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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...
Callum Thomas
Mar 3, 20183 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Feb 28, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Feb 28, 20183 min read
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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. ...
Callum Thomas
Feb 26, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Feb 25, 20186 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Jan 29, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Jan 22, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Jan 16, 20182 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Jan 15, 20183 min read
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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
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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...
Topdown Charts
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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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...
Topdown Charts
Nov 7, 20171 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Nov 6, 20172 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Nov 4, 20172 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Oct 27, 20172 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Oct 18, 20172 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Oct 10, 20172 min read
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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...
Callum Thomas
Oct 9, 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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