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Our weekly review of macro/market news and data. Filtering signal from noise with fresh analysis and insight.
| /Title | /Description | /Date | /Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
Bottom Dollar Report for the week ending January 31, 2026 | The art of Warsh, cosmic background inflation radiation, macro moves markets… and why we’re not betting on long-term dollar debasement. | Jan 31 2026 | |
TACO? Wanna to Take a BET on That? Report for the Week Ending 24 January, 2026 | Still bullish on Japan, US economy GOing OK, private markets jumping on the European security theme,… and Trump May Always Chicken Out, but you should Believe Every Threat. | Jan 24 2026 | |
The Fed's Pressure Points Report for the Week Ending 17 January, 2026 | Powell comes under renewed political assault, investors grow optimistic on macro, secondary winds blow in private markets… and inflationary forces build in the supply chain. | Jan 17 2026 | |
Ready or Not, Midterms Have Started Report for the Week Ending 10 January, 2026 | Sectoral labor market breakdown, insatiable risk appetites, the truth about housing investment… and the real meaning of “election year.” | Jan 10 2026 | |
Hitting the Ground Running in 2026 Report for the Week Ending Jan 03, 2026 | The big macro questions of 2026 will be answered early, time to park the sleigh on the “Santa Rally,” U.S. economy still sluggish… and our cross-asset performance review for 2025. | Jan 3 2026 | |
Look Out for Those Outlooks Report for the week ending Dec 20, 2025 | What we learned from evaluating everyone else’s 2025 outlooks, why you should ignore the November jobs and price data (even though markets didn’t)… and our 2026 Outlook is out. | Dec 20 2025 | |
Norms! Say "Cheers" to Fed Independence (as we know it) Report for the week ending Dec 13, 2025 | Powell positions himself to go out with a pause, Aerospace and Defense enters a new phase, a tale of two markets, … and the implications of declining Fed autonomy | Dec 13 2025 | |
How to stop worrying and start living with uncertainty Report for the week ending December 05, 2025 | Hassett the hatchet, Japan’s rude awakening, the Fed steps up to the plate… and the age of ambiguity is upon us. | Dec 6 2025 | |
Inflation Outlook: Tariffs, Trade, Treasury, and the Return of the Transitory Debate Report for the week ending November 28, 2025 | Stocks roar back to life, the UK Government survives a budget, rising inflation risk… and should the Fed “look through” tariffs? | Nov 29 2025 | |
Indecisions, indecisions... Report for the week ending November 22, 2025 | A week of inconclusive developments, AI jitters signal market top(?), Fed speak oblique … and a “K-shaped” M&A recovery leaves middle markets behind. | Nov 22 2025 | |
A Mental Model for AI's Monumental Rise Report for the week ending November 14, 2025 | Shutdown ends (but data drought lingers), debasement trade re-starts, how to think about AI… and does the “wartime economy” analogy still add value? | Nov 15 2025 | |
The G7's next "exceptional" story(?) Report for the week ending November 07, 2025 | AI skepticism resurfaces, a shutdown deal comes into focus, ISM flashes stagflation… and could Canada be the G7’s next star performer? | Nov 8 2025 | |
The AI Economy vs. the Real Economy Report for the week ending October 31 2025 | A symmetric dissent, QT ends, earnings trend… and is the Fed setting itself up for another Dotcom bubble? | Nov 1 2025 | |
Is the Fed Sleepwalking into a Stagflation? Report for the week ending October 24 2025 | Official data return, commodities reverse course, a warning on private credit… and the Fed cuts against a backdrop of easy financial conditions. | Oct 25 2025 | |
A Vibe Shift with No Backing (Yet) Report for the week ending October 17th, 2025 | Bubble warnings multiply, sentiment sours, safe havens shift… and why more credit defaults aren’t a systemic risk. | Oct 17 2025 | |
Trump reminds us that the U.S. economy could be booming (but it's not) Report for the week ending October 10, 2025 | A tariff escalation, inflation and stagnation, a golden ovation … and Japan’s transformation | Oct 10 2025 | |
Real/Financial Divergence Creating a Sweet Spot for PE Report for the week ending October 03, 2025 | The outlook for private markets improves, what consumers are actually buying, notes on the “two-speed economy” …and why you can ignore the shutdown. | Oct 5 2025 | |
Private Equity Doesn't Need the Fed Report for the week ending September 26, 2025 | The U.S. Economy at a crossroads, B2C booming but B2B “GO”ing broke, why the Fed’s dilemma isn’t PE’s problem… and are we all goldbugs now? | Oct 1 2025 |
Report for the week ending January 31, 2026
The art of Warsh, cosmic background inflation radiation, macro moves markets… and why we’re not betting on long-term dollar debasement.
Report for the Week Ending 24 January, 2026
Still bullish on Japan, US economy GOing OK, private markets jumping on the European security theme,… and Trump May Always Chicken Out, but you should Believe Every Threat.
Report for the Week Ending 17 January, 2026
Powell comes under renewed political assault, investors grow optimistic on macro, secondary winds blow in private markets… and inflationary forces build in the supply chain.
Report for the Week Ending 10 January, 2026
Sectoral labor market breakdown, insatiable risk appetites, the truth about housing investment… and the real meaning of “election year.”
Report for the Week Ending Jan 03, 2026
The big macro questions of 2026 will be answered early, time to park the sleigh on the “Santa Rally,” U.S. economy still sluggish… and our cross-asset performance review for 2025.
Report for the week ending Dec 20, 2025
What we learned from evaluating everyone else’s 2025 outlooks, why you should ignore the November jobs and price data (even though markets didn’t)… and our 2026 Outlook is out.
Report for the week ending Dec 13, 2025
Powell positions himself to go out with a pause, Aerospace and Defense enters a new phase, a tale of two markets, … and the implications of declining Fed autonomy
Report for the week ending December 05, 2025
Hassett the hatchet, Japan’s rude awakening, the Fed steps up to the plate… and the age of ambiguity is upon us.
Report for the week ending November 28, 2025
Stocks roar back to life, the UK Government survives a budget, rising inflation risk… and should the Fed “look through” tariffs?
Report for the week ending November 22, 2025
A week of inconclusive developments, AI jitters signal market top(?), Fed speak oblique … and a “K-shaped” M&A recovery leaves middle markets behind.
Report for the week ending November 14, 2025
Shutdown ends (but data drought lingers), debasement trade re-starts, how to think about AI… and does the “wartime economy” analogy still add value?
Report for the week ending November 07, 2025
AI skepticism resurfaces, a shutdown deal comes into focus, ISM flashes stagflation… and could Canada be the G7’s next star performer?
Report for the week ending October 31 2025
A symmetric dissent, QT ends, earnings trend… and is the Fed setting itself up for another Dotcom bubble?
Report for the week ending October 24 2025
Official data return, commodities reverse course, a warning on private credit… and the Fed cuts against a backdrop of easy financial conditions.
Report for the week ending October 17th, 2025
Bubble warnings multiply, sentiment sours, safe havens shift… and why more credit defaults aren’t a systemic risk.
Report for the week ending October 10, 2025
A tariff escalation, inflation and stagnation, a golden ovation … and Japan’s transformation
Report for the week ending October 03, 2025
The outlook for private markets improves, what consumers are actually buying, notes on the “two-speed economy” …and why you can ignore the shutdown.
Report for the week ending September 26, 2025
The U.S. Economy at a crossroads, B2C booming but B2B “GO”ing broke, why the Fed’s dilemma isn’t PE’s problem… and are we all goldbugs now?