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Weekly Macro Themes - 21 July 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
Jul 23, 20172 min read


What's the difference between EM and DM anyway?
Anyone who has been paying attention to emerging markets will have noticed the very interesting price action going on there. But since...
Callum Thomas
Jul 18, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 109 - The big swings in commodity futures positioning
Here's a quick update on commodity futures positioning with the latest weekly CFTC COT report data. I've just picked out what I think...
Callum Thomas
Jul 16, 20172 min read


ChartCritic 3 - Is this the most irrelevant chart you've ever seen?
Today's edition of ChartCritic takes a look at a chart shared by EconomPic on Twitter (which has also made the rounds of all the usual...
Callum Thomas
Jul 14, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 14 July 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
Jul 14, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 105 - The VIX is at a Seasonal Turning Point
The topic of seasonality is a controversial one among investors. Some swear by it, referring to studies that present evidence for a...
Callum Thomas
Jul 12, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 103 - Global Economic Leading Indicators
The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators showed some interesting results country-by-country, but one view we use when...
Callum Thomas
Jul 11, 20171 min read


This FAANG is Not Dot Com
There's been a lot of talk about the so-called FAANG stocks and parallels being drawn against the 2000's dot com bubble. With S&P500...
Callum Thomas
Jul 11, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 102 - China inflation surprises, commodities, and EM
The latest inflation figures out of China weren't much to talk about on the face of it, with CPI at 1.5% yoy in June and PPI at 5.5% -...
Callum Thomas
Jul 11, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 101 - Fundamental sentiment and clues from the bond market
The latest weekly equity (and bonds) sentiment poll I take on Twitter has produced some interesting results this week. I have done this...
Callum Thomas
Jul 10, 20172 min read


ChartCritic 2 - The long and short of VIX
Today's edition of ChartCritic takes a look at a chart that was shared by Jesse Felder on Twitter which shows the relative $ value traded...
Callum Thomas
Jul 6, 20172 min read


US High Yield Credit Spreads Low - as they should be?
Most people are probably aware that US High Yield credit spreads are trading at the bottom end of the range - almost 1 standard deviation...
Callum Thomas
Jul 5, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 91 - Surprising surge in Chinese exports will prolong the rebound
The world's second largest economy has reported a number of interesting datapoints for those willing to dig a little to get to the...
Callum Thomas
Jul 3, 20172 min read


The big PE10 at the small end of town
A number of analysts and commentators have been discussing the increasingly high levels of the "Shiller PE", also known as CAPE or PE10,...
Callum Thomas
Jun 27, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 88 - Global flash PMI enters into a downtrend, what's next?
The latest round of flash manufacturing PMIs saw the "global composite" that we put together fall -0.40 to 53.8 which places it down...
Callum Thomas
Jun 24, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 87 - 2 Crude Oil tactical indicators to keep front of mind
In the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report we talked about the likelihood of further short-term downside in the oil price...
Callum Thomas
Jun 22, 20172 min read


Fed policy still in the "sweet spot" for stocks
Whether it's "3 steps and a stumble" or just the fact that the Fed is thinking and talking about going from QE to QT, there is a growing...
Callum Thomas
Jun 21, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 86 - The rise of consumer sentiment
We decided to take a closer look at a seldom talked about indicator, the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment indexes (available exclusively through...
Callum Thomas
Jun 19, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 16 June 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
Jun 16, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 85 - Are we all wrong about volatility?
A number of commentators have pointed out the divergence between economic policy uncertainty indexes and the VIX or equity volatility. ...
Callum Thomas
Jun 16, 20172 min read
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