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Jun 4, 20182 min

Chart Of The Week: Eurozone Credit Risk

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...

Sep 8, 20171 min

ChartBrief 144 - Global policy uncertainty peaks and volatility troughs

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

Jun 15, 20172 min

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. ...

Feb 10, 20171 min

Weekly Macro Themes - 10 Feb 2017

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

Dec 11, 20162 min

ChartBrief #36 Peak Political Risk?

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

Oct 18, 20162 min

ChartBrief #27 US Presidential Race

This is a follow up to an article that appeared on Seeking Alpha (based on a topic that featured in the Topdown Charts Weekly Macro...

Sep 7, 20161 min

US Election Polls vs Equities

Here's a quick post on a graph I was curious about, namely the presidential polls vs the markets. I did a similar exercise for the...