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  1. G10 FX Weekly: NFP Uncertainty Looms Over Dollar and US Rates

    Richard Jones

    Summary Since peaking above 108 (intra-day) on 22 November, the US dollar Index (DXY) moved below 106 one week later and now trades just above 106, about 1.75% lower than that recent peak. Moves in US yields have been similar, with the 2-year yield now about 25bp off its peak two weeks ago and the […]

  2. Momentum Models Remain Bullish USD and Global Equities

    Richard Jones

    When evaluating the performance of our momentum models we are considering the average performance across the one-, three-, and 12-month momentum models. Summary Momentum models were up +0.2% over the past week, with equity models up 1.1% WoW, and FX models and rates models flat WoW. Momentum models are down -0.1% in aggregate over a […]

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In Memoriam – Professor Ian Shipsey on How Physics Can Change the World

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  1. Asset Allocation Update: Interest Rate Shock Not Ending

    We continue to advocate our ‘everything breaks’ portfolio. The core rationale is that we are entering a new regime of higher interest rates – something investors have not faced for a decade.

  2. Asset Allocation Update: The ‘Everything Breaks’ Portfolio

    When markets go through regime changes, you need to throw out the conventional ways of investing. Take a common approach – business cycle investing.

  3. Asset Allocation Update: The ‘Everything Bubble’ Is Bursting

    Rarely can we point to one factor driving the performance of all markets. But since the global financial crisis in 2008, that factor is low interest rates.

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  1. Key Events: Disruption Ahead!

    Macro Hive

    Key Events G10 In the US, we have a data-light week ahead: S&P PMIs – Friday. The week’s most important release will be the S&P PMIs. Like most soft data, they have decoupled from the hard data so tell us little about the economy. For a trading perspective on the PMIs, see our Event Monitor. […]

  2. G10 FX Weekly: NFP Uncertainty Looms Over Dollar and US Rates

    Richard Jones

    Summary Since peaking above 108 (intra-day) on 22 November, the US dollar Index (DXY) moved below 106 one week later and now trades just above 106, about 1.75% lower than that recent peak. Moves in US yields have been similar, with the 2-year yield now about 25bp off its peak two weeks ago and the […]

  3. Momentum Models Remain Bullish USD and Global Equities

    Richard Jones

    When evaluating the performance of our momentum models we are considering the average performance across the one-, three-, and 12-month momentum models. Summary Momentum models were up +0.2% over the past week, with equity models up 1.1% WoW, and FX models and rates models flat WoW. Momentum models are down -0.1% in aggregate over a […]

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  1. Ep. 245: Frank Kelly on Why Everyone Underestimates Trump

    Frank Kelly, Founder and Managing Partner of Fulcrum Macro Advisors, an independent strategic advisory firm. Frank began his career as a writer for President Ronald Reagan and went on to serve in the White House Office of Political Affairs.

  2. Ep. 244: In Memoriam – Professor Ian Shipsey on How Physics Can Change the World

    Professor Shipsey was one of the leading particle physicists of his generation and was Head of Physics at Oxford from 2018 until his passing. His groundbreaking work ranged from studying subatomic particles to advancing our understanding of the Higgs boson

  3. Ep. 243: Charles Engel on Currency Models, Carry Trades and Capital Flows

    Charles Engel is Donald Hester Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Bilal Hafeez
Bilal Hafeez

Bilal Hafeez: CEO & Head of Research

Before starting Macro Hive, 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. Bilal started his twenty-year career at JP Morgan. Academically, Bilal was an Honorary Visiting Professor of Finance at Cass Business School and studied Economics at St Johns College, Cambridge.

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Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon

Andrew Simon: Chief Operating Officer

Andrew spent over 25 years in finance on both the buy and sell side. He co-founded Eschaton Opportunities, a $100 million hedge fund focused on global thematic value investing. Earlier in his career, Andrew led JP Morgan's institutional sales business across foreign exchange and emerging markets in Europe, ran Lehman's global derivative sales business, and managed Deutsche Bank's European currency option trading and derivative research business.

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