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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
Weekly Macro Themes - 22 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 22, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 145 - The Reemergence of Emerging Markets
Going through the latest numbers from the OECD Composite Leading Indicators data set I thought it would be worth sharing a couple of what...
Callum Thomas
Sep 11, 20172 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


ChartBrief 140 - NACM CMI UP OK?
The NACM (National Association of Credit Managers) CMI (Credit Manager's Index) was up +0.5pts to 55.1 in August, putting it solidly in...
Callum Thomas
Sep 1, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 133 - Commodities a little too quiet..
I noticed something in the commodity charts, or perhaps you could say I noticed something that wasn't in the commodity charts. In other...
Callum Thomas
Aug 17, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 132 - OECD Leading Indicators: Good or Bad?
In this article we take a slightly different view on the OECD Composite Leading Indicators to arrive at a conclusion on the outlook for...
Callum Thomas
Aug 17, 20172 min read


ChartCritic 4 - Investor Confidence Index
As I was doing my weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm on Twitter a rather interesting chart caught my attention. It was one of the series from the...
Callum Thomas
Aug 7, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 117 - Global trade back to trend
The latest hard data on global trade continue to show a picture of global trade volumes returning to trend growth. We look at the CPB...
Callum Thomas
Jul 27, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 116 - Institutional investor capitulation
The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index data for July showed a distinct sense of upside capitulation (by North American...
Callum Thomas
Jul 26, 20172 min read


ChartBrief 115 - From Eurodoom to Euroboom
A couple of interesting data points on Europe have surfaced over the past couple of weeks which are worth highlighting. The first is the...
Callum Thomas
Jul 25, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 114 - Global flash manufacturing PMI ticks up in July
The July round of flash manufacturing PMIs showed a slight but important rebound in the "global flash manufacturing PMI" (an indicator we...
Callum Thomas
Jul 25, 20172 min read


VIDEO: The VIX Drivers and Outlook
In this video we discuss the the drivers of the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) and assess the outlook and possibility for VIX spikes based...
Topdown Charts
Jul 12, 20171 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


VIDEO: China Property and Investment Outlook
In this video we discuss the outlook for China's property market, real estate fixed asset investment, and the implications for...
Topdown Charts
Jul 6, 20171 min read


VIDEO: When is enough enough for the S&P500?
In this video we discuss the outlook for interest rates and the S&P500. The video focuses on a topic from a recent edition of the Weekly...
Topdown Charts
Jun 26, 20171 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 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


VIDEO: Gold price outlook - breakout or fakeout?
In this video we discuss the outlook for the gold price. The video focuses on a piece in a recent edition of the Weekly Macro Themes...
Topdown Charts
Jun 19, 20171 min read


ChartBrief 84 - Know this chart, know the Fed
With the FOMC meeting underway at the time of writing, it's worth going through one of my favorite #FedCharts - and it is one that in my...
Callum Thomas
Jun 14, 20172 min read
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