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I Would Do Anything for Dove (But I won't sell that...)
From our perch, market sentiment and consensus beliefs edged closer to outright panic or capitulation on Friday in the United States. While
Jan 24, 20223 min read


Un-BEAR-able
From our perch, today is not the day to turn bearish on equity despite the ugly close in the United States. The time to do that was in late
Jan 21, 20223 min read


The Correlated Shock
A question we often ask is; “what is your quarrel with price?” In our humble opinion markets are not efficient in a macro (or micro) sense b
Jan 20, 20222 min read


Terminal Velocity?
Earlier this week we highlighted that a key element of a behavioural episode is when market participants become focussed on a single story.
Jan 19, 20223 min read


The China Pivot
From our humble perch, China’s policymakers pivoted at the start of December to support growth. So far, the changes have been incremental (c
Jan 18, 20222 min read


Peak (Inflation) Fear?
One of the key ways we describe a behavioural episode, is when market participants are focused on a single story. Or put another way, when a
Jan 17, 20223 min read


(Hawk) Talk is Cheap
The way price responded to news of the highest inflation print since 1982 suggests that recent trading was all about the worst-case outcome.
Jan 13, 20222 min read


The Fed & Financial Conditions (the darker shadow)
Former Chairman of the New York Fed and now Bloomberg opinion columnist Bill Dudley suggested that the FOMC needs to “tighten financial cond
Jan 11, 20222 min read


Locked & Loaded
In policy circles it is never accurate to say that something is a “done deal” but the direction of official interest rates over the next few
Jan 10, 20223 min read


"Welcome to the Party Pal"
The irony about the market’s reaction to the hawkish FOMC minutes this week on the discussion of balance sheet run-off is that it should not
Jan 7, 20223 min read


Quantitative Tightening; not Quentin Tarantino
The way price responded to the more-hawkish-than-anticipated December FOMC minutes resembled something from a Quentin Tarantino movie – “Kil
Jan 6, 20223 min read


Wonder-Fall: Don't Look Back in Anger
Welcome to 2022 and hopefully to a prosperous new year. It is an obvious point, but we should generally endeavour to focus on the future; af
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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