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Summary UK prime minister Liz Truss announced a price cap on natural gas to shelter households from the 80% increase scheduled for next month and more price resets slated for January and April 2023. With no action, UK inflation could easily have topped 15% this year. With the cap,...

Summary The US CPI reading kicked off the latest curve flattening leg, but the coordinated hawkishness of ECB officials is helping to extend it. The 2-10Y EUR OIS curve has inverted, and the German curve should eventually follow. The ECB has successfully shielded sovereign spr...

Summary Citing economic sanctions imposed by the West, Russia has closed the taps to its Nord Stream 1 pipeline, throwing Europe into its biggest energy crisis in decades. European countries may be forced to ration gas, which will impede market forces from destroying demand natura...

Summary Today, every major part of the world economy is seemingly prone to a serious economic crisis. The European economy is perhaps the most immediate cause for concern. All of these world economic problems have to raise serious questions about the wisdom of the Federal Rese...

Summary Energy stocks are poised to report strong earnings for the second half of 2022, while the S&P 500 is forecasted to post earnings declines. The green revolution will continue, but with barely 3% of U.S. electricity production originating from solar and wind sources, fos...

Summary We think the energy crisis will spur a recession in Europe. The ECB is trying to fight inflation without recognizing the costs. We prefer credit over equities. The ECB raised rates by a record 0.75%. We think the ECB will keep raising rates through year-end until the econo...

Summary Russia cuts off natural-gas flows to Europe indefinitely. UK unveils plan to cap energy prices for businesses and consumers. Sovereign bond yields rise as rate hikes continue. On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist for Nor...

Summary We continue to believe that large cap US equities should be the outsize bedrock asset on the growth side of long-term portfolios. UK household energy bills are currently set to rise 80 percent between now and the end of the year, with further increases expected in the earl...

Summary The hawks won the front-loading argument and the ECB’s council unanimously decided to raise all key rates by 75bp. The growth forecasts, while lowered, do not project a recession next year and thus provide the leeway for more forceful action. Markets now see a 5...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...