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Along with only a handful of other stock markets, the US held up reasonably well amid the global rout, outperforming the FTSE All-World Index for November and barely denting its significant lead for the year so far. The Russell 1000's outperformance versus its global peers in November...

Economic growth will likely slow in 2022, with Covid-related uncertainty and supply bottlenecks playing a key role. Equities and other risk assets should benefit from the waning post-Covid recovery, but valuations in many regions are rich versus historical standards; stay active and s...

We're seeing spectacular blow-ups in the more speculative corners of the stock market. The pull-forward of demand from COVID lockdowns and record fiscal/monetary stimulus is now turning into a push back. The selling pressure will eventually start rippling into the blue chips and b...

We're looking now at a much more uncertain, more volatile and a more uneven environment for both growth and inflation. What's driving this is the fact that there is a digital transformation, a green transformation and a social transformation going on. Despite all the uncertainty, ...

As we look ahead to 2022, our base case is for positive global growth and elevated inflation in the near term. Though we see inflation moderating during the year, there are upside risks to our forecast. We believe growth assets, such as equities and credit, will tend to deliver positi...

After broad selling last week, the risk trade is bouncing. Most stocks are now trading below recent highs and not just the most sketchy ‘meme’ names. Just 43% of even the widely considered ‘conservative’ Dow 30 components are above their 200-day moving aver...

Weekly returns in U.S. equity markets show a positive, minor correlation with weekly changes in liquidity; the change in returns do not occur immediately, but with a 5-8 month lag. Liquidity has more than double the correlation with market returns compared to other macroeconomic facto...

Stocks have rebounded sharply the past two days. However, the big move higher comes in disagreement with bonds and the dollar. Stocks appear to be bouncing back from oversold conditions. For further details see: The Outlook For Stocks Darken Despite A Massive Rebound

Early observations about Omicron indicate that it is highly transmissible with mild symptoms and can evade mRNA vaccines. The article presents a scenario based on the available sketches of data, prognosticating how the pandemic may develop within the next two to three months. As m...

The arrival of Omicron seems to have had two relatively predictable effects on financial markets. The long bond has rallied and the yield curve has flattened. As regards equities, the P/E multiple on the S&P 500 is no longer rising; it is, in fact, contracting slightly, as is ...