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...
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Callum Thomas
- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Callum Thomas
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Callum Thomas
- Feb 26, 2018
- 2 min
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. ...
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Callum Thomas
- Feb 25, 2018
- 6 min
Weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm - 25 Feb 2018
Those that follow my personal account on Twitter will be familiar with my weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm in which I pick out 10 charts on the...
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Callum Thomas
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Callum Thomas
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
The Age of Expensiveness
If it seems like just about every asset class is expensive, then you're probably paying good attention to reality. Our indicators show a...
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Callum Thomas
- Jan 22, 2018
- 2 min
Copper Stocks Don't Buy The Rally
Something interesting has been going on in one of our commodity intermarket models. While the price of copper has surged back from the...
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Callum Thomas
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
Something Strange in a Strange Credit Indicator
As I was going through and updating the various indicators that I monitor something in the credit space surprised me. The NACM CMI (think...
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Callum Thomas
- Jan 15, 2018
- 3 min
Sentiment Snapshot: Did somebody say Melt-Up?
I had to think a bit before going with that title. The term "melt-up" is an increasingly overused word, and given this article features...
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Topdown Charts
- Dec 1, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Topdown Charts
- Nov 14, 2017
- 1 min
VIDEO: The Upside-Down of Copper
In this video we look at the conflicting views on the medium term vs short term outlook for Copper. Specifically, the video walks you...
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Topdown Charts
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
VIDEO: Implied Correlations and the Death of RO-RO
In this video we look at the CBOE Implied Correlation Index and the general evolution of correlations for the S&P500 and what it means...
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Callum Thomas
- Nov 6, 2017
- 2 min
Are US HY Credit Spreads "Too Low"?
In my conversations with clients a common topic of interest is that of US high yield credit spreads. Indeed, it's almost the opposite...
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Callum Thomas
- Nov 4, 2017
- 2 min
ChartBrief 163 - Key charts on US Margin Debt
NYSE Margin Debt is an important indicator for US equities as it both reflects sentiment and tracks the amount of leverage and buying...
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Callum Thomas
- Oct 27, 2017
- 2 min
ChartBrief 162 - Stockmarket Sentiment Surges
Funny things can happen when you mix human psychology with greed and constant stimulus. The seemingly straight-line march upward in the...
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Callum Thomas
- Oct 18, 2017
- 2 min
ChartBrief 161 - Implied Correlation and SKEW
We hear a lot about the VIX and how volatility is low, but we rarely hear about the VIX's siblings: the CBOE SKEW Index and the CBOE...
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Callum Thomas
- Oct 10, 2017
- 2 min
ChartBrief 158 - Bond Volatility at Rock Bottom
Just like with markets and economies, humans go through cycles of emotion and turning points - it's often the case that when someone hits...
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Callum Thomas
- Oct 9, 2017
- 2 min
ChartBrief 157 - Global Equity Breadth Check
In this article we look at a 3 key charts on global equities that utilize market breadth techniques. In this case we are looking at the...
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Topdown Charts
- Sep 29, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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