TOPDOWN CHARTS

What if I told you there was a bubble but it wasn't in risk assets? What if I told you that the assets most investors look to for safety...

Here's some of the standout economic and markets charts on my radar. I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends,...

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Policy and politics are issues that have great impact on the risk/return outlook across markets and geographies, but I think it's fair to...

It seems over the past few years the only certainty has been rising uncertainty, and the folk at Economic Policy Uncertainty have a set...

In this video we run through the free weekly email newsletter "The Top 5 Charts of the Week" and add a bit of extra comments and context....

Economic policy uncertainty, and political risk in general has basically been a constant over the past few years. In more recent times...

Every now and then you come across a chart that makes you do a double take, and I think this is one of those. It shows the "Economic...

This chart of Eurozone credit risk pricing attracted a lot of interest when I originally posted it, and it remains extremely topical, so...

In this video we run through the free weekly email newsletter "The Top 5 Charts of the Week" and add a bit of extra comments and context....

This week it's a look at credit risk pricing in the Eurozone. This is a chart I've been using a lot in recent months, of course as of the...

Through the cycle a lot of factors push and pull bond yields around, but as I was doing some research on governance rankings across...

Globally equity volatility is low. For that matter, volatility (both implied and realized) is low across the major asset classes. But...

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...

A curious couple of trends are underway on the global stage. Global economic policy uncertainty appears to have peaked at an all time...

After a crazy week the risk of a nuclear war has seemingly receded with the announcement by North Korea that its planned missile strike...

A number of commentators have pointed out the divergence between economic policy uncertainty indexes and the VIX or equity volatility. ...

Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest Weekly Macro Themes report. To read more and see the charts just...