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    Bloomberg TV Interview: Bilal Hafeez on US CPI and 2024 Fed Cuts

    Bilal Hafeez on Bloomberg TV

    If the Fed Is Done, Do You Buy Bonds?

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    Is It Time to Stock Up?

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    1. Ep. 230: Shawn Edwards on How Bloomberg Is Using AI

      Shawn Edwards is Bloomberg’s Chief Technology Officer. Based in New York, he oversees the development of Bloomberg’s global technology strategy.

    2. Ep. 213: Bilal Hafeez on Fed Cuts, Dollar Strength and AI Hype

      Bilal is the CEO and Head of Research at Macro Hive. Before that, Bilal was Global Head of International Fixed Income Strategy at Nomura, and Head of Multi-Asset Research and Advisor to the CEO at Deutsche Bank.

    3. Podcast Transcript – Nick Baltas on Mastering Systematic Strategies from Alpha to AI

      This is an edited transcript of our podcast episode with Nick Baltas, published on 19 April 2024. Nick Baltas is a managing director and head of R&D, cross-asset delta-one and commodity systematic trading strategies at Goldman Sachs. In this podcast, we discuss the difference between alpha, beta, smart beta, factors, the difference between a good backtest versus […]

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    1. Momentum Returns Remain Muted as Rates Models Continue to Outperform, FX Lags

      Richard Jones

      Summary Momentum models were down 0.1% over the past week, with equity models down 0.1% WoW, FX models down 0.4% WoW and rates models up 0.3% WoW. Momentum models are down in aggregate over a three-month time frame, with rates models the best performing (+0.6%). Market Implications Momentum models remain bearish the USD – our […]

    2. G10 FX Weekly: Pre-FOMC, Technicals Sound Warning Bells for US Bond Bulls

      Richard Jones

      Summary US fixed income has staged an impressive bull run since late April/early May, with yields plummeting across the curve. Yet several signals now warn of a short-term correction higher for US yields. We anticipate the correction will depend on the FOMC’s policy update next week and therefore avoid initiating countertrend tactical positioning as the […]

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    1. Ep. 233: Mirza Baig on Best EM Trades, Fed Easing and China Carry Trade

      Mirza Baig is a senior EM strategist at Macro Hive. He has been researching and trading global FX and rates products for 20 years.

    2. Ep. 232: Bob Elliott on US Recession Odds, Fed Policy and Equity Risks

      Bob Elliott is the Co-Founder of Unlimited, which uses machine learning to create index replication ETFs of alternative investments, like hedge funds. Prior to founding Unlimited, Bob was a Senior Investment Executive at Bridgewater Associates, where he served on the Investment Committee (G7) and led Ray Dalio’s personal investment research team for nearly a decade.

    3. Ep. 231: J. Doyne Farmer on Making Sense of Chaos

      J. Doyne Farmer is Director of the Complexity Economics Programme and Professor of Complex Systems Science at the University of Oxford. He is also External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Chief Scientist at Macrocosm.

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