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Callum is the founder of Topdown Charts - a chart driven research house covering global asset allocation and economics. Callum has a background in multi-asset investment strategy on the buyside and has built up strong research and analytical expertise for generating global macro driven ...more

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Top 5 Charts Of The Week - Tuesday, March 27
A discussion on how monetary policy interacts with high yield corporate credit spreads - particularly relevant in the wake of the latest rate hike; then we also look at the TED spread and what it might be telling us about the risk outlook.
Top 5 Charts Of The Week - Tuesday, March 20
We look at futures positioning in the bond market and how it ties into the short-term and medium-term outlook for bond yields.
Top 5 Charts Of The Week
We look at US economic confidence reaching almost record highs, the Energy Sector at a cyclical/structural low point in the S&P500, the astonishing performance of a select group of sectors, factors, and styles in Global Equities.
Monetary Policy And Asset Allocation
Monetary policy has been a major force, perhaps more than ever, over the past decade in driving asset prices across markets and regions, so it's a key topic for active asset allocators to be across.
Active Asset Allocation In 2018
The 3 key themes are a maturing business cycle and return of inflation, a global turning off the monetary policy tides, and increasing overvaluation across and within asset classes.
Property Bubble In The SCANNZ Economies?
The SCANNZ economies are particularly vulnerable to the major theme of a global turning of the tides in monetary policy.
China Macro Tops And Tailwinds
Property market going from bust to boom, a coordinated monetary and fiscal policy push, and a big turnaround in exports thanks to a weaker currency and better global economy.
US Cyclicals Vs Defensives And The New Bull Market
We look at the astounding relative performance seen between cyclical stocks vs defensive stocks and why it matters so much for the overall market outlook.
Two Charts Say Boom Or Doom For U.S. Economy
A look at the US Federal Reserve's senior loan officer survey and how a couple of key indicators in that report spell it out for the outlook for stocks and the economy.
US HY Credit Spreads - A Strategic Analysis
We provide an overview of how US High Yield credit spreads are low, and that it mirrors the trend seen in the VIX or volatility.
The Upside-Down Of Copper
We dive into some of the intermarket charts which map copper against some of the key global macro variables such as Chinese bond yields, gold, and US 10-year treasuries.
Implied Correlations And The Death Of RO-RO
We look at the implied correlation index in relation to historical realized average pair-wise correlations across the sectors of the S&P500 and discover an interesting development.
Topix And The Japanese Yen
A review of the outlook for Japanese equities along with the view on the Japanese Yen and how it ties in with the stock market.
Gold Price Outlook
We talk through the short-term dynamics in sentiment and technicals, the line in the sand, and where the gold price is likely to move short-term and what to watch for in a potential trend change.
The CANZ Economies
We look at the "CANZ economies" (Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) and the implications of them all sharing a common problem of overvalued property markets and overleveraged households.
Global Equity Fundamentals And The "Mini-Recession"
After going through a clear sort of "mini-recession" last year, global equity fundamentals are looking much improved, and this helps put the strong performance since the January 2016 bottom into the proper context.
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