This week it’s Commodities, specifically an aggregate view of commodities and a look at valuations. Commodities as an asset class rose from relative obscurity to become a popular addition to portfolios by the more innovative asset allocators in the last […]
Author: Top Down Charts
Interesting Charts On Bitcoin, And Other Cryptocurrencies
As a fun weekend activity I decided to dust off some of my various experimental Bitcoin market indicator charts to see if they can help shed any light on the outlook for Bitcoin prices. Adding to the mix this time […]
Cash allocations are at ~20-year lows, typically something you see late cycle – Overall, it’s a brave new world for asset allocators
This article looks at a couple of key trends in asset allocation. We look at the evolution of investor portfolio allocations to stocks, bonds, and cash both across time, and more recently. Importantly, we look at how it ties into […]
EM Vs S&P 500
Emerging market equities had a dream run since the bottom in 2016 (where, if you recall, they took a pummeling as a number of EM economies went into recession, China slowed, currencies crunched, and commodities crashed). But if you look […]
ChartBrief 199 – Institutional Investor Sentiment
The March data for the State Street Investor Confidence was released this week and showed some very interesting patterns across institutional investors. The global index was up +4.7pts to 111.9 (contrasts to a reading of 95.7 back in December 2017), […]
CAPE Country Ratios (DM Edition)
With the correction in global stock markets still running its course, it’s worth surveying some valuation statistics across Developed Market equities. Indeed, the current correction could easily go further, purely on sentiment and in the process cheapen valuations across the […]
Chart Of The Week: US Crude Oil Flows
This week it’s US crude oil flows. Specifically, what we’ve got here is an interesting juxtaposition of crude oil imports and crude oil production for America. The chart is interesting due to the perspective it provides on US oil supplies: […]
Global Equity Breadth Check: New Lows
Just a quick global equity breadth check here. As a reminder, these breadth models are looking at breadth across countries i.e. the main benchmark stock index for each of the countries we monitor (70 countries in total). Looking at breadth in […]
Global Equity Breadth Breakdown Update
The latest price action across global equities has driven a deterioration in market breadth. The 50-day moving average breadth indicator for the 70 countries we monitor has fallen to levels last seen in the wake of the 2015/16 corrections. It […]
An Ominous And Familiar Sign In The US IPO Market
As the title suggests, a familiar if ominous sign has emerged in the US IPO market. As I’ve previously written on a number of times, studying trends and statistics in IPO statistics (initial public offering) can yield key insights on […]