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Risk assets will take their cues more from the dollar than the Fed if the euro rises above its 16-month range against the dollar. Retain exposure to energy equities and gold.

In this <i>Special Report</i>, we revisit our list of signpost economic indicators introduced two years ago to identify if the U.S. and Euro Area were falling into a "Secular Stagnation".

Tougher Fed talk warns that the Goldilocks combination of higher stock and bond prices in place since February is not sustainable.

Approaching the referendum on EU membership, what are the prospects for the U.K. economy and financial markets?

The equity bear case is obvious. Prices are approaching overhead resistance and face fundamental headwinds.

One of our highest-conviction investment ideas for the next few years.

The rally in risk assets could persist. Dollar and oil moves are not yet exhausted. But valuations and poor earnings quality warrant a cautious approach.

If the EM rally is sustained, the Fed will once again become resolute in its commitment to hiking interest rates. This in turn will spur another relapse in EM risk assets. Chinese policymakers are attempting to juggle contradictory objectives without a clear and realistic plan of action to resolve existing problems.

The Treasury market is now discounting too slow a pace of Fed tightening, while junk spreads are discounting too rapid an increase in the default rate. This week we examine the risk/reward proposition of temporarily leaning against some prevailing long-run macro trends.

This month's Special Report reviews the main factors driving the "lower for longer" bond yield view. A key finding is that the demographically-driven portion of the expansion in world capital spending has come to a virtual standstill, representing a major hit to underlying demand growth.