normalize its balance sheet will begin to be put in place from next month. This is passive QT or Quantitative...
Callum Thomas
Sep 23, 20172 min read
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VIDEO: Global Monetary Policy Convergence
In this video we look at the topic of Global Monetary Policy Convergence. Specifically, the video walks through a couple of slides of a...
Topdown Charts
Sep 19, 20171 min read
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ChartBrief 148 - Chinese property price boom has topped out
The August data showed a further slowing of China's property price boom, and early signs that a slowdown if not a downturn could be on...
Callum Thomas
Sep 19, 20172 min read
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Global monetary policy convergence
The big focus this week is on whether the Fed will either hike rates, announce Quantitative Tighening (QT) aka balance sheet...
Callum Thomas
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 15 Sep 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
Sep 15, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 145 - The Reemergence of Emerging Markets
Going through the latest numbers from the OECD Composite Leading Indicators data set I thought it would be worth sharing a couple of what...
Callum Thomas
Sep 11, 20172 min read
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5 Charts on Chinese Inflation Trends
The August inflation numbers for China have just been released, so it's a good opportunity to dust off a number of the Chinese inflation...
Callum Thomas
Sep 9, 20173 min read
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ChartBrief 141 - Global manufacturing muddling through
The August round of manufacturing PMIs at an aggregate level showed a trend of muddling through. But it was a different type of muddling...
Callum Thomas
Sep 4, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 139 - China PMI vs Dr Copper
The August round of official PMI data from China showed some mixed signals, and a little bit of something for everyone, but overall a...
Callum Thomas
Aug 31, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 135 - The top 10 PE10
Here's a quick scan across countries and regions to find the top (and bottom) PE10. The PE10 is a stock market valuation metric which...
Callum Thomas
Aug 21, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 130 - China Debt & Leverage
The latest loans and monetary data out of China show a continuation of the story of adding more debt. Total social finance growth (the...
Callum Thomas
Aug 15, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 128 - Wobbles in Consumer Sentiment
Here's a quick update on the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment Indexes through August. The main high-level takeaways were that the composite EM...
Callum Thomas
Aug 11, 20171 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 11 Aug 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
Aug 11, 20172 min read
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The return of the return on equity
Return on equity is a key profitability metric for stocks, it's useful in comparing individual companies but it can also yield insights...
Callum Thomas
Aug 8, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 127 - India cuts interest rates, what's next?
Last week 2 things dropped in India: the manufacturing PMI for July dropped to the worst reading since the financial crisis, and the RBI...
Callum Thomas
Aug 7, 20171 min read
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Weekly Macro Themes - 4 Aug 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
Aug 4, 20172 min read
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ChartBrief 125 - Optimistic if divergent global growth outlook
The July round of Markit manufacturing PMIs showed an ongoing theme of divergence among the major economies, but an interesting and...
Callum Thomas
Aug 2, 20172 min read
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