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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 - 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


ChartBrief 166 - Bonds through the Cycle
The topic of the yield curve is one that has been coming up a lot lately, particularly as the 10s minus 2s spread has dipped to the...
Callum Thomas
Nov 16, 20172 min read


Passive Investors Beware of Lopsidedness
A curious trend has emerged within one of the world's major equity benchmarks: the S&P500. As passive or index investors should be well...
Callum Thomas
Oct 26, 20172 min read


VIDEO: The Fed, Inflation, and Full Employment
In this video we look at the Fed, inflation and full employment. Specifically, the video walks you through a couple of slides of a...
Topdown Charts
Oct 25, 20171 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 20 Oct 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
Oct 21, 20172 min read


Is the Unemployment Rate "right"?
The topic of the unemployment rate has come up a lot recently with regards to debates around full employment, wage growth, inflation, the...
Callum Thomas
Oct 17, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 160 - China and Reflation
Chinese PPI inflation picked up further in September, accelerating to 6.9% (6.3% previous, and consensus). It forms part of a trend that...
Callum Thomas
Oct 17, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 13 Oct 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
Oct 13, 20172 min read
Weekly Macro Themes - 6 Oct 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
Oct 6, 20172 min read


VIDEO: Gold Price Outlook
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...
Topdown Charts
Sep 27, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 150 - Passive Quantitative Tightening
As expected (by me and pretty much everyone else) the Fed held interest rates unchanged and announced that it would commence its balance...
Callum Thomas
Sep 21, 20172 min read


VIDEO: Global Monetary Policy Convergence
In this video we look at the topic of Global Monetary Policy Convergence. Specifically, the video walks through a couple of slides of a...
Topdown Charts
Sep 20, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 148 - Chinese property price boom has topped out
The August data showed a further slowing of China's property price boom, and early signs that a slowdown if not a downturn could be on...
Callum Thomas
Sep 19, 20172 min read


Global monetary policy convergence
The big focus this week is on whether the Fed will either hike rates, announce Quantitative Tighening (QT) aka balance sheet...
Callum Thomas
Sep 19, 20172 min read


5 Charts on Chinese Inflation Trends
The August inflation numbers for China have just been released, so it's a good opportunity to dust off a number of the Chinese inflation...
Callum Thomas
Sep 9, 20173 min read


ChartBrief 141 - Global manufacturing muddling through
The August round of manufacturing PMIs at an aggregate level showed a trend of muddling through. But it was a different type of muddling...
Callum Thomas
Sep 4, 20172 min read


VIDEO: Is a QT-Tantrum on the way for bond yields?
In this video we look at the prospects for a QT (Quantitative Tightening) tantrum for the bond market. The video walks through a couple...
Topdown Charts
Aug 30, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 137 - Easy jobs, tight labor
The latest consumer confidence survey for the USA ticked up in July, but the key detail or information/signal within the survey comes...
Callum Thomas
Aug 30, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 126 - A tight US labor market
The July jobs report had the US unemployment rate dropping back to 4.3%, which is slightly lower than the trough in 2007, and comfortably...
Callum Thomas
Aug 5, 20172 min read
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