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UKRAINE: The Ukraine invasion drove the S&P 500 into -10% correction territory and NASDAQ near -20% crash. Global markets are in the eye of a geopolitical storm. History shows...

SPOTLIGHT: Brent crude (OIL) prices have spiked over $100/bbl. for first time since 2014, on surging geopolitical tensions. This is a triple-hit to the global economy, with a...

RISE: Female investor numbers are surging, often overlooked and misunderstood, and can invest differently. We surveyed 9,500 female investors across 14 countries, from the US to...

IMPACT: The deepening Ukraine crisis adds uncertainty to global markets, exacerbating existing inflation and Fed hiking fears. But history shows geopolitics has limited medium...

A NEW WORLD: We are now in a different investing world. Macro headwinds are greater and returns to be lower. The days of just getting long US and tech are gone. We see a rare...

THE STAND-OFF: Sharp opinion differences between ‘Main Street’ and ‘Wall Street’ are nothing new. But the implications of who is correct now are large. Main St. is worried on the...

BURGERNOMICS: The Big Mac index is a useful short-hand for FX valuation, with a decent medium-term record. Updated numbers (see chart) show the USD strength, after its 2021 rally....

REOPENERS UPSIDE: So-called ‘re-opening’ stocks are up this year (see chart), resilient to the omicron virus spike and market volatility. They are now set to benefit from...

JUNK: US junk bonds (JNK, HYG) have been selling off and ignoring the recent equity rebound (see chart). This is unusual as they normally move together. And concerning as junk...