Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist, True Insights

Jeroen Blokland

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist

Build Well-Diversified Multi-Asset Portfolios

True Insights

Our research helps investors build well-diversified multi-asset portfolios and profit from market developments. In addition, our unique and proven Macro – Sentiment – Valuation (MSV) investment framework ensures a consistent flow of new investment opportunities. Together with our market views, these opportunities will be reflected in our live ETF-based Global Multi-Asset Portfolios.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Ironically, the country with the central bank that refuses to tighten extremely loose monetary policy has hit a recession first. Congrats Japan!</li>
<li>Bitcoin has breached the USD 1 billion threshold again. The reason is that US spot ETFs must buy every bitcoin available to meet demand. Investors are extremely hungry for digital gold!</li>
<li>And my bellwether global earnings indicator points to positive earnings growth for the first time in a long time.</li>
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Ironically, the country with the central bank that refuses to tighten extremely loose monetary policy has hit a recession first. Congrats Japan!
Bitcoin has breached the USD 1 billion threshold again. The reason is that US spot ETFs must buy every bitcoin available to meet demand. Investors are extremely hungry for digital gold!
And my bellwether global earnings indicator points to positive earnings growth for the first time in a long time.


The Weekly Market Monitor – Recession Strikes the Most Accommodative Economy, Bitcoin Shines!

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Large-Cap indexes (S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100) remain bullish, finding support at their respective 20-day MAs since November 2023, and we remain bullish</li>
<li>The question is whether that will continue to be the case. Concerns are rising Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar (DXY), which have broken above short-term resistance levels on Feb13</li>
<li>Friday's PPI report should provide more clarity as to how concerned we should be about rising inflation</li>
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Large-Cap indexes (S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100) remain bullish, finding support at their respective 20-day MAs since November 2023, and we remain bullish
The question is whether that will continue to be the case. Concerns are rising Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar (DXY), which have broken above short-term resistance levels on Feb13
Friday's PPI report should provide more clarity as to how concerned we should be about rising inflation


S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Testing 20-Day MAs; 10-Yr Treasury Yield Testing Critical 4.35% Resistance

Pan-Asia Tactical Market Calls (Quant-Driven), MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Pan-Asia Tactical Market Calls (Quant-Driven)

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

Equity Derivatives

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<li>E-Mini <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500</a> Futures closed down at 4971.29 on Tuesday. Big recovery rally at the end of the day, but the sell-off could continue into the end of the week.</li>
<li>Both the DAILY and WEEKLY time period are already <strong>OVERSOLD</strong> according to our models, however we see no reason to rush to buy.</li>
<li>This insight is a roadmap for the next 2-3 days, to find support levels to go LONG, to profit on the next, DAILY, LONG reversal.</li>
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E-Mini S&amp;P 500 Futures closed down at 4971.29 on Tuesday. Big recovery rally at the end of the day, but the sell-off could continue into the end of the week.
Both the DAILY and WEEKLY time period are already OVERSOLD according to our models, however we see no reason to rush to buy.
This insight is a roadmap for the next 2-3 days, to find support levels to go LONG, to profit on the next, DAILY, LONG reversal.


EQD | E-Mini S&P500 (ES) DAILY Sell-OFF: Where Do You Buy?

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist, Steno Research

Andreas Steno

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

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<li>Happy Monday, and welcome to our weekly positioning update!Markets seem to be back to normal dynamics, with US indices slowly drifting higher with S&amp;P 500 passing the historic 5000 USD level, despite most economic data prints surprising to the upside, almost forcing risk-asset investors to believe that the economy has survived higher interest rates for good.</li>
<li>Although rates traders have made what looks like a u-turn in the # of cuts priced in for 2024, the promise from central bankers that policy rates will come down has been anchored in expectations, and the cocktail of slightly better than expected economic data and the perception that central bankers will cut interest rates (albeit slightly slower) anyway produces a perfect environment for risk assets to perform and drift higher.</li>
<li>With USD liquidity looking to continue its upward trajectory, equities are still a buy given the current narrative – momentum is king.</li>
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Happy Monday, and welcome to our weekly positioning update!Markets seem to be back to normal dynamics, with US indices slowly drifting higher with S&amp;P 500 passing the historic 5000 USD level, despite most economic data prints surprising to the upside, almost forcing risk-asset investors to believe that the economy has survived higher interest rates for good.
Although rates traders have made what looks like a u-turn in the # of cuts priced in for 2024, the promise from central bankers that policy rates will come down has been anchored in expectations, and the cocktail of slightly better than expected economic data and the perception that central bankers will cut interest rates (albeit slightly slower) anyway produces a perfect environment for risk assets to perform and drift higher.
With USD liquidity looking to continue its upward trajectory, equities are still a buy given the current narrative – momentum is king.


