Macro Investment Insights & Market Commentary

US Labor Market Chartpack: The Stable Jobs Market Is Not Driving Inflation

This morning’s jobs report serves to underscore that the labor market is not a source of inflationary pressure and therefore of second-order importance when it comes to the Fed’s near-term decision making....

US US Labor Market

02 Octubre 2026

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Dispatches From The Future: World War E

In 2026, against the backdrop of plunging birth rates around the world, investors were focused on AI bottlenecks. Little did they know that the biggest bottleneck to artificial intelligence was, ironically, human intelligence. Progress in overcoming this bottleneck set geopolitics ablaze and ushered...

Demographics Technological Advances

01 Octubre 2026

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FICC Q4 Strategy Outlook: Climbing The Wall Of Worry

Politics, wars, a global tightening cycle, doubts over AI capex: the wall of worry keeps rising. But the spark that would topple risk assets is missing. Our Q4 FICC outlook explains why to stay long risk, and where the danger lies....

Fixed Income Currencies

01 Octubre 2026

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The Bond Riot, The AI Peak, And The EM Mirage

US bonds will likely continue selling off until tighter financial conditions – most plausibly a double-digit decline in the S&P 500 – cool nominal growth. Higher discount rates will threaten US equity valuations before earnings weaken. AI stocks will peak well ahead of AI capex. Remain downbeat on E...

Inflation/Deflation Gov Sovereigns/Treasurys

01 Octubre 2026

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Quarterly TAA: Picking Up $20 Bills In Front Of The Steamroller

Higher rates have changed the opportunity set. Overweight High-Yield Credit, both within asset allocation and versus Private Credit. Investors are no longer picking up pennies in front of a steamroller....

Fixed Income

01 Octubre 2026

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MacroQuant Model Update: A Constellation Of R-Stars

MacroQuant recommends an underweight to equities and bonds, counterbalanced by a significant overweight to cash. The model is very bullish on the US dollar, slightly negative on gold and copper, and positive on oil....

BCA Indicators/Model Asset Allocation

30 Sep 2026

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PCE Revisions Change The Picture We Have Of US Inflation

Core US inflation is still running above target. But this morning’s data revisions reveal that the gap is not nearly as large as it appeared yesterday....

US Inflation/Deflation

30 Sep 2026

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Macro Intelligence for AI Workflows

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The Dollar's Last Hurrah: Upgrading Our DXY Target To 105

Global capex is driving the strongest industrial cycle since 2021. The US is best positioned to capture the gains and to weather near-term risks, supporting widening real-rate differentials and favoring continued upside in the dollar in the coming months....

US Dollar Monetary Policy

29 Sep 2026

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The Regulatory Pendulum Is Swinging – America Is Becoming Europe

Most investors would argue that Europe overregulates relative to the US. However, that was not always the case. Political Scientist David Vogel of University of California, Berkeley, posited that the two economies shifted models in the 1990s. Prior to that decade, the US led health, safety, and envi...

28 Sep 2026