Weekly Thoughts

Market turmoil continued last week and although inflationary pressures dominated headlines, a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine and its impact on energy prices have not helped matters. Geopolitical and regulatory tensions with China…

Last Thursday’s big announcement that BOJ will begin buying more longer-dated bonds to keep rates from rising, was largely overshadowed by headline inflation numbers in the US which once again surprised the…

As we mentioned last week, with wage inflation running red hot, a breakout of the US 10-yr treasury yield above its technically crucial 200-wk moving average looked inevitable in the near term.…

Stock markets remained highly volatile with a negative bias clearly still in place as US Federal Reserve’s ever more hawkish posture is being digested. As we noted last week, strong earnings results…

US stock market turmoil continues as worries about the coming US rate hikes have led to further selling pressure in growth names and tech stocks which is weighing on overall sentiment. Dip-buyers…

With inflationary expectations on the rise, growth stocks remain under selling pressure while cyclical/value plays continue to outperform. Although this development is well within our 2022 playbook, we remain highly vigilant of…

https://asymmetric-advisors.com/some-key-developments-we-anticipate-for-2022/ Among a short list of 2022 potential developments which we outlined in our last weekly publication late last month (link above), we have argued for US long term rates to climb…

In this last weekly publication for the year, we address some of key developments that we anticipate for 2022 which we believe are worth underlining as we approach the year-end.  1) To…

As we noted in our last publication, dark clouds are appearing for global stock markets for next year as the prospect of the US Fed pivoting towards a more hawkish stance looked…

Although the virtual summit between Mr Biden and Mr Xi seemed to lower tensions a notch, the ever more ambiguous US stance on Taiwan, renewed allegations of China’s human rights abuses, and…