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In this video we run through the free weekly email newsletter "The Top 5 Charts of the Week" and add a bit of extra comments and context....

Policy and politics are issues that have great impact on the risk/return outlook across markets and geographies, but I think it's fair to...

It seems over the past few years the only certainty has been rising uncertainty, and the folk at Economic Policy Uncertainty have a set...

Economic policy uncertainty, and political risk in general has basically been a constant over the past few years. In more recent times...

Every now and then you come across a chart that makes you do a double take, and I think this is one of those. It shows the "Economic...

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...

Through the cycle a lot of factors push and pull bond yields around, but as I was doing some research on governance rankings across...

This week it's gold and real yields. A really important thing happened with interest rates in November last year which should be front of...

This week it's US crude oil flows. Specifically, what we've got here is an interesting juxtaposition of crude oil imports and crude oil...

Globally equity volatility is low. For that matter, volatility (both implied and realized) is low across the major asset classes. But...

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...

In this video we look at the short, medium, and long-term outlook for the gold price. Specifically, the video walks through a couple of...

A curious couple of trends are underway on the global stage. Global economic policy uncertainty appears to have peaked at an all time...

After a crazy week the risk of a nuclear war has seemingly receded with the announcement by North Korea that its planned missile strike...

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...

In this video we discuss the differences and developments between EM [Emerging Markets] and DM [Developed Markets]. The video walks...

A number of commentators have pointed out the divergence between economic policy uncertainty indexes and the VIX or equity volatility. ...

Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest Weekly Macro Themes report. To read more and see the charts just...

2016 was the year of political risk. From Trump to Brexit, China's ongoing economic and political transitions, India's demonetisation,...

This is a follow up to an article that appeared on Seeking Alpha (based on a topic that featured in the Topdown Charts Weekly Macro...