After experiencing large portfolio drawdowns this year due to weakness across global equity markets, many investors are currently looking for assets that can provide protection...

INFLATION: High and sticky inflation in the US and Europe is driving hawkish central banks. They were late to the inflation threat and are therefore hiking interest rates into...

PARITY: EUR/USD parity is the biggest line-in-the-sand level in global FX markets. It has not been breached in twenty years. But the odds are increasingly stacked against the EUR,...

The electric vehicle (EV) market is primed for enormous growth in the years ahead. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), there could be as many as 230 million...

What Happened This Week (4th July - 8th July) Them's the breaks. For those of you who don't know what that means, I assure you, you are not alone. Boris Johnson used the...

SHORTS: Using short positions to manage risk and take directional views on a stock or market was a lost art for many after the remorseless equity rally in recent years. No more....

RECESSION: With recession risks soaring we looked back at the 2008 and 2020 recessions for stocks that were not only defensive but actually made money. Losing less money is one...

BULLWHIP: Our Global supply chain ‘pain’ index is down 22% from its April highs, with falls in DRAM computer chip prices (-31% from peak), container freight (-17%), and bulk...

SHOPPING: Consumers have been a key bulwark to rising recession risks, with both labour markets and their balance sheets strong. They are running down excess savings to maintain...

What Happened This Week (27th June - 1st July) It’s official! The first half of the year is completed! As mentioned last week, navigating through the end of the month, quarter...