News and Analysis

Summary Focus: Managing the 2022 risks We forecast a near-unprecedented 4th straight year of good returns in 2022. We examine the risks to this, and how to manage them. We see...

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...

REORGANISATION: Some of the largest tech stocks could be changing sectors in a proposed 2022 reorganisation of GICS*. This could significantly boost the size of the financials and...

Last Week’s Top Five Market Winners Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) The past week included significant gains for Del Taco Restaurants Inc. (TACO), The Lovesac Company (LOVE),...

Bitcoin lingers below $50K as Tezos adds 5% on NFT partnerships Despite briefly surpassing $50K on Friday's hot inflation figures, Bitcoin spent most of last week hovering below...

METAVERSE: The metaverse incorporates video, augmented and virtual reality. Also, a shared architecture allowing virtual goods and identities to move between platforms. The term...

CARBON: Carbon prices are among the new kids on the commodity block. Europe’s ETS carbon price is +170% this year, a multiple of the Bloomberg commodity index, and behind only the...

SOARING: Used car prices continue to hit new highs led by vans and SUVs. The market is still unbalanced, extending the bullish price cycle. This is boosting car dealers, leasers,...