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Global

6th March, 2019 » Capital punishment?

Global activity is on the back foot. World trade has been weakening for months and the economic soft patch has turned into a more prolonged slowdown, certainly in Europe and Asia.

There is an assumption that demography is a slow-burn theme that can be filed away for the long term. But working age populations are already shrinking in many of the major economies.

Global

14th February, 2019 » Tight-anic

Despite positive noises on wages from both the Fed and the ECB there is little sign we’re returning to the…

Special Report: Umbrella Idea

11th January, 2019 » Special Report: Umbrella IdeaEnd of the ICE age

There have been various points of blame for weak auto sales. The most under-appreciated input has been technological innovation, as…

Global

18th December, 2018 » Star Wars

America’s trade conflict with China reflects two things. First, the angst of a declining US power. Second, the ego-centric conflict…

Special Report: Umbrella Idea

3rd August, 2018 » Special Report: Umbrella IdeaTechnology – saviour or curse?

It’s undeniable that we’re living in an epoch of technological transformation. And one that is unprecedented in history. With the…

Global

9th April, 2018 » Carry on?

The merits of our carry trade basket have faded over the past 12 months. There remains a yield pick-up in…

Global

8th February, 2018 » The devil’s advocate

We believe that the major global determinants of secular inflation (globalisation, technology, demography) will continue to hold price growth down.…

Global

7th February, 2018 » Fire drill

A spike in market volatility isn’t surprising. But it’s not the start of a more pronounced meltdown. Markets will recover…

Global

23rd January, 2018 » Escaping the hydra

There seems to be almost universal acceptance that central banks have created a liquidity bubble. And the logic goes that,…

Special Report: Umbrella Idea

13th December, 2017 » Special Report: Umbrella IdeaA big deal

Demography is perhaps the single most important investment theme over the next half century. Many of its implications will begin…

Global

9th November, 2017 » The unspoken

When we wrote Of rabbits, bankers and what matters, 19 October 2017 we spoke of the factors that would set…

Global

28th July, 2017 » Vox Populi

There isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ model for populism. It’s hard to identify in advance why social pressures morph…

Global

12th July, 2017 » The Gods of war

The US mainland is now potentially in range of North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal. Diplomacy is past its sell-by date,…

Global

14th November, 2016 » Trump l’Oeil

The reaction of financial markets to Trump’s election is explainable by expectations of tax cuts and rising fiscal spending. This…

Global

25th October, 2016 » Autumn dirge

Free capital, like free water, is never going to be used productively. So it should be no surprise that central…

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