Capital Daily ‘Au’ revoir, gold We doubt the recent pull-back in the price of gold will be unwound. Indeed, our new forecast is that the price will fall to $3,500/oz. by the end of 2026. 27th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Latin America Economics Update Answering your questions on Argentina’s mid-terms The larger-than-expected victory for Argentina’s President Milei in Sunday’s mid-term elections has sparked a rally in Argentinian financial markets. Our initial response to the election can be found... 27th October 2025 · 5 mins read
Asset Allocation Update France’s stock market likely to remain a laggard France’s financial markets have been under the cosh for much of 2025, as political gridlock in parliament has kept the door revolving at the Matignon. Equities have not gone unscathed, with the bond... 27th October 2025 · 6 mins read
FX Markets Weekly Wrap Dollar still on the front foot despite soft US CPI The dollar has edged higher over the week as a whole despite the soft US CPI data released earlier today. Even so, the DXY index remains a touch below its recent peak two weeks ago, before the re... 24th October 2025 · 6 mins read
Capital Daily Squaring inflation and rate cut expectations While delayed US inflation data for September have seemingly made a Fed rate cut next week all but certain, we still think the growth and inflation backdrop are consistent with the Fed cutting rates... 24th October 2025 · 5 mins read
Bonds & Equities Canaries in the coalmine or a storm in a teacup? We doubt that the recent turbulence in financial markets and credit losses in the US will mark an imminent end to the AI-driven equity market surge, although recent developments illustrate that the... 24th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily Assessing spillovers from US oil sanctions Although news of fresh US sanctions on Russia’s energy sector has sparked a jump in oil prices, the feedthrough to bond and equity markets has been limited and we expect that this will remain the case... 23rd October 2025 · 4 mins read
Emerging Markets Economics Update Emerging Markets Capital Flows Monitor (Oct. 2025) Capital inflows into EMs have held up well over the past month, largely a result of strong flows into equity markets (Korea in particular). While we expect EM currencies to depreciate over the next... 23rd October 2025 · 0 mins read
Equities Update What’s next for US small caps? US small caps have outperformed the average US large-cap one over the past six months or so, but we doubt that will continue. 22nd October 2025 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily ‘Takaichinomics’ and Japan’s financial markets Japan’s new Prime Minister is a strong supporter of the ‘Abenomics’ reforms that had a big effect on the country’s financial markets a bit over a decade ago. But we think they – especially JGBs and... 22nd October 2025 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily What to make of the US private credit “bubble” The US equity market has recovered its poise over the past couple of days after recent jitters around the regional banking sector, but the concerns around credit losses may linger. Even if... 21st October 2025 · 4 mins read
Emerging Markets Economics Update Dollar recovery only part of the story for EM FX After a relatively good run, we think EM currencies will generally depreciate over the coming quarters as the US dollar recovers. Heavily managed currencies in high-inflation economies like the... 21st October 2025 · 3 mins read
Capital Daily Fool's gold? The price of gold has arguably risen so far above ‘fair’ value that it might come crashing down soon. 20th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily What to make of regional bank jitters Although the dramatic fall in the share prices of US regional banks has sparked memories of the 2023 mini banking crisis, the backdrop is very different this time. We don’t think these jitters are... 17th October 2025 · 5 mins read
Latin America Economics Weekly Argentina’s high-stake election, BRL under pressure Comments from US President Trump this week suggest the financial support for Argentina will be contingent on Milei doing well in the mid-terms later this month. A strong showing for Milei's party... 17th October 2025 · 5 mins read
FX Markets Weekly Wrap Trade war redux & regional bank wobbles hit the dollar The dollar has fallen back a bit this week amid renewed US-China trade tensions and, over the past day or two, jitters around US regional banks. Risk sentiment has taken a turn for the worse and... 17th October 2025 · 6 mins read
