Global Strategy
Private Credit – This Cycles Systemic Risk
The Iran war is in the headline for entirely understandable reason. But AI remains the other key story for the…
China’s Energy Endgame: Is Battery Storage Making LNG and Nuclear Obsolete?
This writer is no energy expert. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that energy could become the key factor in…
So You Think Globalization is Over? China Has Other Ideas
Donald Trump’s agenda may be all about attacking globalization. But China has continued to take the opposite line. Xi Jinping’s…
AI Compute is Ramping, But is Demand There to Meet it?
The base case remains that the US reached an all-time peak of world stock market capitalisation on 24 December 2024.…
Are BYD and CATL Coming to America?
The Trumpian driven news cycle continues to dominate, as reflected in the recent headlines concerning Greenland. Still the all-important issue…
The US is Now One Big Bet on AI
“The US is now one big bet on AI”. This was the headline in an article in the Financial Times…
AI Stock Buyers Beware
It is the strangest of worlds. AI capex mania in the US gets ever more extreme in an American stock…
What’s Going on in Japan?
Japan has been one of the stock markets favoured by this writer. There has recently been some political noise with…
Is More Pain to Come for Indian Stocks From Trump’s 50% Export Tariffs?
27 August was the Ganesh Chaturthi holiday in India. But it was not a happy day in the country in…
Is Trump’s Focus on Low Yields and Low Volatility Good for Your Wallet?
There is no doubt that the Trump administration remains focused on getting the cost of debt servicing down. The strategy…