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Finance and Banking Monthly: Are Financials the New Utilities?

By Jennifer Kapila and Ibrahim Gassambe Feb 16, 2012

A significant change in ECB rhetoric and policy has driven a more constructive view on the financial sector as the discount of a major bank failure is progressively unwound.

2012 RGE Market Portfolio Study

By Dayna Goodwin Feb 15, 2012

We update the RGE market portfolio market capitalization weights based on end-of-year rebalancing by each index provider.

Macro and Market Outlook: February 2012

By the RGE Economic Research and Market Strategy Teams Feb 13, 2012

Ongoing balance-sheet repair in DMs, particularly U.S., and sovereign debt/financial issues in EZ will bring down global growth in near/medium term.

Market Research Fixtures

 

February 2012 Cross Asset Monthly

Kick the Can, Buy Some Time
—But Can They Go the Distance?

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January 2012 Emerging Markets Quarterly

2012—A Year to Look
Over Your Shoulder

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Forecast Center

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North America

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Europe

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Asia/Pacific

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Latin America

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Middle East and Africa

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Commodities

Recent Strategy:

Taking Hard Profits on Soft Commodities

Commodity Risks in 2012: Upsides, Downsides and Taking Sides

RGE Agriculture Sensitivity Index (RASI): Impacts on Individual Economies

Gold Breaks 200-Day Moving Average

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Commodities: Will Liquidity Injections Boost Demand?

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Commodities: Oil—Global Trade’s Life Support

Currencies

Recent Strategy:

G10 FX Outlook Q1 2012: A Breather, Not a Sea Change

Scope and Limits of ECB Purchases: Does Central Bank Capital Matter?

G10 FX Outlook Q4 2011: Deeper Into the Woods

Global Factors in Emerging Markets’ FX Risk Premia Point to Asia’s FX Outperformance When Risk Is Off

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Currencies: Can the Good Times Last?

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Rates/Currencies: Inflation Pressures Finally Ease

*Currencies and Fixed Income share EMQ chapters

Government Bonds/Rates

Recent Strategy:

Emerging Markets: Some IRS Curves Are Still Too Flat

Mapping the Possibilities: Using Options to Derive Probability Distributions for Traded Markets

Australian Rates: RBA Cuts Aren't a Good Bet

Monetary Policy to the Rescue: Don't Expect Miracles

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Governnment Bonds/Rates: A Bull Long in the Tooth

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Rates/Currencies: Inflation Pressures Finally Ease

*Currencies and Fixed Income share EMQ chapters

Emerging Markets

Recent Strategy:

Conference Call Replay—2012 Prospects and Risks: Pernicious or Manageable?

Hungarian Rates: Sell into Rallies for Now

Asset Allocation: Long VIX Positioning and Alternative Volatility Strategies

Commodity Risks in 2012: Upsides, Downsides and Taking Sides

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Emerging Markets: Reality vs. Exuberance

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Growing Pains

Credit

Recent Strategy:

What Would it Take to Make a State Go Bust?

Are CDS Worthless Because Greece's Exchange Won't Trigger a Credit Event?

EFSF Proposals: Guarantees Don’t Guarantee Success

U.S. Investment Grade Bonds Will Outperform Cash Under 'Operation Twist'

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Credit: Liquidity Isn't Everything, But We'll Take It

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Credit: Take Advantage of Contagion

Global Equity

Recent Strategy:

Equities: The Rally Is Real, but Risks Remain

The Day After Tomorrow: With or Without Europe

The Role of MLPs in a Portfolio

Global Equity Quarterly: Risk Sets Up Camp—Strategies for Uncertainty

Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Global Equity: Enjoy the Liquidity but Try to Stay Sober!

Current EM Quarterly Chapter:

Equity: Credit Growth Boosts Earnings

Cross Asset Model Portfolio

Recent Strategy:

2012 RGE Market Portfolio Study

Asset Allocation: Long VIX Positioning and Alternative Volatility Strategies

Market Portfolio Study:

Click here to view. The market portfolio is a market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of all reasonably liquid tradable assets, which forms the RGE benchmark.

Asset Allocation Overview Call:

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Current Cross Asset Monthly Chapter:

Cross Asset Market Portfolio: Warning, Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

Monthly Review:

Cross Asset Model Portfolio: December Review

Dashboards

Current Dashboard:

Eurozone Crisis Dashboard - February 22, 2012

Equity Strategy Weekly - February 21, 2012

Energy Weekly - February 16, 2012

Credit Dashboard - February 16, 2012

Interest Rate Dashboard - February 9, 2012

Market Strategy Team

Arnab Das Managing Director, Market Research & Strategy

Shelley Goldberg Director, Commodities

Michael Hart Director, FX Strategy

Natalia Gurushina Director, Emerging Markets Strategy

David Nowakowski Director, Fixed Income Strategy

Gina Sanchez Director, Equity and Asset Allocation

Jennifer Kapila Strategist, Financial Institutions

Dayna Goodwin Strategist, Asset Allocation

Ibrahim Gassambe Strategist, Global Equity