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prestonni
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Jan 23, 2014 •
Here are some of the latest reports from various market leading institutional wealth private banking and equity teams. First up lets start with the usual weekly “MM” report from CS Wealth CS-mmwealth-17-1-14 And here an excellent multi asset report from Commerz. “Dangerous optimism” is their opening line and i tend to agree. And note on...
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prestonni
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Jan 20, 2014 •
The FX markets are seeing an increase in volatility here. This volatility should start to spill over into other asset markets especially if the US$ sustains her recent strength. Participants are not currently positioned for volatility so if we do get a broadening here of price swings expect speculators to scramble for hedges and counter...
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prestonni
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Jan 17, 2014 •
Here below a mix of multi market reports. To start us off a purely visual great report from CS. Their brilliant macro chart update. There is much to say on these long range technical charts. I can see several of them repeated on my own screens inc the eurusd long term chart. Also the secular...
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prestonni
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Jan 14, 2014 •
The Swiss team are travelling this week so its a Yardeni and Capsyn near term track through the usual indicators. First up I want to present the latest Yardeni reports issued today and over the last few days. They collectively provide a wealth of information on the health and structure of this market. I include...
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prestonni
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Jan 10, 2014 •
A great report so happy to provide in isolation to others. Note over wight European markets vs ftse. JP-Euroequity-06-1-14 Rich
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prestonni
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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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prestonni
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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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prestonni
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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 •
Spain continues her economic struggle with another negative year for growth in 2013. The clear problem for Spain continues to be a lack of credit for the private sector, households and corporates alike. Year on year, since the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis loans to the private sector have fallen sharply. The Spanish...
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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...