Market Views

We asked ChatGPT for some buy and sell signals. Testing its answers revealed a deeper point about the limitations of common investment heuristics.

A potential way to beat the ‘widowmaker’ trade; and the implications of a higher carbon price in Europe.

Hedge funds were caught in a game of cat-and-mouse with February inflation data.

Investors aren’t taking the short bait; the pain trade of Value timing; and a breakdown in factor correlations.

Mixed inflation signals from the US labour market; and analysing the first annual drop in green-bond issuance.

Investors embrace Beta; central bankers and unreliable boyfriends; and falling out of love with the energy sector.

History suggests that complacency over inflation is premature.

Lessons from past recessions for unloved domestic names; incumbents retake ground from insurgents; and what to make of reset European Growth valuations.

It has been a very odd start to the year.  With the MSCI World touching levels not seen since pre-Jackson Hole in August, market strategists have been left scratching their heads.

How will private equity cope with a higher cost of debt? What past period most resembles this macro environment? And when will tech investors capitulate?

Europe remains tough for active stock pickers; Japanese automakers struggle with the transition to fully electric vehicles; and quantifying the switch from natural gas to diesel.

Several factors may lead gas prices higher in 2023; the message from crypto futures; and a closer look at volatility before CPI prints.