2019 in tweeted charts!
Below is a relatively concise overview of financial markets in 2019 using a selection of charts I tweeted throughout the year. While this probably aggravates the already pronounced calendar-year thinking […]
Below is a relatively concise overview of financial markets in 2019 using a selection of charts I tweeted throughout the year. While this probably aggravates the already pronounced calendar-year thinking […]
Here’s a quick blog devoted to everything that is going on in the bond markets right now. As you must have noticed, bond yields are collapsing around the globe. Again! […]
What started as a friendly week, turned out to be an ugly one, instead. Another leg down in commodity prices triggered investor pessimism, which was reflected in falling equity prices […]
September is upon us! This means we are entering the calendar month that’s considered by many as the cruelest for equities. And this year, as a ‘bonus’, it follows an […]
EUREKA! No Greece in this Week End Blog. But commodities are collapsing. Copper, gold, oil, they are all down. Just a few commodities have seen their prices increase since the […]
This week in financial markets was a lot about gold and currencies. In what was considered a sideshow for quite some time, the upcoming Swiss gold referendum suddenly made its […]
The Euro zone only grew 0.2% in the third quarter, and yet this was a positive surprise. And to make clear just how slow growth has been, that same 0.2% […]
Another hectic week in financial markets is almost behind us, with Russia making the headlines once again. Renewed tensions in the Ukraine, crumbling oil prices and fears of recession resulted […]
Although we can be certain that Chinese economic growth will be between 7% and 7.5% this year, the way we get there is very uncertain. Recent macro data have been […]
Recently, bitcoin has become a hot topic. The number of news items that cover bitcoin is growing relentlessly. A lot of this attention results from the fact that bitcoin is […]