Cross-Asset Liquidity Strategist, CrossBorder Capital

Michael J. Howell

CrossBorder Capital an investment advisory firm specialising in macro-investing. Founded in 1996 with an international client base, CrossBorder focuses on monitoring and understanding global liquidity and capital flows. Our proprietary databases (available to clients) cover 80 countries in depth from 1980 onwards. We take a systematic quantitative methodology that uses this data with AI models to predict financial market movements. The efficacy of our data has been independently verified, and we have an associated but separate asset management division.

Cross-Asset Liquidity Strategist

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CrossBorder Capital

CrossBorder Capital is a London-based independent investment advisory firm. Founded in 1996, it exploits a gap in the investment arena by focusing on Central bank liquidity. 

It specialises in the monitoring and analysis of global liquidity flows - an important determinant of asset prices, from currencies through to bonds, equities and real estate.

CrossBorder Capital implements its investment strategy and currently manages over US$ 350m.


Cross Asset Strategy

Multiple Countries / Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>US QT will soon melt away into a ‘stealth QE’ under pressure from illiquidity in key financial markets. QT is effectively already dead
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<li>Recent experiences by the UK (September) and Japanese (December) Monetary Authorities evidence poor sovereign debt market liquidity 
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<li>Lesson is that QE and QT are not symmetric policies: QE is easier to engage than to disengage via QT. This likely puts a floor under Global Liquidity in 2023</li>
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US QT will soon melt away into a ‘stealth QE’ under pressure from illiquidity in key financial markets. QT is effectively already dead

Recent experiences by the UK (September) and Japanese (December) Monetary Authorities evidence poor sovereign debt market liquidity 

Lesson is that QE and QT are not symmetric policies: QE is easier to engage than to disengage via QT. This likely puts a floor under Global Liquidity in 2023


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