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  1. Brazil: Sometimes Falling Feels Like Falling

    John H. Welch

    Summary Brazil’s fiscal health continues to deteriorate at break-neck speed. The government has abandoned the original, extremely relaxed fiscal targets, and the market is catching on. The Banco Central do Brazil has lowered the SELIC policy rate 300bps since it started easing but has already turned more cautious in discourse if not yet action. Now […]

  2. Momentum Models Gain as FX and Fixed Income Outperform 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 0.1% over the past week, with positive performances in fixed income and FX countering negative equity returns. Equities were down 1.9% WoW, while bonds were up 0.6%, and […]

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Bloomberg TV: Why Tech Is at a Record and Our Macro Take on US, UK, and EU Rates – Bilal Hafeez

Bilal Hafeez on Bloomberg TV

Nick Baltas on Mastering Systematic Strategies from Alpha to AI

Macro Hive Conversations with Bilal Hafeez

John Coates on How a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything

Macro Hive Conversations with Bilal Hafeez

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  1. Prime Trade Ideas: GBP Has Likely Peaked for This Cycle

    Our views on the major asset classes remain the same. We’re slightly more positive on the FTSE 100 given this environment of rising rates at the long end.

  2. Prime Trade Ideas: Asian FX to Bounce Back on Rebounding Economy

    Our views on the major asset classes remain the same. We’re slightly more positive on the FTSE 100 given this environment of rising rates at the long end.

  3. Prime Trade Ideas: King Dollar to Reign Supreme in Q4

    We consolidate our favourite biases into one, easy-to-read, weekly report! Please find the original pieces linked throughout and a summary table at the end of the document. Reach out to us on Slack or email the author with any questions about the content. 

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  1. Markets to Watch: CPI To Set Forward USD Trajectory

    Bilal Hafeez, Viresh Kanabar

    Summary The US sees CPI and PPI data this week – both likely to be consistent with a June cut from the Fed. In Europe, the ECB sets policy on Thursday. We expect rates on hold with an optimistic tone to prevail until they get March’s final inflation print. New Zealand’s central bank meets on […]

  2. G10 FX Weekly: MoF Must Act on USD/JPY as Talk Is Cheap (and Ineffective)

    Richard Jones

    Summary The Japanese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has continued verbal intervention, warning the market it is unhappy with USD/JPY price action and is prepared to push back against the JPY selloff. USD/JPY has continued rallying this week, breaking 154 for the first time in 34 years. The US Dollar Index (DXY) has had its strongest […]

  3. Brazil: Sometimes Falling Feels Like Falling

    John H. Welch

    Summary Brazil’s fiscal health continues to deteriorate at break-neck speed. The government has abandoned the original, extremely relaxed fiscal targets, and the market is catching on. The Banco Central do Brazil has lowered the SELIC policy rate 300bps since it started easing but has already turned more cautious in discourse if not yet action. Now […]

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  1. Ep. 212: Nick Baltas on Mastering Systematic Strategies from Alpha to AI

    Nick Baltas is a managing director and head of R&D, cross-asset delta-one and commodity systematic trading strategies at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2017, Nick was an executive director in the quantitative research unit of UBS.

  2. Ep. 211: John Coates on How a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything

    John Coates is the Deputy Dean of Harvard Law School. He has served at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and was a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in financial institutions.

  3. Ep. 210: Mark Koyama on What Makes Some Nations Richer Than Others

    Mark Koyama is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Mercatus Center. Mark earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford. He focuses on how historical institutions functioned and on the relationship between culture and economic performance.

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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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