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Absolute Return Strategy – Risk Of Another 1987 Crash – May 10, 2021
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Absolute Return Strategy – Risk Of Another 1987 Crash – May 10, 2021
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The investment cycle is decisively ahead of the economic cycle, with many signs of frothy conditions, at a point when consumer price inflation is rising, bonds have entered a durable bear market and the U.S. dollar is vulnerable.
MRB TradeBook Update – April 30, 2021
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Webcast – Key Portfolio Tilts For Outsized Returns – (8min:45sec) – April 28, 2021
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In this week’s Webcast, Phillip Colmar outlines four longer-term global investment trends that will be key to generating outsized portfolio returns over the next several years.
Absolute Return Strategy – Playing Major Global Trends – April 22, 2021
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The global reflation trade has cooled of late, after becoming technically stretched in recent months.
Weekly Macro Strategy – Risk Assets Benefit As The Rise In Treasury Yields Pauses – April 9, 2021
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Global growth is strengthening and broadening, helping to sustain rising earnings expectations.
MRB TradeBook Update – April 9, 2021
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Webcast – The Rebirth Of The Bond Vigilante – (10min:49sec) – March 17, 2021
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In this week’s Webcast, Phillip Colmar discusses the recent sharp selloff in government bonds and the ramifications for investment strategy.
Absolute Return Strategy – Is Good News Now Bad? – March 4, 2021
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One of the leading threats we identified for financial markets in 2021 is now occurring, namely that bond yields rise too fast.
MRB TradeBook Update – February 26, 2021
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Theme – MRB’s Overview Of Key Macro Themes (Part II) – February 18, 2021
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This is Part II of an update of the big-picture themes that form the foundation for MRB’s longer-term investment strategy.
MRB TradeBook Update – February 5, 2021
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Weekly Macro Strategy – Free Money Forever – January 29, 2021
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Equity market risks have recently eased on the fundamental side, as Treasury yields have calmed, but worsened on the technical side, as speculative froth has erupted. A pause in augmenting favored positions is still warranted.
MRB TradeBook Update – January 29, 2021
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Absolute Return Strategy – Selectivity After The Runup – January 12, 2021
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This report focuses on positioning around the potential for some near-term turbulence in global equity markets following the recent sharp upleg.
Absolute Return Strategy – MRB TradeBook Track Record: 2020 Review – January 12, 2021
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Add to Favorite Reports2020 provided a rollercoaster ride in many financial asset markets, as investors were forced… Continue
Absolute Return Strategy – Positioning For 2021 – December 16, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic took global policy and the economy hostage in 2020.
Absolute Return Strategy – The Ebb And Flow Of Uncertainty – November 12, 2020
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There has been a clash all year between the countervailing forces of the sudden-stop recession and unprecedented policy reflation.
Absolute Return Strategy – Looking Past The U.S. Election – October 29, 2020
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Global equities and other risk assets were hit hard this week as COVID-19 infections continue to spike throughout Europe and parts of North America, forcing several countries into renewed shutdowns.
TradeBook Update – September 25, 2020
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Add to Favorite ReportsThe recent market selloff has acted as a headwind on pro-growth trades, triggering our… Continue
Weekly Macro Strategy – Rotation Update – September 18, 2020
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We remain short-term cautious on equities (and industrial commodities) because the economic recovery is proving underwhelming in many countries and there are a number of potential risks ahead.
TradeBook Update – Euro Area Vs U.S. Equities – September 18, 2020
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Absolute Return Strategy – The Opportunities Are In The Laggards – September 10, 2020
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It has been a bumpy ride for investors over the past week as equities abruptly pulled back from overbought levels, before catching a bid yesterday.
Absolute Return Strategy – Equity Leaders Vs Everything Else – September 3, 2020
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Market leaders typically have a material influence on overall equity performance, but it has been dramatic this year.
Theme – Stylized Investment Cycle: Did Policymakers Avoid A Final Flush? – August 20, 2020
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MRB Stylized Investment Cycle has been one of our most popular thematic frameworks as it provides a starting point when building a multi-year roadmap, and helps investors look for major inflection points.
Webcast – Is The U.S. Set To Lose Equity & Currency Leadership? – (11min:55sec) – July 30, 2020
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In this week’s Webcast, Phillip Colmar explores the potential for a broad-based rotation in relative performance away from U.S. leadership, and provides several investment strategy recommendations.
Absolute Return Strategy – Do U.S. Assets Justify Their Premium? – July 28, 2020
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Today’s report explores the potential for a broad-based rotation in relative performance away from U.S. equity and currency leadership.
Theme – Do U.S. Assets Justify Their Premium? – July 28, 2020
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Today’s report explores the potential for a broad-based rotation in relative performance away from U.S. equity and currency leadership.
Absolute Return Strategy – Setting Up For Another Shakeout? – June 23, 2020
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The powerful bounce back in global risk assets since late-March has benefited our pro-growth positioning.
TradeBook Update – June 12, 2020
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Long-Term Returns – Long-Term Fallout From The COVID-19 Crisis – May 28, 2020
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The post-COVID-19 world poses fresh challenges for investors. While we expect the global economy to rebound in the year ahead, growth in the longer-term will be somewhat slower than was probable prior to the crisis.