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’,...

CAUTION: Physical commodities have been the best performing asset class in each of the past two years, measured by the broad Bloomberg commodity Index. And seems a 2023 consensus...

Netflix’s last quarter earnings were the subject of much interest as the online streaming leader reported falling subscriber rates and critique over original programming. But...

WEATHER: The weather gods are set to keep having an outsize impact on capital markets. The La Niña weather phenomenon is now forecast for a third straight northern hemisphere...

LAGGARDS: The broad Bloomberg commodity index is up 23% the past year. Along with cash it’s the only positive asset class. The post-covid demand rebound and a decade of supply...

APPLE: Apple (AAPL) is the largest publicly traded stock in the world. Its $2.5 trillion market capitalisation is $300 billion ahead of runner up Saudi Aramco (SAOC). The...

DROUGHT: Nearly 60% of the US is now seeing drought conditions, the most in a decade, and double the average. A third of the country is seeing severe, exceptional, or extreme (see...

EYE-OF-THE-STORM: Record natgas prices, looming energy rationing, drought, stagflation, recession. Europe is stuck between an economic rock-and-a-hard-place. The energy crisis is...

COFFEE: Arabica coffee prices have held near decade highs as consumers did not want to give up their morning brew despite squeezed finances. This has tightened the coffee market,...