By
Bilal Hafeez
April 07, 2020
In: post |
Newsletter
April 07, 2020
It seems like researchers have ramped up their COVID-related analysis, so we’ve got a great selection of pieces today. On the econ side…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 07, 2020
In: hive-indicators |
COVID-19
April 07, 2020
One of the issues with a new virus is that diagnosing and reporting on it is harder than for an existing disease. We saw that the 2009…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 04, 2020
In: post |
Macro Life | Newsletter
April 04, 2020
(total reading time: 3 mins) Society is evolving in the COVID era. We’re socializing virtually and schools are delivering lessons online. Today,…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 04, 2020
In: hive-indicators |
China & Hong Kong
April 04, 2020
While there has been a decline in the percentage increase in COVID cases, we’d be cautious in extrapolating this out to say we are past the worst…
By
John Butler
Bilal Hafeez
April 03, 2020
In: hive-podcasts |
Commodities & Energy
April 03, 2020
In this episode, I have a conversation with one of the leading experts on gold, John Butler. He’s has spent 25 years in the financial industry, worked at…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 02, 2020
In: post |
Newsletter
April 02, 2020
We have a bumper edition this week – with six reports. US rates guru, George Gonclaves, lays out the good, the bad, and the ugly scenarios in…
By
George Goncalves
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Monetary Policy & Inflation | Rates | US
April 02, 2020
US equities just finished their worst first-quarter performance in history only to be met with the worst first-day start of a new quarter. 2020 started off with…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Monetary Policy & Inflation | US
April 02, 2020
Despite many headline-grabbing downward revisions to US growth, most economists are not expecting inflation to fall by much. The consensus for core…
By
Dominique Dwor-Frecaut
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Sustainability & Social Issues
April 02, 2020
The White House Coronavirus task force briefing on 31 March followed the cardinal rule of successful market strategists: provide a number or a date…
By
John Tierney
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Investment Strategy & Asset Allocation
April 02, 2020
The $2.2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last week (aka the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, Economic Security Act, or CARES) has prompted an outcry…
By
Natalie Cohen
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
Investment Strategy & Asset Allocation
April 02, 2020
Recent, dramatic declines in the value of equity markets (and more recently, fixed income) will probably appear in weaker public pension funding ratios…
By
Caroline Grady
April 02, 2020
In: Hive Exclusives |
China & Hong Kong | Data, Models & Market Infrastructure | Growth & Labour Market
April 02, 2020
While much of the world is in freefall, activity in China is rebounding. This disconnect looks set to continue for now, with new cases of COVID-19 in China…
By
Bilal Hafeez
April 01, 2020
In: post |
Newsletter
April 01, 2020
(total reading time: 5 mins) For our Deep Dive this week, we review some of the academic literature on World Wars. The…
By
Caroline Grady
April 01, 2020
In: Podcast Playlists |
Emerging Markets | FX
April 01, 2020
The pace of the selloff in EM is unprecedented, even compared to the GFC and 2013 taper tantrum. MXN stands out with a 30% depreciation over…
By
Mehdi Farooq
Abdul Akram
April 01, 2020
In: Deep Dives |
Economics | Growth & Labour Market
April 01, 2020
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on our lives, health, and the economy. Given the global scale of action to combat the virus, it’s no far stretch to equate the…
By
Caroline Grady
April 01, 2020
In: Podcast Playlists |
Sustainability & Social Issues
April 01, 2020
Parallels between the 19th century Cholera outbreak and the coronavirus include the disproportionate hit on the poor where people live closer…
By
Caroline Grady
April 01, 2020
In: Podcast Playlists |
Monetary Policy & Inflation | US
April 01, 2020
Virus is a trigger for Japanification of the US. Unlimited and immediate Fed QE (including corporate bonds) plus the biggest fiscal package in US history…
By
Caroline Grady
April 01, 2020
In: Podcast Playlists |
Investment Strategy & Asset Allocation
April 01, 2020
Recent disruptions and illiquidity in the UST market reflects an initial rapid shift in fundamentals as long-term growth expectations fell. Discrepancies…
