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,...

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....

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...

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...

2016 was the year of political risk. From Trump to Brexit, China's ongoing economic and political transitions, India's demonetisation,...