August 1, 2021 Apple’s Financial Engineering – A Virtuous Circle Interest Rates, Technology, Equities, Investment Strategies, Macro Apple, APPL Alessio Farhadi In the early 2010s Apple was drowning in over $100bn of cash on the balance sheet. The company was under pressure from activist investors like Carl Icahn to return cash to Apple shareholders through dividends and (share) buybacks. Apple senior... Read More...
State Of the Markets July 26, 2021 Inflation – Higher For Longer Investment Strategies, Macro, US Inflation Alan Brazil Part 2: Housing Dynamics som-higher-for-longer-housing-Part-2-Housing ... Read More...
July 23, 2021 Not “risk-on” or “risk-off”, rather What’s the risk? FX, Investment Strategies, Macro Olivier Desbarres In the past fortnight US Treasury yields across the maturity spectrum have oscillated in reasonably wide ranges, with the highs coinciding with the release on 13th July of US CPI-inflation data. The shape of the yield curve today is... Read More...
State Of the Markets July 7, 2021 Inflation – Higher For Longer Economics, Investment Strategies, Macro, US House prices, Inflation Alan Brazil SOM-Inflation-part-1-labor- ... Read More...
Private Polling July 15, 2021 SURVEY RESULTS: Bitcoin, Big Tech, and Bonds Polls, Investment Strategies, Macro Ethereum, S&P, Bitcoin, Treasuries Based on a survey with 74 respondents QUESTION 1 By the end of this quarter on 30th Sep 2021, which of these portfolio allocations do you expect to have the highest total return (in USD)? (Assume no transaction costs and fees.)… <a... Read More...
SOM Commentary May 24, 2021 Biden Part 2 and New Trades Economics, Investment Strategies, US Biden Alan Brazil SOM-Biden-Corproate-Tax…Part-2-final.p ... Read More...
State Of the Markets May 7, 2021 Implications Of Biden’s Corporate Tax Plan — Part 1 Economics, Investment Strategies, Macro, US Tax policy, Biden Alan Brazil SOM-Implications-Of-Bidens-Corporate-Ta ... Read More...
March 18, 2021 Update On My Recommended Trades Derivatives, Credit, Emerging Markets, FX, Global, Investment Strategies, Macro US housing market Alan Brazil Recommended Open And Closed Trades <img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-58278" src="https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png" alt="Update On My Recommended Trades 11" width="800" height="342" srcset="https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png 300w, https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png 1024w, https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png 768w, https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png 1536w, https://speevr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-13.17.53.png 1540w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" title="Update On My Recommended Trades... Read More...
SOM Commentary March 10, 2021 Normalization Means A “New Normal” Of Higher Rates Economics, Investment Strategies, Macro, US Inflation Alan Brazil … Read the rest ... Read More...
The Path To Net-Zero GHG March 1, 2021 Part 2: Three Observations From The Texas Blackout ESG, Technology, Global, Investment Strategies CO2 Alan Brazil Read More...
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