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Asia Will Outperform in a World of Weak Dollars and Accelerating Inflation

The view here remains that the key issue facing investors in 2021 is the Federal Reserve’s policy response coming out…

India is Starting a Cyclical Recovery – Buy Indian Stocks

As good a stock market investment story in Asia as any is India. The Indian economy is almost back to…

The “Passive Put” and Tesla’s Bitcoin Wildcard

The advice here remains to stick with the “back to normal” trade despite the scare over the mutating virus in…

China Still a Manufacturing Powerhouse. Buy the RMB, Sell the Dollar.

The US Dollar Index has over the past week fallen to its lowest level since April 2018. US Dollar Index…

Southern European Stocks Looking Juicy Driven by Gov’t Bond Buying

That a mass roll-out of vaccines is now on the horizon, on a six-month view, remains a reason to stay…

Post-COVID Liftoff: Cyclicals, Gold & Bitcoin

If anybody was in any doubt that cyclical stocks would rally sharply on the re-opening trade, they got the evidence…

With a Blue Wave Likely, is Big Tech in Trouble?

The “Blue Wave” is clearly the base case in the forthcoming US presidential election. Still, markets have become nervous again…

We Are Witnessing the Beginning of the End of the Deflationary Era

The cyclical trade continues to be recommended here, despite the ongoing COVID “second wave”. On this point, it is interesting…

Expensive Green New Deal will Drive Energy Prices Higher not Lower

The Economist has a long-established tradition of contrarian cover signals, as have other business magazines, some of which are now…