Change can be painful
Almost half of Americans will wake up disappointed and many angry with their new President. Politically, the time for economic
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Many aspects of markets and the economy have, in my view, all the characteristics of a slow moving train... wreck. Market prices, as well as the crowds' behaviour, provide strong signals to us as investors. We continue to Stop, Look, and Listen for news within the noise. Always aware that prior trains have run this track througout history.
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The market rallied on the latest monthly US job data released on Friday. This note aims to put into context
Macro
Second-third-fourth order effects.
Listening or reading anything the legendary Dr Lacy Hunt says and writes reminds me of opening an encyclopaedia of economic
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Volatility pre-empts risk, risk pre-empts opportunity.
(Northern) summer trading can be volatile with lower volume but when investors saw the ISM numbers last week, the Japanese