COVID-19: Implications and Market Outlook
28th February 2020
With fears over the Corona Virus having firmly taken hold, click below for Rubrics’ take on the developing situation as well as our view on the longer term fallout from a market, economic and political standpoint. In addition, included is a positioning summary for each of our strategies with a specific focus on our Global Credit […] more
Financial Markets’ Opioid Crisis
31st December 2019
In 2019, central banks once again managed to moderate recession concerns, allowing risk assets to make new highs as balance sheets resumed expansion. Moving into 2020, will questions about the effectiveness of monetary stimulus over the longer term come back to haunt markets as they did in 2018? Click here to read the full article […] more
Macro Update – Politics of Economics
18th October 2019
For the full Politics of Economics update, please click the link below. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE For more information please contact Rubrics Asset Management. info@rubricsam.com. more
Politics of Economics
8th October 2019
Are today’s political institutions fit for purpose? Such has been the level of recent upheaval this might not be as churlish a question as it seems. In order to address it, we must look at the root causes of the current political maelstrom. Click here to read the full article For more information please contact Rubrics Asset […] more
Fear of Fear Itself
23rd September 2019
Casting our minds back to 2016, optimism was rife at the prospect of fiscal stimulus and the knock-on impact on growth and inflation. Bond yields soared. Today that optimism has all but evaporated. Instead, the bond market is reacting to one thing; Fear. Fear of further trade war escalation, Fear of market illiquidity, Fear that […] more
Fixed Income Macro View – Where have the economic unicorns gone?
14th June 2019
After a tumultuous Q 4 18 2019 began with great optimism at the prospect of yet another central bank reflation. Indeed the market grew palpably giddy when January’s aggregate social financing numbers were released in China. If this was a sign of things to come then the global economy was back in business. Such optimism, we felt (and in […] more
Fixed Income Quarterly Update – April
12th April 2019
The continuation of the drop in global bond yields has been a feature of 2019. Much of this has been driven by the marked turnaround in the monetary policy stance of the US Federal Reserve. Whilst changes in certain economic and financial indicators (PMI, Retail sales, US yield curve) support this shift in outlook, other […] more
Global Reflation Fades
19th March 2019
2019 has so far been very positive for risk assets, despite a backdrop of slowing global growth. Much of this has been driven by heightened market expectations of a renewed global stimulus drive. We explain why we do not believe this will be forthcoming and examine some of the longer term factors impacting global growth. […] more
Macro Update – Global Reflation Fades
8th March 2019
For the full Global Reflation Fades update, please click the link below. Click here to read the full article For more information please contact Rubrics Asset Management. info@rubricsam.com. more
Year End Outlook – Beyond Post-Truth
11th January 2019
2018 was a turbulent period for asset prices as markets transitioned from a period of “synchronised” global growth to an environment of declining central bank liquidity and political unrest. While it remains to be seen if 2019 will bring more of the same, we do believe it will provide greater opportunities for active investors. Click […] more
