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Weekly Macro Themes - 12 Jan 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
Jan 12, 20182 min read


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 11, 20183 min read


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 8, 20182 min read


ChartBrief 176 - EM vs DM Macro and Markets
With the December round of PMI data just released, it's a good time to take a look at some of the key macro and market metrics for...
Callum Thomas
Jan 5, 20183 min read


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 2, 20183 min read


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


2017 People's Choice Charts
Last week we published the 2017 End of Year Special Edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report, a summary of some of the best, worst, and...
Callum Thomas
Dec 27, 20172 min read


Global Equities Have Bad Breadth
Global equities can do little wrong lately, with falling volatility, improving earnings, and an almost straight-line upward march in the...
Callum Thomas
Dec 19, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 174 - China Property, PPI, and EM Equities
The November property price data out of China confirmed what we've been talking about for a while now (before most others caught on); the...
Callum Thomas
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 15 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 15, 20172 min read


VIDEO: US Cyclicals vs Defensives and the new Bull Market
In this video we look at the astounding relative performance seen between cyclical stocks vs defensive stocks and why it matters so much...
Topdown Charts
Dec 13, 20171 min read


Expect more volatility?
Globally equity volatility is low. For that matter, volatility (both implied and realized) is low across the major asset classes. But...
Callum Thomas
Dec 12, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 171 - Not Dot Com
I often look at sector composition trends for the S&P500, and one of the areas that is really standing out for me is the Information...
Callum Thomas
Dec 11, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 170 - Economic Noise and the S&P500
This post looks at a curious and obscure indicator on the US economy which has in the past provided some clues on the outlook for the US...
Callum Thomas
Dec 7, 20172 min read


What I Learned About the S&P500 from Studying the US IPO Market
The US IPO market shows a familiar ebb and flow to the stock market price cycle. Studying the trends in IPO activity can yield...
Callum Thomas
Dec 5, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 169 - December seasonality and the "Santa Claus rally"
The "Santa Claus rally" refers to the tendency for the S&P500 to do well in December, and specifically the last part of December. We can...
Callum Thomas
Dec 3, 20172 min read
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


Europhoria - What hot economic sentiment in Europe means for markets
The latest round of PMI data for Europe reflected what we're seeing across the economic sentiment indicators for the Eurozone: i.e. the...
Callum Thomas
Nov 28, 20172 min read
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 26, 20172 min read


Do you believe the oil hype?
The geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East is fluid to say the least, and this fluidity has helped the black fluid undertake what is...
Callum Thomas
Nov 14, 20172 min read
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