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US equity markets began to fall 2 weeks earlier making last week’s fall the third in a row. The primary driver of this fall was the growing...

The “melt-up” period for the global equity markets appears to have ended, or at least paused, with the realisation that the inflation outlook in the...

Hybrid securities are a unique asset class that combines features of both debt and equity instruments. For investors looking to diversify their...

As we expected the US inflation data surprised to the upside with confirmation that services prices remain sticky and that the rise in gasoline prices...

Wall St and more importantly the global bond markets place a high degree of degree of confidence in the US non-farm payrolls as a predictive economic...

Last week’s stronger than expected increase in wages growth, in the December quarter, was largely ignored by the bond market and considered immaterial...

Last week began quietly enough so as not to wake market participants from their delirium in which “Goldilocks” is real and “immaculate” disinflation...

As foreshadowed last week the US ISM services index results supported a forecast of increased economic activity over the next 6-9 months. Gone now is...

Investing is very difficult around key pivot points. If it were easy everyone would be getting double returns consistently. After a short lull in the...

During November the market consensus shifted towards the FOMC and ECB remaining on hold throughout 2024. This reflects a forecast that inflation will...