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JUST STARTING: Secular growth ‘thematic’ investing, as opposed to in traditional sectors and geographies, has stayed popular despite the sharp correction in high flying disruptive...

SLUMP: The Japanese Yen (JPY) has slumped through 125 vs the USD, back to 2015 levels. The currency of the world’s no.3 economy and stock market has performed on par with ...

57% of DIY investors say international conflict poses the biggest external risk to investments, up from 26% in the fourth quarter of 2021. The majority of retail investors...

UTILITIES: We have seen a ‘stealth’ rally in utilities (XLU, @Utilities) stocks this year. They are only lagging the high-flying energy sector (see chart). This reflects a recent...

Last Week’s Top Five Market Winners Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) The past week was unique with only two stocks on the NASDAQ finishing out the week in positive territory....

Doge defies downturn as Musk calls for meme coin Twitter payments Crypto has had a tough week, with Bitcoin sliding 9% lower after the Federal Reserve released minutes from their...

Summary Big tech are getting stronger in the pullback The silver lining to the tech sell-off is that the big tech ‘strong are getting stronger’. The cooling of last year’s tech...

UPSIDE RISK: US and allies have dramatic plans to sell oil from their emergency ‘strategic petroleum reserves’ (SPR) to contain $100+ oil prices. The US is targeting sales of 1.0m...

For the last two years, the world has been living through a global pandemic. We started wearing masks, navigated our lives in between lockdowns, and became proficient in rapid...

FOCUS: Markets are nervous and repricing the electoral odds in a tightening (see chart) French presidential election that goes to 1st round polls on Sunday. The stock market has...