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Revised numbers confirm that US GDP fell by 0.6% (1.1% annualised) between Q4 2021 and Q2 2022*. Hours worked in the private sector economy, meanwhile, climbed 1.1% (2.2% annualised) over the same period. What explain [...]

Warren Stoddart, président et chef de la direction du Groupe financier Connor, Clark & Lunn, s’est récemment joint à Chas Burkhart, chef de la direction de Rosemont, à titre d’invité au balado Global Inv [...]

We discuss why Australia could better weather a recession.

Global six-month real narrow money momentum, the key economic leading indicator in the forecasting approach employed here, is estimated to have moved sideways in deep negative territory in August* – see chart 1. All [...]

In this week’s commentary we are profiling Dentium (145720 KS), a Korean dental implant manufacturer, and one of the top holdings of our Emerging Markets strategy.

Global six-month consumer price inflation peaked in June and fell further in August, reflecting pass-through of lower oil prices and a small decline in core momentum. Current commodity prices suggest a sizeable furthe [...]

Les marchés boursiers ont rebondi au cours de l’été, et se sont redressés lorsque l’inflation a retraité après avoir atteint des sommets ou au moment où le président de la Fed, M. Powell, a évoqué la pos [...]

In this week’s commentary, we discuss an important item we look at before investing in any company: the strength of the balance sheet.

UK monetary trends continue to argue against Bank of England policy tightening.  Annual growth of non-financial M4 – comprising money holdings of households and private non-financial firms – was 3.7% in July, [...]

Recently, it seems everyone is travelling again with travel activities dramatically increasing in most regions. In this week’s commentary we profile our holding Samsonite, the world’s largest travel luggage compan [...]

Cyclical equity market sectors have recouped part of their H1 underperformance of defensive sectors but monetary and cycle considerations suggest further weakness ahead.  MSCI divides the 11 GICS sectors into cyc [...]

The strategy generated a net return of -14.2% in Q2 2022 bringing returns to -24.2% for the year-to-date period ending June 2022.

The assessment here a month ago was that Chinese monetary policy easing was gaining traction but that additional stimulus and a further recovery in narrow money momentum were required to adopt a positive view of eco [...]

Les actifs risqués ont rebondi depuis le milieu de juin, car les investisseurs s’attendent à ce que la faiblesse de l’économie incite les banques centrales à modifier leur politique de resserrement monétaire. [...]

We share some thoughts regarding the European economic landscape and fundamentals behind companies having reported their half year financial results.