NEW KID ON BLOCK: Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is a new and big driver of retail sales, especially for the young, and in markets like Australia, UK, US (see chart). It was c$150...

REFOCUS: Global fourth quarter 2021 earnings season unofficially starts Friday with US banks JPM, C, and WFC. Consensus is for strong 20% earnings growth from the S&P 500 and...

PICK-AND-SHOVEL PLAY: Lithium was the 2021 green commodities standout, up near 200%, and driving producer stocks (see chart). Electric vehicle (EV) battery demand surged, with...

FED FOCUS: We are positive 2022, but clear it will see lower returns than last year, with more volatility. The Fed is turning more hawkish. Market is pricing interest rates rising...

2022: We are bullish a rare fourth year of strong equity returns. The earnings outlook is under-appreciated and valuations well-supported. Our focus is cheaper and faster growing...

THE REBOUND: 2021 saw global GDP soar 6% and company profits by 50%, as world rebounded from shortest and sharpest recession in history, boosted by 9 billion vaccine doses,...

A BETTER 2022: Asian markets were disappointing this year. With a slowing and more interventionist China and Asia’s low-tolerance covid strategies. This sets up for a better 2022....

HEADWINDS: Oil (OIL) prices survived a quadruple headwind of omicron-demand fears, a strong USD (making it more expensive for foreign buyers), US strategic reserve sales, and...

VOLATILITY: Friday is one of the highest market volume days of year with ‘quadruple witching’ futures and options (F&O) expiry. This has become even bigger as retail-driven...

FED DAY: The Fed meeting looms large, with a coming hawkish pivot away from its super-sized $8.7 trillion balance sheet and zero interest rates. ‘Don’t fight the Fed’ is a...