Straight from the Desk

Syz the moment

Live feeds, charts, breaking stories, all day long.

9 Oct 2023

Rising real rates are going to inflict real pain on a variety of asset classes, particularly longer duration risk

BofA, Markets & Mayhem 🤖

9 Oct 2023

A potential black swan which could follow this week-end attack: both Saudi & Iran oil supply going down?

Source chart: Bloomberg

9 Oct 2023

The global EPS cycle continues to improve, with nominal GDP growth continuing to support the cycle

Source: SocGen, TME

9 Oct 2023

What could be the impact on oil markets of the sudden war between Israel and Hamas (and the risks it could escalate)?

What could be the impact on oil markets of the sudden war between Israel and Hamas (and the risks it could escalate)? Some analysts see upside risk to à150 - others (e.g GS) are more mitigated. Reduced probability of Saudi-Israeli normalization and associated boost to Saudi production. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday afternoon (before the attacks) that “Saudi Arabia has told the White House it would be willing to boost oil production early next year if crude prices are high—a move aimed at winning goodwill in Congress for a deal in which the kingdom would recognize Israel and in return get a defence pact with Washington, Saudi and U.S. officials said.” In GS view, the escalating conflict in Gaza reduces the likelihood of a near-term normalization in Saudi-Israeli relations. Source: www.zerohedge.com, WSJ, GS, Alpine Macro

9 Oct 2023

BofA forecasts that ~48M US patients will have seen anti obesity medications by 2030

Source: TME, BofA

9 Oct 2023

Relative performance of prior bull market leader vs. the next bull market leader (beginning of bull market = 100)

Source: BofA, TME

9 Oct 2023

Central banks have continued to load up on the yellow metal

They added 77 tonnes to their gold reserves in August. Net buying is closing in on recent "highs". Gold is trading without much trend, but we are at very big levels. Source: Variant perception, TME

Thinking out loud

Sign up for our weekly email highlighting the most popular posts.

Please note that you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the link in the footer of our newsletters

Follow us

Thinking out loud

Investing with intelligence

Our latest research, commentary and market outlooks