Multi-Year Cyclical Peak for EM Equities Likely in Place
Before we dig into this post’s declarative title, let’s revisit the genesis EM work that got us to this point today. Specifically, I mean the 1/2/17 post that proclaimed EM equities, though likely mired in an ongoing secular bear, were nonetheless about…...
Macro Round-Up
Let’s start with FX as it’s ultimately the most important driver when it comes to major inflection points and cycles in global macro. Here, as I noted in early August, the USD (via the DXY Index) continues to appear as if…...
How Much Upside/Downside in This Commodity?
Be a buyer of palladium. If you don’t trade futures, that’s the PALL ETF, which has decent liquidity. Your initial upside target for the metal is ~50%, to $1,150 from the current ~$770. The logic for being bullish this metal…...
What does the SSEC Continue to See that Global Mining Plays Don’t?
We had a post the other day that suggested price action in the SSEC doesn’t carry much informational content value anymore. To some degree, YTD results justify this view with the SPX up ~12% and the SSEC down ~7%. However, what if this view…