Emerging Markets

I woke up this morning to tweets from the amazing Lisa Abramowicz indicating a sizable move into risk-off territory for global markets on the back of coronavirus concerns. And because I talked about faulty market structure related to one of…

I have some thoughts on economic headlines below. This one is outside the paywall. If you like what you read, please subscribe. Uber as a signpost I am just catching up to where I left off at the end of last week regarding the risk-off…

After the Fed overtightened in 2018, it reversed course abruptly. And risk assets have cheered the Fed's volte face with a V-shaped surge to new highs. And, coincidentally (since Fed policy acts with a lag), the economic data have turned up…

I have an interview on Real Vision with currency specialist Marc Chandler of Bannockburn Global Forex coming up later today. And I wanted to sort out some of my macro thinking ahead of it. Let me run by you what I'm seeing in the markets…

As I note today how the upcoming Uber IPO tells us that equity investors are still quite bullish, I also realize that this particular bull market is unique in its absence of volatility. There have been a few hiccups a long the way,…

Equities continued their rally today, both in the US and globally. While the US rally was impeded by bad news for Boeing, the S&P 500 did eke out a gain on the back of a rally in tech. Cisco, for example, is up 29% since it bottomed on…

No more oil black swan Remember Al Arabiya channel’s General Manager Turki Aldakhil warning that imposing sanctions on, Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter could spark global economic disaster? I wrote about it when the  Jamal…

Real quick here. Here's a chart tracking EM and S&P500 gains since the beginning of 2016: Source: Jamie McGeever How EM closes the performance gap Two questions: When and why should we expect EM and US stock markets to move in…

Since everyone is talking about the anniversary of the Lehman collapse and the financial crisis, now's a good time to think about the upside after crisis. In February 2009, I wrote a post based on some advice from veteran investor Jeremy…

1 - More downside prices for Australia's housing market The Australian housing market is in the "bargain hunting" mode now. And that could add to downside losses. If you recall, the FT did a piece on the falling market, citing…