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27-Mar-26 Chart of the week

Gold in the stress test

How the precious metal behaves relative to the S&P 500 across different market phases

20-Mar-26 Chart of the week

Energy shocks fade. Their echo does not.

When prices jump, households adjust fast. Their expectations do not.

Inflation
13-Mar-26 Chart of the week

What’s driving private-credit valuations?

Taking a closer look at what’s happening in BDCs

Alternatives
06-Mar-26 Chart of the week

Oil shocks don’t bite like they used to

Decades of efficiency and electrification have defanged a once-feared macro risk — even as Middle East tensions keep markets jumpy.

Politics
27-Feb-26 Chart of the week

A sunny 2026 for the Australian dollar?

The Australian dollar currently has a wide range of monetary, economic and political factors on its side

Currencies, Monetary policy
20-Feb-26 Chart of the week

Does the Fed’s balance sheet have a price tag?

Even a quieter, less interventionist Fed would only shrink its footprint very cautiously. Partly this reflects changes to the financial plumbing in recent decades.

Americas, Inflation
13-Feb-26 Chart of the week

Copper between shortage and stockpiling

A physically tight market is keeping prices close to their record highs.

Raw materials
06-Feb-26 Chart of the week

A precious-metals reality check

The latest sell off was a dramatic reminder that precious metals can move in bursts. Inflation adjusted prices are still at levels rarely seen in modern history.

Commodities
30-Jan-26 Chart of the week

Yields spike, costs lag

Markets can reprice JGBs overnight, but the real fault line between volatility and vulnerability is when the effective interest rate surpasses growth

Bonds
23-Jan-26 Chart of the week

Tight by comparison

Increasingly, shrinking Eurozone spreads say less about European virtues and more about anxieties in many of the world’s other bond markets.

Fixed Income, Europe
16-Jan-26 Chart of the week

U.S. small caps: Ready for a comeback?

Have small caps seen a weak decade, or were large caps simply off the charts?

Equities
09-Jan-26 Chart of the week

Regime change of a different kind

Venezuela’s turmoil offers a test case of how oil and metals shocks can ripple through inflation and rates, as the energy transition rewrites old market rules.

Politics, Energy, Raw materials, Interest rates, Commodities
19-Dec-25 Chart of the week

High rates, high stakes

Brazil’s central bank looks set to remain hawkish. Structural reforms following next year’s elections could help unlock the country’s potential.

Elections, Central banks
12-Dec-25 Chart of the week

The worrying 'K' on the U.S. stock market

The operating profits of the S&P 500 and overall economic profits are decoupling

Americas, Equities
05-Dec-25 Chart of the week

U.S. unemployment steady, nerves frayed

A widening gap between official data and worker sentiment points to the power of technological anxiety.

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