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2019 in tweeted charts!

December 24, 2019by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS

Negative Yields – A Flight to Safes!

June 16, 2016by jsblokland Leave a comment

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! […]

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BONDS, FINANCIAL MARKETS

Week End Blog – Commodity Blues hits Investor Sentiment

November 13, 2015by jsblokland 1 Comment

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Seven Charts on Market Behavior in September

August 31, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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BONDS, EQUITIES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, TACTICAL ASSET ALLOCATION

Week End Blog – Commodity Collapse!

July 24, 2015by jsblokland 2 Comments

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – A Week of Gold & Currencies

November 21, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, FX, MACRO

Week End Blog – With Slow Growth, Oil Scares and Currency Wars

November 14, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

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% […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – Russia Ru(m)bles, Gold Glooms, but stocks prevail!

November 7, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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EQUITIES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO, TACTICAL ASSET ALLOCATION

Alternatives? Forget About Hedge Funds, Think Farmland, Instead

May 28, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

Yesterday, I tweeted a graph of the Liv-ex Fine Wine index, generally considered as the benchmark index for red wine investments (specifically, Bordeaux red wine). It showed that wine prices […]

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BONDS, EQUITIES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, TACTICAL ASSET ALLOCATION

WEEK END BLOG – China, Gold and Bitcoin

March 28, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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