BRENT: Oil is the world’s most traded commodity, and Brent is the pricing benchmark for an estimated three-quarters of this trade. It includes over 600 related oil products and is...

CRE: Commercial real estate (CRE) is being fingered as the next economic shoe to drop, after the recent banking scare. It's a $20 trillion asset class in the US alone, and small...

EASTER: Our ‘Easter egg’ index of commodity prices used to make (cocoa, sugar, milk) and package (aluminum, wood pulp) Easter eggs has risen this year. It has been led by...

RALLY: Six months is a long time in FX markets. EUR/USD slumped below parity in mid-2022 and troughed at 0.95 late in Q3. Europe’s recession risks were spiking and the US interest...

REVERSAL RALLY: Global markets are closing Q1 in green, after a big rebound by the 2022 crypto and tech losers. A volatile quarter saw a dramatic January rally, on less-bad...

GAS: Natural gas prices on both sides of the Atlantic have continued to plunge. This has been a key macro positive, driving lower inflation and stronger economic activity...

BONDS: The real market action in recent months has been in asset classes outside of equities. With bitcoin surging and commodities plunging. Bonds have been no exception. Rallying...

We spotlight five key takeaways from our latest quarterly survey of self-directed investors across the world. They are more positive, more diversified, and increasingly looking...

Investors always have many questions, one of which is how much cash to keep on hand, and whether to keep it in currency or invest in something with a higher yield, but with...

MESSAGES: A CDS can be considered an insurance policy against a government or company defaulting on its debt. The CDS market price is a real-time measure of its perceived default...