CATALYST: Real estate investment trusts (REITS) have not performed as well as hoped this year. The negative impact of the Fed’s dramatic interest rate pivot on the S&P 500’s...

IMPACT: US midterm elections are in four months. Polls show Republicans win back the House of Representatives and maybe Senate control in a Congressional clean sweep. They benefit...

CRISIS: Europe and UK natural gas prices have surged again, confirming the region's worst energy fears. This is stoking inflation and recession risks, and driving currency...

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...

Georg Kell, a pioneer of the sustainability movement who first coined the term ‘ESG’ in 2004, describes it as akin to an X-ray. He says:  “ESG allows investors to look beyond...

Last Week’s Top Five Market Winners Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) The past week included significant gains for Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (EVFM), MicroStrategy Incorporated...

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...