by Ryan Littlestone | June 9th, 2020, 10:58:42 | Research
Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) from 4X Global Research While GDP data for Q1 are now “old” and seemingly of limited use, it makes little sense to forecast global growth in Q2 and beyond without at least knowing the starting point. We estimate,...
by Ryan Littlestone | March 10th, 2020, 12:21:10 | Research
Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) from 4X Global Research The drastic measures which governments across the world have taken so far to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus have few precedents outside of war times and therefore quantifying their...
by Ryan Littlestone | April 24th, 2019, 11:51:37 | Brexit, News
The UK is ‘manufacturing’ its own demise and that’s not going to be good for GBP It wasn’t all sunshine and beaches this past Easter weekend as I also had a lengthy chat with someone on the ground in the auto industry, and the news wasn’t...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 14th, 2019, 13:56:46 | News
As talk rises of a US recession, here’s what to look for and how to trade it The inversion of the US yield curve is often put forward as the signal before the US tips into recession but is that a reality or does fear of a recession make it a reality?...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 23rd, 2018, 10:34:28 | News
There’s a worrying theme developing in the restaurant world that could mean underlying economic weakness in the UK is bigger than we thought It’s funny how sometimes when scanning the news, something decides to go ping in the back of your mind. I’ve...