March 2014 - Back Where We Started
Following a bout of volatility and an emerging market-led sell off at the beginning of the year, major equity indices have returned to...
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February 2014 - Volatility Returns
It did not take long for volatility to return to the market as equity indices in the US, UK, Eurozone and Japan had their worst January...
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January 2014 - A Cathartic End to 2013
Markets ended 2013 on a cathartic, yet slightly cautious note. Catharsis came in the form of the Federal Reserve’s December 18...
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December 2013 - Gearing Up for the Taper
As we move into the final month of the year, markets are coming to terms with the fact that quantitative easing (QE) will not last...
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November 2013 - Bullish Tone into Year-End
Financial markets met political risk head-on in the beginning of October as a 16-day U.S. government shutdown culminated in an agreement...
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October 2013 - No Tapering until 2014 is bullish for markets
As this newsletter is coming to press, US federal agencies are shutting down for an indefinite period, raising fears that a political...
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September 2013 - What risks lie ahead?
With the summer days now firmly behind us, most of us would agree that it hasn’t been a particularly quiet and uneventful summer. Quite...
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August 2013 - A not so quiet summer
July was another busy month for investors consisting of both upside and downside surprises on economic data, continued headlines and...
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July 2013 - Easy Money: The Beginning of the End
The first part of 2013 is now behind us. Volatility in financial markets has increased materially. The month of June will be remembered...
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June 2013 - Markets Nervous about End of Easy Money Era
Fasten your seat-belts everyone! The month of May 2013 has produced the 4th worst sell-off in US governments bonds in over 20-years!...
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May 2013 - Print Money or Disappear
Macro-economic data in April provided different views of growth rates around the world: US data in April was mixedto-poor (the ISM...
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April 2013 - Sacrificing Cyprus and impairing uninsured depositors
Last month's Cyprus crisis has been a barely forgivable fiasco for European leadership, judging by its clumsy implementation of the...
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March 2013 - Return of Market Volatility
February was a choppy month, experiencing a calm environment early in the month and a spike in broader market volatility later on. After...
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February 2013 - Too Early for the Great Rotation
The first month of the new year is in the bag, creating a handy checkpoint to see what part of our investment strategy is working, what...
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December 2013 - Our Outlook for Financial Markets in 2013
Another year of sub-trend global growth The global economy looks to have finished yet another lackluster year on a soft note. After a...
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December 2012 - Mind the Cliff and 'Carry' On
Major financial assets were largely unchanged after a volatile month of November, following a large drop post US elections, which was...
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November 2012 - The U.S. Election (and fiscal cliff) is Now Right Upon Us
October was an eventful month till few days ago with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in New York. As this note goes to press, Sandy...