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Taiwanese Export Orders: Signal Or Noise?
To the extent that Taiwanese export orders act as a bellwether for global trade dynamics, we often monitor the release to gain a sense of the state of the manufacturing cycle. On this front, the October update provided a positive signal. The pace of decline…
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Singapore's NODX: The Rebound Continues?
Singapore is a small open economy that is highly sensitive to fluctuations in the global manufacturing activity. As such, Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) are a bellwether for global growth. Singapore’s NODX delivered an upside surprise on…
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Core OPEC 2.0 Supply Discipline Continues
BCA Research's Commodity & Energy Strategy service continues to expect Russia to reduce oil exports next year by up to 2mm b/d (25% probability), in an effort to reduce US President Biden’s chances of being re-elected. Resilient oil exports and global…
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Copper-To-Gold Ratio: Emerging Green Shoots?
Throughout most of the second half of this year, the copper-to-gold ratio has been relatively stable, gyrating within a tight range. However, it is starting to show some tentative signs of bottoming. After the copper-to-gold ratio initially fell in the first…
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The ‘Hidden’ World Recession Of 2022 And Why It Matters Today

The latest ‘nowcast’ for world economic growth in the fourth quarter has plunged to just 1.2 percent, marking the cusp of another world recession. One important implication is that expectations for oil demand growth and industrial metal demand growth are way too optimistic.

Counterpoint by Dhaval Joshi
Treasury Yields And The Relative Performance Of Cyclical Equities
Our equally weighted global cyclical equity index has outperformed equally weighted defensives for most of this year. By October 17, this outperformance stood at about 12.6%. This outperformance is consistent with US Treasury market dynamics. The relative…
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Natgas Demand: Higher For Longer
In the short run – i.e., over the current Northern Hemisphere winter – natural gas storage levels will be sufficient to balance heating and industrial demand with flowing supplies, assuming a normal winter in the EU and US, according to our colleagues at BCA…
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The Joshi Rule Recession Indicator Approaches Its Event Horizon

Following the October US jobs data, the ‘Joshi rule’ real-time US recession indicator increased from 0.11 to 0.15, meaning that it is fast approaching its event horizon of 0.20. We go through the investment implications. We also highlight a new long-term recommendation. Plus, the Norwegian krone is close to a potential rebound.

Counterpoint by Dhaval Joshi
Manufacturing And Services Weigh Down On Global PMI
The Global Composite PMI slid to 9-month low in October, sending a pessimistic signal about economic conditions around the world. The 0.5-point decline pushed the index down to 50.0 – right on the boom-bust line indicating that global activity stagnated last…
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The Dilution Effect: Why Economic Miracles Are Often Investment Duds
Special Report

Economic growth has little to no relationship with long-term country returns. But if GDP doesn’t drive long-term equity returns, then what does? To find out, we break down equity total returns of 33 countries from 1997 to 2022 into seven components. In line with other academic research, we find that, over our sample, net buybacks were a crucial factor for long-term country performance. Our research suggests that equity issuance is an underestimated driver of returns that investors should pay more attention to.

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