Market Overview

The Fed will decide on interest rates tomorrow, with a high likelihood of a 0.25% increase A pause in the rate cycle would undermine the Fed's credibility, while a 0.5% hike could create fear among...

According to a report by the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), house and apartment rents in Brisbane are up 33% and 23% respectively since the outbreak of Covid-19.Key pointsQueensland...

The report was undertaken for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) by researchers from the University of Sydney and Curtin University.Key pointsHouse prices, cost of living, and...

DXY faded last night as EUR caught a bid:   AUD bounced:Commods too:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) are struggling:Junk (NYSE:HYG) is breaking down:Treasuries were sold:And stocks bought:You have to have...

In this week’s newsletter, we’re going to provide you with an inflation update based on some of last week’s important data releases and also share some general thoughts on risk...

The complex details of SVB's failure are still unknown, and the current state of affairs is driven by emotions Bond market volatility has risen to levels not seen since the Great Financial Crisis and...

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank rattled the markets, but the consequences are yet to be felt. In this report, we dive deeper into why we believe this is a systematic problem and why it creates...

Fear, greed and bias reinforcement sell. Reality, at any given time? Not so much. A look at stocks, commodities, inflation, gold and silver through a contrary lens.As I continue to get more...

UBS Group AG (SIX:UBSG) agreed to buy Credit Suisse Group AG (SIX:CSGN) in a historic, government-brokered deal aimed at containing a crisis of confidence that had started to spread across global...

Inflation trades are fading and gold (NYSE:GLD) is ascending to its rightful place in the disinflationary macro.The favored plan is working out well as we planned the Q4 (2022) – Q1 (2023) rally...

As portfolio managers, this is the question we ask ourselves daily. Since the lows of last October, the technical backdrop has improved markedly, as we discussed last week: “Our most critical...

The Federal Reserve holds its highly anticipated March FOMC policy meeting next week against an increasingly uncertain economic backdrop. The U.S. central bank is widely expected to raise interest...

Market pressures on U.S. banks are now spreading to Europe, where the already troubled Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) asked the Swiss government for help and got a liquidity boost.Investors are asking the...

The stock market forever surprises investors, but in the realm of risk, the future’s a bit less uncertain, at least sometimes. That’s hardly a silver bullet, but it helps manage...