CEILING: The US hit its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling last week. There are ‘extraordinary measures’ that buy time until the summer. But the limit needs to be raised for the US to...

AFTER FALL: Natural gas prices have plunged on both sides of the Atlantic. Europe’ fall has got the headlines, but the heavyweight US natgas (NATGAS) plunge seen 18-month price...

START: 2023 has started with a performance bang. As lower US inflation and China’s economic reopening have stoked confidence in a nearing Fed rate peak and economic soft landing....

OPEN-DOOR: European equities are on a roll, besting the US by 17pp the past three months. This is confounding skeptics and denting Europe’s multi-year under performance. Poor...

As an investor, it's natural to feel uncertain when the stock market experiences a downturn. While it is difficult to predict how long the market will stay low, it is important to...

CONCERN: Electric vehicle (EV) stocks have been under pressure. By triple-impact of demand concern, production/supply chain issues, and normalizing valuations. This is starting to...

EARNINGS: Fed interest rate hikes will start catching up with both the economy and company earnings in 2023. This will flip the script on last year’s resilient earnings and...

DRIVER: An easing inflation and interest rate shock is most important of the three catalysts we see for 2023. Ahead of China going-for-growth and a less-bad tech view. US...

NEW YEAR: IT, Communications and the tech-heavy Consumer Discretionary sectors dominate markets. ‘Tech’ represents 43% US equities, and 28% overseas. They performed terribly last...

SURPRISE: Japan is a global top 3 economy, stock market, and most traded currency. It has traditionally been out-of-mind for many. But it provided this year’ Christmas ‘surprise’,...