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Jan 10, 2014 •
The EM markets badly under performed for 2013 here some reports from the JP team covering the year passed and the year ahead for EM and Asian markets from a macro and then dropping down into specific tactical picks. Commercial property is a significant weighting of asset allocators. Note the rec from JP for Sun...
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Jan 8, 2014 •
Here below please find the latest Swiss team’s technical report. As its their first technical report for 2014 its a nice review of the year past and attempts to sign post where we have come from and we are going on their cyclical road maps. Its an exceptionally thought provoking and therefore meaningful medium and...
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prestonni
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Jan 5, 2014 •
Some of the institutions issued new reports as of Friday. Many firm’s research desks have remained closed until tomorrow or in some cases Tuesday. Here are the latest reports for the first complete week back in the new year 2014. Here the outstanding ‘mm’ report from CS to kick things off. cs-mm2-23-12-13 Here from JP...
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Dec 31, 2013 •
Last post for 2013. What a wonderful year it has been for trend followers.Hedge funds have generally had a dismal year. One quote from a hedge fund manager summed up the situation nicely. “All you had to do this year was go long a major US index and go focus on your golf swing”. Yes...
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prestonni
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Dec 30, 2013 •
I very pleased to bring you the latest, hugely insightful, multi market macro report, namely, the Thunder Road Report. During this festive holiday period its a perfect time for some reflection on the macro and how this feed into our macro and micro allocations for the coming year. A very timely release therefore. Thunder Road’s...
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prestonni
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Dec 29, 2013 •
Macro wise, very high correlation in allocations and perspectives across the majors which represents a high risk to asset markets. If we do hit unexpected problems, volatility could spike up in 2014 due to this herding phenomena, be warned. There is little or no downside risks priced into this market on a macro level. CS-GlobalEquity-2014...
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prestonni
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Dec 29, 2013 •
Here below some final 2013 weekly reports from the majors sticking to the themes we have seen before. Inevitably they are forward looking into 2014. Its clear on a macro market level (ie on major themes) the institutional teams are uniformly sticking to the over weight equities and under weight bonds but long junk. Under...
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prestonni
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Dec 16, 2013 •
Here below some of the latest multi market “mm” reports issued late last week and some from close of business Friday. barcap-mmwklytech-12-12-13 cs-macrostrat-11-12-13 CSwealth-mmwkly-13-12-13 cs-wklymm-11-12-13 CS-mmwkly-13-12-13 Danske-mmwkly-13-12-13 MSwealth-dec13 I stated last week that i would be more bearish than i am at present in terms of allocations and weightings if it wasn’t for the positive...
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prestonni
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Dec 14, 2013 •
Here three outstanding reports from JP running the continued theme of forward looking 2014 view.No tech in specifically but don’t let that stop you from reading these two from the UK teams first and the third from the US equities team, which is a bit more of a cheer leading review, i believe. Both these...
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prestonni
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Dec 5, 2013 •
Its the start of the final month of the calendar year so here some of the latest institutional multi mkt considerations and YE strat. CS-WealthMnthly-Dec14 CS-WealthWkly-03-12-13 DanskeB-Macrowkly-01-12-13 UBSWealth-Dec14 commerz-stratwkly-04-12-13 A flash comment for my own book. I’m looking for a bottom in the cyclical sectors and indexes here. The IBEX has bounced in the last...
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Dec 1, 2013 •
December is usually an excellent month for equities. Its often called a window dressing month securing the year end bonuses for the staff within the financial services industry. This year very few indeed are on the short side here so we must assume there are very few that want lower equities to record lower year...
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Nov 30, 2013 •
The usual excellent weekly US equity report from JP with their picks and forecasts. I have a huge back log of reports to get through here so ill save the comment to a little later in the day. Without the delay here the report: JP-Equity-28-11-13 Many more updates to come throughout the weekend. All the...