Research Insights
Updated weekly, a rolling feed of research insights and charts you really ought to see.
Multi Asset Strategy
14th APR. 2021
High Yield: how much fuel left in the tank? Returns outlook is still positive – but focus on BB and avoid CCC
Economics Weekly
13th APR. 2021
Signs of a shift out of Secular Stagnation - The Roaring Twenties won’t be repeated, but that’s a good thing
Why IPOs may boom in this new Policy Regime
18th MAR. 2021
An IPO boom could signal a golden era for Global Banks and corporate finance as companies look to reverse the trend of de-equitisation and float / re-list / issue equity and pay down debt.
A Trillion dollars here or there
10th MAR. 2021
. . . Now that the fiscal outlook is clearer, consumer behavior is key.
The fiscal outlook has become clearer with the imminent passage of the American Rescue Plan, China’s recent budget announcement and the suspension of the EU fiscal rules for another year. We find ourselves upgrading our global growth forecasts to 6 1/2%.
ASR’s Ian Harnett writes the Markets Insight column in the Financial Times.
18th FEB. 2021
Absolute Strategy Research’s Co-Founder Ian Harnett discusses why expansive fiscal and monetary policies may see a 1980s-style Japanese melt-up and meltdown, in his Financial Times ‘Market Insights’ article.
Absolute Strategy Research Featured in Bloomberg Opinion article.
18th FEB. 2021
John Authers utilises some ASR charts in his Bloomberg Opinion article titled: The Bubble's Final Paroxysm May Be Months Away.
We remain Overweight Europe vs the US
16th FEB. 2021
ASR Co-Founder David Bowers reiterates our preference for European Equities vs US Equities
Quality Factor Downgraded as Economy Recovers
27th JAN. 2021
ASR Head of Quant Strategy Charles Cara adapts ASR’s 5-pillar framework to for each of the six Equity Factors. With the economic environment improving, Quality is downgraded to neutral.
Has the Growth Bubble Peaked?
21st JAN. 2021
ASR Co-Founders Ian Harnett and David Bowers make their case for a bubble in US Growth Equities, and that it may have already burst. However, errors by policymakers may sustain it.
Equity Strategy Lessons for 2021
14th JAN. 2021
ASR’s Co-Founder’s David Bowers and Ian Harnett identify lessons in Equity Strategy learned in 2020 to help Investors navigate markets in 2021.
ASR Thematics
18th DEC. 2020
Build Back Better? The prospects for new forms of capitalism post-Covid
ASR Q4 Asset Allocation Survey
15th DEC. 2020
The Great Reflation Trade of 2021 - The Most Optimistic Survey in its 6 Year History.
