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Economic Insights

U.S. Recession Barometer: Reading Stuck At 9.0X

Most of the yield curve ratio combinations that we follow weakened this past week. However, the most important metric, the 10-year/2-year ratio, actually widened. We will continue to monitor closely U.S. interest rate developments and yield spreads. [more]

Seasonality Trends

Seasonality Trends For October 2019

The summer doldrums are coming to an end and the market is looking forward to its annual period of positivity that runs from October through to May-June. However, October is traditionally a volatile month for stocks. So, resolving several geopolitical tensions would do wonders for getting the market “back on wheels”. [more]

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Analyst Articles

Google’s Quantum Computing – a Threat to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies?

Last week, NASA posted then quickly retracted a paper written by Google’s researchers outlining a claim that the tech company built the first quantum computer while citing the term “quantum supremacy”, which means the computing power has reached a point capable of carrying out calculations previously impossible or more specifically, too time exhaustive, to carry out. [more]

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Gold: Is It On The Precipice?

After a break-out move that started in late-May/early-June, the price of gold has declined 4.2% since its early-September high. Now gold and its proxy ETFs are trading at critical technical levels. [more]