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<li>CFTC data for the week through July 18th reflect a significant deterioration in USD sentiment.</li>
<li>Speculative Accounts’ overall positioning against the USD versus the major currencies reflected an aggregate short position of USD 19.9bn in the latest week.</li>
<li>The week-over-week increase in aggregate USD shorts of USD7.4bn was the largest single week positioning shift against the USD since 2020. </li>
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CFTC data for the week through July 18th reflect a significant deterioration in USD sentiment.
Speculative Accounts’ overall positioning against the USD versus the major currencies reflected an aggregate short position of USD 19.9bn in the latest week.
The week-over-week increase in aggregate USD shorts of USD7.4bn was the largest single week positioning shift against the USD since 2020. 

Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Global FX Strategy - USD Sentiment Deteriorates Sharply

<ul><li>USD edged off its lows Tuesday, perhaps reflecting the concerns I noted here yesterday that the sell-off had extended too far, too quickly.</li><li>There was little to support the USD from yesterday’s US data reports. Slower consumer demand and weaker industrial activity bolstered US slowdown expectations.</li><li>There was, however, a Market News report suggesting that Fed policymakers are concerned that rate hikes are feeding into the economy more quickly than anticipated; in other words, the fuller impact of rate hikes is already being felt and it has not been enough to slow the economy sufficient to bear down on prices. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

USD edged off its lows Tuesday, perhaps reflecting the concerns I noted here yesterday that the sell-off had extended too far, too quickly.There was little to support the USD from yesterday’s US data reports. Slower consumer demand and weaker industrial activity bolstered US slowdown expectations.There was, however, a Market News report suggesting that Fed policymakers are concerned that rate hikes are feeding into the economy more quickly than anticipated; in other words, the fuller impact of rate hikes is already being felt and it has not been enough to slow the economy sufficient to bear down on prices. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Founder, TPW Advisory

TPW Advisory

Founder

Independent Investment Advisory Boutique

TPW Advisory is an independent investment advisory boutique located in NYC offering asset allocation & portfolio strategy advice, white label research and global, multi asset ETF based model portfolio delivery services.

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>The past few years have felt very sped up – dealing with the 3Cs of Covid, Climate &amp; Conflict in an Age of Speed will do that.</li><li>Now we are thru Covid &amp; past the energy shock and attendant inflation spike, its time to focus on what comes next – the birth of the new.</li><li>Birthing something takes time, is often messy and can mess with one’s head.</li></ul>

The past few years have felt very sped up – dealing with the 3Cs of Covid, Climate &amp; Conflict in an Age of Speed will do that.Now we are thru Covid &amp; past the energy shock and attendant inflation spike, its time to focus on what comes next – the birth of the new.Birthing something takes time, is often messy and can mess with one’s head.

TPW Advisory June Monthly: The Birth Of The New

Marketing Director, Asia Frontier Capital

Asia Frontier Capital

Marketing Director

Investing in high growth Asian frontier economies.

Asia Frontier Capital Ltd. is a pioneering fund management company based in Hong Kong that specializes in investing in high growth Asian frontier economies by managing the AFC Asia Frontier Fund , AFC Iraq Fund and the AFC Vietnam Fund.

The AFC Asia Frontier Fund invests in public equities of Asian frontier countries that are seeing increasing consumption due to favorable demographic trends, rising incomes and high GDP growth. The fund invests in listed equities of companies that have their principal business activities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The AFC Asia Frontier Fund is positioned to take advantage of the continuing economic shifts in these countries and offers high returns combined with significant diversification opportunities. This fund is directed by the founder and CEO of Asia Frontier Capital, Thomas Hugger, who has been investing in frontier markets across Asia and Africa for more than 20 years.

The AFC Iraq Fund was launched on the 26th June 2015 and aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation for investors by capturing value and growth potential in the post conflict high-growth & resource rich Iraq market. The fund emphasises long term investment horizon to truly capture the opportunity in Iraq. The fund's investable universe consists of locally listed companies that have their principal business activities in Iraq as well as foreign listed companies that have the majority of the business in Iraq as a whole including the prosperous Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI). The AFC Iraq Fund offers access to investments in post conflict recovery potential of Iraq, including the KRI, and/or stability in its territory. The AFC Iraq Fund is managed by Asia Frontier Capital (Iraq) Limited, Cayman Islands under the executive leadership team of Thomas Hugger (CEO & Fund Manager) and Ahmed Tabaqchali (CIO) who have more than 47 years of investment experience as well as an extensive background covering global, emerging, frontier and MENA markets.