Positioning Watch – Has the Sudden Change in Rates Pricing Changed Positioning?

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<li>China is injecting liquidity into the markets, but ironically, with investors sick and tired of negative returns, much of this liquidity is finding its way everywhere except China.</li>
<li>The downturn in commercial real estate is becoming a global phenomenon. A growing number of companies is grappling with bad real estate loans, leading to a sharp increase in provisions.</li>
<li>The most recent Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (SLOOS) reveals yet another trend that the recession is already behind us.</li>
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China is injecting liquidity into the markets, but ironically, with investors sick and tired of negative returns, much of this liquidity is finding its way everywhere except China.
The downturn in commercial real estate is becoming a global phenomenon. A growing number of companies is grappling with bad real estate loans, leading to a sharp increase in provisions.
The most recent Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (SLOOS) reveals yet another trend that the recession is already behind us.


The Weekly Market Monitor – How China Is Pushing Stocks Higher Except at Home

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The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)

The Weekly Market Monitor – Recession Strikes the Most Accommodative Economy, Bitcoin Shines!

The likelihood that the Bank of Japan will not tighten has risen sharply. So has the price of bitcoin, now worth over USD 1 billion, which is still...

Jeroen Blokland

S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Testing 20-Day MAs; 10-Yr Treasury Yield Testing Critical 4.35% Resistance

$SPX and Nasdaq 100 $QQQ testing 20-day MAs (support since November); We remain bullish, but can't rule out a pullback to 4800-4850 on SPX; 10-Yr...

Vermilion Research

EQD | E-Mini S&P500 (ES) DAILY Sell-OFF: Where Do You Buy?

ES Futures closed down on Tuesday, the sell-off may continue into the end of the week. Our models scream "oversold", but we're in no rush to buy...

Nico Rosti

Positioning Watch – Has the Sudden Change in Rates Pricing Changed Positioning?

Happy Monday, and welcome to our weekly positioning update! Markets seem to be back to normal dynamics, with US indices slowly drifting higher with...

Steno Research

The Weekly Market Monitor – How China Is Pushing Stocks Higher Except at Home

Is this the start of another Chinese liquidity boom? Meanwhile, commercial real estate loan provisions are spreading across the globe, which is why...

Jeroen Blokland

The Weekly Market Monitor – Recession Strikes the Most Accommodative Economy, Bitcoin Shines!

The likelihood that the Bank of Japan will not tighten has risen sharply. So has the price of bitcoin, now worth over USD 1 billion, which is still...

Jeroen Blokland

S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Testing 20-Day MAs; 10-Yr Treasury Yield Testing Critical 4.35% Resistance

$SPX and Nasdaq 100 $QQQ testing 20-day MAs (support since November); We remain bullish, but can't rule out a pullback to 4800-4850 on SPX; 10-Yr...

Vermilion Research

EQD | E-Mini S&P500 (ES) DAILY Sell-OFF: Where Do You Buy?

​ES Futures closed down on Tuesday, the sell-off may continue into the end of the week. Our models scream "oversold", but we're in no rush to buy...

Nico Rosti

Positioning Watch – Has the Sudden Change in Rates Pricing Changed Positioning?

Happy Monday, and welcome to our weekly positioning update! Markets seem to be back to normal dynamics, with US indices slowly drifting higher with...

Steno Research

The Weekly Market Monitor – How China Is Pushing Stocks Higher Except at Home

Is this the start of another Chinese liquidity boom? Meanwhile, commercial real estate loan provisions are spreading across the globe, which is why...

Jeroen Blokland

ES Futures closed down on Tuesday, the sell-off may continue into the end of the week. Our models scream "oversold", but we're in no rush to buy...