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Weekly Macro Strategy – More Bumps On The Road To The Finish Line – March 24, 2023
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Fragile sentiment relating to banks may linger for a while longer, but DM regulators will ultimately do whatever it takes to restore confidence in their banking systems…

Webcast – Fed Whipsaw – (11min:07sec) – March 8, 2023
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In this week’s Webcast, global strategist Peter Perkins discusses the outlook for capital markets over the next 6-12 months and MRB’s recommended asset allocation.

Asset Allocation Strategy – Bonds Hold The Whip Hand – March 3, 2023
 · Asset Allocation · 

The global economy may be firming, but good economic news is now bad news for bonds, and in turn, risk assets.

Weekly Macro Strategy – Service Sectors Gain Momentum, Bond Yields Are Next – February 24, 2023
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The global economic outlook has brightened: service sector activity is strengthening, especially in the euro area and Asia.

Weekly Macro Strategy – Markets Are Still Betting On 2% Inflation – February 17, 2023
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The tactical risk-on phase should persist until DM government bond yields break out on the upside.

Webcast – Profiting From Understanding The Cycle – (7min:42sec) – February 14, 2023
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In this Webcast Phillip Colmar focuses on the economic and investment cycles.

Absolute Return Strategy – Investors Misinterpret The Cycle Yet Again – February 10, 2023
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Investors are now progressively capitulating to our more upbeat macro view, which has provided a boost for risk assets.

Theme – Investors Misinterpret The Cycle Yet Again – February 10, 2023
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 Add to Favorite Reports Investors are now progressively capitulating to our more upbeat macro view, which has… Continue

Webcast – Heed Cyclical Realities – (11min:53sec) – February 7, 2023
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In this week’s Webcast, global strategist Peter Perkins discusses the investment outlook and MRB’s asset allocation recommendations for the next 6-12 months.

Asset Allocation Strategy – Risk-On, But It’s Late, Not Early Cycle – February 3, 2023
 · Asset Allocation · 

From 30,000 feet the investment landscape appears appealing.

Track Record – MRB TradeBook Performance: 2022 Review – January 24, 2023
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The objective of the MRB Absolute Return Strategy is to provide a steady stream of investment ideas, rather than be based purely on the track record.

Webcast – Don’t Worry, Be Happy? At Least For Now – (11min:23sec) – January 11, 2023
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In this week’s Webcast, global strategist Peter Perkins discusses MRB’s asset allocation recommendations and the outlook for investment strategy.

Asset Allocation Strategy – Navigating An Unusual Cycle – January 6, 2023
 · Asset Allocation · 

The economic, policy and capital markets landscape remains unusual by any historical standard, thereby complicating investment strategy.

Webcast – Investment Strategy For 2023 – (9min:20sec) – January 3, 2023
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In this Webcast Phillip Colmar focuses on the key portfolio tilts that we recommend in 2023.

Weekly Macro Strategy – Losing The Last Global Bond Yield Anchor – December 23, 2022
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Keep tight stops on risk-on positions, as DM government bond markets have become less supportive of late.

Weekly Macro Strategy – Global Economic Headwinds Easing – December 16, 2022
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Some economic headwinds have recently eased, even as the major DM central banks have continued to hike their policy rates.

Webinar – Best Ideas For 2023 – (77min:03sec) – December 14, 2022
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MRB’s senior research team provide a series of high-conviction and non-consensus ideas for setting investment strategy in 2023.

2023 Asset Allocation Outlook: Better Valuations, But Another Tough Year – December 2, 2022
 · Asset Allocation · 

The key drivers of global capital markets in the first-half of the year ahead will be slow/slowing economic growth…

Charts – Monitoring The Weak Links – November 22, 2022
 · Economics & Policy · 

A core area of our research over the past several years has been on what we term global “weak links”.

Weekly Macro Strategy – A Soggy U.S. Dollar Helps – November 18, 2022
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The risk-on phase should persist in the near run, with the caveat being that government bond markets stay calm;

Long-Term Returns – Setting Realistic Expectations – November 17, 2022
Absolute Return ·  · Asset Allocation · 

The long-term outlook for a balanced portfolio has improved following this year’s price declines…

Weekly Macro Strategy – A Different Decade – November 11, 2022
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Pause #3 in the cyclical bond yield advance is underway, providing relief for all asset markets.

Absolute Return Strategy – Playing The Interest Rate Dominoes – November 10, 2022
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Today’s MRB Absolute Return Strategy revisits our theme of toppling dominoes in response to interest rate normalization and provides a series of investment strategy recommendations.

Webcast – Possible Year-End Rally, But No Turn In The Investment Cycle – (11min:31sec) – November 9, 2022
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In this week’s Webcast, global strategist Peter Perkins discusses the outlook for capital markets over the next 6-12 months and MRB’s recommended asset allocation.

Asset Allocation Strategy – Late Cycle Dynamics – November 4, 2022
 · Asset Allocation · 

The Fed wrong-footed investors this week, with Chair Powell’s hawkish press conference comments overwhelming the more moderate policy statement.

Weekly Macro Strategy – Bond Yield Pause #3? – October 28, 2022
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The cyclical rise in global government bond yields is set to pause again, as economic activity is slowing…

Weekly Macro Strategy – Lower Global Inflation: Waiting For Godot? – October 21, 2022
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A tactical long opportunity in risk assets is possible in the coming months, assuming inflation starts to ease and the Fed et al turn less hawkish, as we expect.

Absolute Return Strategy – What Could Go Right? – October 19, 2022
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This has been a tough year for multi-asset portfolios as all developed market central banks scrambled to adjust from being deeply wrongfooted by the global surge in inflation.

Theme – What Could Go Right? – October 19, 2022
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 Add to Favorite ReportsThis has been a tough year for multi-asset portfolios as all developed market central… Continue

Weekly Macro Strategy – More Of The Same – October 14, 2022
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The global economic outlook is deteriorating, watch out for various “weak links”.