Global Strategy
Italy’s Populist Uprising Could Trigger Another Eurozone Crisis
Italian Politics - A Perpetual State of Turmoil The focus has returned to Italian politics in recent weeks and the…
Strong Oil Prices Stoking the US Inflation Narrative
The latest inflation data has seen the Fed’s favourite inflation measure reach the 2% target. Headline PCE inflation and core…
India Rising: Charting a Path of Development Through Digitalization
India has long been this writer’s favourite stock market in Asia. It also has a feature unique in emerging markets:…
Peaceful Kim Jong-un a Potential Catalyst for Cheap Korean Stock Market
There have been remarkable developments on the Korean peninsula of late. The flurry of events began at the Winter Olympics…
More Hawk than Dove? Will Powell’s Fed Remove Monetary Punch Bowl
With money markets now discounting three Fed rate hikes this year, and maybe even four, and the 10-year Treasury bond…
More Xi: China’s Pathway Towards Economic Stability
There were significant developments out of China last quarter. The most important was the announcement by state media in late…
US Market Vexed: Trade War + Monetary Tightening
Monetary Tightening Remains the Single Biggest Risk to the US Market There has been a lot of talk about trade…
VIETNAM: Frontier Market Driven by Foreign Investment and Growth
Macro Battleship has lauded the merits of investing in emerging markets. This week the focus will be on one specific…
Gold, Bond and FX Markets Not Buying Forecast Fed Interest Rate Hikes
The new Federal Reserve chairman’s first FOMC meeting this week, and subsequent press conference, has confirmed that Jerome Powell is…
Oil – Reassessing the ‘Price Capped’ Narrative
Russia Shows Willingness for Continued Cooperation with OPEC The oil price has remained in an uptrend of late. What are…