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As expected, the Fed delivered a 75bp rate hike on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative increase in the Fed funds rate to 375bps since the start of the tightening cycle in March. The FOMC statement was amended from September to include a new sentence…

China's economy is about to experience demand-driven deflation. The lack of an economic recovery and falling producer prices will depress corporate profits and, hence, share prices. Beijing will allow the yuan to depreciate more to prop up its economy.

After plummeting 8% m/m in August, US job openings increased by 4.3% to 10.7 million in September, surprising expectations of another monthly decline. Accommodation & food services, healthcare as well as transportation and warehousing drove the bulk of…
Most of the global financial assets we track rebounded in October, following a period of poor performance in the prior two months. DM bourses led global stocks higher. In particular, US equities benefitted from oversold conditions and registered the…
The Chinese manufacturing PMI from the National Bureau of Statistics contracted anew in October, after briefly improving above the 50 boom-bust line in September. The headline index decreased from 50.1 to 49.2, missing expectations. Notably, production…
On Monday, investors cheered former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (Lula) victory over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the second round of Brazil’s presidential election held over the weekend. However, Brazil’s financial markets are at risk of…
BCA Research’s US Investment Strategy service concludes that the US does not face unusually large disruptions from increasing mortgage rates like economies where mortgage borrowers confront significant rate resets that will amount to a daunting increase in…

This Fed is a single mandate Fed which won’t consider the job done until inflation reaches a 2% target. Concerns about slowing growth will displace concerns about inflation. Equities will bottom shortly before economic growth bottoms. Until then we recommend a defensive portfolio tilt, and offer a few tactical and strategic ideas for the overweights.

Naïve Readings Of The Twentieth Party Congress (A GeoRisk Update)

Stay short Greater China assets. Stay long Japanese yen. Hold back on Brazil for now but look forward to opportunities in future.

The ECB increased interest rates and announced the start of its balance sheet wind down; yet, markets took the news as a dovish outcome. Are we really getting close to the end of the ECB’s tightening campaign? How asset prices will react?