What did we learn this corporate earnings season?
Corporate earnings season for the second quarter of 2023 is close to completion now, with most listed companies…
The butterfly effect: Lurches in energy markets
It is rare in any sector of the economy for talks between a trade union and employers to…
Beware looking for reasons to worry…
A classic staple of past bull market cycles has been the proclivity of markets and market participants to…
Some takeaways from earnings season so far
We are a couple of weeks into earnings season for the second quarter of 2023, with most of…
Markets turning bullish… but valuations and strategy still matter
Equity markets are undoubtedly in a bullish mood, with positive market sentiment and a broadening out of the…
Could we see a major equity rally in the second half of 2023?
The end of last year saw sentiment towards risk assets and in particular equities become very pessimistic. The…
Perceptions vs. Reality
As investors taking actions day-to-day, month-to-month, year-to-year, it is easy to get lost in the data, the news…
Another lurch into commodity tightening?
It’s easy to forget, but less than 18 months ago Russia surprised the world with the full-scale invasion…
Opportunities in the A.I. ‘Losers’?
The recent and remarkable rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems has captured the attention and imagination of…
Hard landing, soft landing, or no landing
Equity markets have had a strong first-half of 2023, with strong moves up in many of the major…