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...

BEST PERFORMER: Bitcoin (BTC) soared 70% this year and our related equity basket 45%. Crypto is the world’s best performing asset class, for the 11th time in its 14 year...

IMPACT: The Fed’s balance sheet is growing again. This is temporary, not a QE restart, and policy still tightening. The Fed was set up in 1913 to prevent bank collapses. It has...

SLUMP: Brent oil has borne brunt of global financial contagion fear. Its double-digit percentage price slump near matched that of the stricken banking sector recently. Contagion...

SLOWDOWN: Current bank sector concerns are individual not systemic. But lending standards on both sides of the Atlantic have tightened a lot, and this will accelerate now. As...