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The media is currently being dominated by the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine so I thought it opportune to share our thoughts on what has happened, put…
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Macro
Well it’s begun. The first baby steps on the path towards normalisation of monetary policy in the West, that were not even considered a possibility last January, were taken…
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My weekend away has not had the most relaxing of starts!
I suggest we stay calm and keep things in perspective.
Volumes and liquidity within markets had been thin before…
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Extreme valuations, SPACs, meme stocks and Tesla have dominated the financial press recently. On the contrary, Japan has been largely ignored.
Where in certain parts of global markets there…
Macro
Shortages were the main theme of the quarter be it the ongoing semiconductor saga, staff, ships or even latterly, energy. No negative prices for oil at the moment! European…
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The year 2020 will be remembered for many things by financial market participants. To name but three we have experienced one of the fastest bear markets in history, the quickest…
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Macro Overview
The story of the quarter was that global manufacturing managed to shake off a series of new lockdowns, particularly in Europe and the UK but also in California…
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Macro Overview
It is not really worth mentioning too many macroeconomic numbers except to say that when economies re-opened numbers were generally stronger than expected and, unsurprisingly, when restrictions on…
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Macro Overview
Business wants to come back. When will the virus let business unleash its pent-up potential and what (ongoing) helping hand will governments provide to ensure consumers and companies…
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Macro Overview
R U ok? The letter R assumed prominence as economic freedom around the globe for most of the quarter depended on countries getting the transmission rate of COVID-19…
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