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European Sentiment Has Room To Run
The February Ifo Business Climate index for Germany slightly missed estimates, staying unchanged from 85.2 in January. While respondents’ assessment of the current situation weakened, expectations rebounded to 85.4 from 84.3.  The improvement in…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Flash PMIs Send A Stagflationary Message
February’s flash PMIs for the major developed markets showed softening growth, and rising price pressures. The US composite index missed estimates and decreased to 50.4 from 52.7 in January. Services were a big contributor to the decline, with the index…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Will Trump Make Europe Great Again?
While the main Q1 2025 theme has been “America First”, the year-to-date market story has been more nuanced. “America First” would suggest an outperformance of US assets, but it is European assets that have started the year on a strong footing: The EURO STOXX…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
US Dollar: Breakout Or Breakdown?

In lieu of all the geopolitical and economic news in media, this report looks at where next the dollar is likely to trend in the next one-to-three months. Our view is down, though on a cyclical horizon (six-to-twelve months), we would not be short the dollar, for now. 

Foreign Exchange Strategy by Chester Ntonifor
A Will E. Coyote Moment For Markets?
Our Chart Of The Week comes from Jonathan LaBerge, Chief Strategist for our Special Reports Unit. Jonathan asks whether investors should be encouraged by the fact stocks are shrugging off US tariffs. The answer is no, because the same thing happened in…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Watch This Indicator For A -20 Percent Market Slump

If the 130-day complexity of the Nasdaq versus 30-year T-bond collapsed to 1.30, it would signal the risk of a -20 percent market slump. This indicator, at 1.37, is not yet at critical, but we recommend that you keep a close eye on it on our website. Plus: an update on our recent trades.

Counterpoint by Dhaval Joshi
A Ceiling For US Equities?
The S&P 500 has struggled to re-test all-time highs since the US 10-year Treasury yield has crossed the 4.50% mark. Stocks have moved sideways since December, and January’s hot CPI print confirmed that equities remain averse to higher yields. During…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Taking Stock Of Stock Market Technicals
Our Chart Of The Week comes from Melanie Kermadjian, from our Global Investment Strategy team.  The S&P 500 has been in a bull market for nearly five years and is currently up 2.5% YTD. A lot has been thrown at the US stock market so far this…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Talking Down The 10-Year

Some thoughts on this morning's employment data and Treasury Secretary Bessent's recent attempts to talk down the 10-year Treasury yield.

US Bond Strategy by Ryan Swift
Expect More Rate Cuts From The BoE

Following today’s Bank of England’s policy meeting, at which the policy rate was cut by 25 bps, we discuss our outlook for monetary policy in the UK. We expect the gradual easing to continue and discuss the investment implications for UK gilts and sterling.

Global Fixed Income Strategy, Foreign Exchange Strategy by Robert Timper, Chester Ntonifor

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