The AFC Vietnam Fund invests exclusively in listed Vietnamese equities to capture value in growth companies with a focus on the small to medium size companies. This market segment offers a unique investment opportunity as the valuation gap between large- and small-cap stocks in Vietnam is presently much wider than in comparable neighboring markets and the valuations are significantly depressed versus their regional peers. The fund adopts a fundamental-quantitative approach and employs an in-house earnings model to identify attractive companies where we see high growth opportunities. In conjunction with targeting the maximum upside potential the portfolio has been structured to mitigate corporate government and liquidity risks. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of 70-90 attractively valued companies to carefully control concentration risk.  This approach allows the fund to sell, or buy, positions without having a significant market impact. The fund is directed under the executive leadership of Thomas Hugger and Andreas Vogelsanger who have more than 50 years combined experience managing investments in frontier markets, Asia and around the world.

For more information about the fund, management team and investment strategy please contact us at info@asiafrontiercapital.com.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>The AFC Iraq Fund was up 15.9% in April, outperforming its benchmark, the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, which was up 12.5% for the month.</li><li>For the year, the AFC Iraq Fund is up an estimated 47.9% outperforming the index’s increase of 36.7%.</li><li>The market and the fund’s solid performance for the second month in a row on the back of February’s super performance enhanced by a revalued currency, underscores the underlying strength of the market’s recovery that has discounted the currency’s upheaval, as discussed here recently, and is beginning to discount its stability. </li></ul>

The AFC Iraq Fund was up 15.9% in April, outperforming its benchmark, the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, which was up 12.5% for the month.For the year, the AFC Iraq Fund is up an estimated 47.9% outperforming the index’s increase of 36.7%.The market and the fund’s solid performance for the second month in a row on the back of February’s super performance enhanced by a revalued currency, underscores the underlying strength of the market’s recovery that has discounted the currency’s upheaval, as discussed here recently, and is beginning to discount its stability. 

AFC Iraq Fund April 2023 Update: "Tag Ends of Currency Upheaval Sparks Market Rally"

Asia biased macro & technical analysis, Untying The Gordian Knot

Untying The Gordian Knot

Asia biased macro & technical analysis

A differentiated process with a primary focus on Asia. Technical Analysis as core and Macro drivers that could bring the view to fruition & changes that could make the idea fall apart. The objective is to be the best in class, hence corner shop.

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<li>While the market has aggressively moved the US rates and the rate expectations lower, the European rates are pricing in higher for longer, with a rate hike possibility still on the cards.</li>
<li>In the current market environment, the Dollar crosses are driven by rate differential and sentiment rather than growth differential and geopolitical risk of the Ukraine war.</li>
<li>The Cross rate and the 13-day RSI are overlaid with two standard deviations Bollinger Bands to plot the mean reversion boundaries.</li>
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While the market has aggressively moved the US rates and the rate expectations lower, the European rates are pricing in higher for longer, with a rate hike possibility still on the cards.
In the current market environment, the Dollar crosses are driven by rate differential and sentiment rather than growth differential and geopolitical risk of the Ukraine war.
The Cross rate and the 13-day RSI are overlaid with two standard deviations Bollinger Bands to plot the mean reversion boundaries.


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Global FX Strategy - USD Sentiment Deteriorates Sharply

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FX Daily - GBP Tumbles on Lower UK CPI

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TPW Advisory June Monthly: The Birth Of The New

The past few years have felt very sped up – dealing with the 3Cs of Covid, Climate & Conflict in an Age of Speed will do that.

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AFC Iraq Fund April 2023 Update: "Tag Ends of Currency Upheaval Sparks Market Rally"

The AFC Iraq Fund was up 15.9% in April, outperforming its benchmark, the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, which was up 12.5% for the month.

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While the market has aggressively moved the US rates and the rate expectations lower, the European rates are pricing in higher for longer, with a...

Untying The Gordian Knot

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