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The Dollar’s Turn: DXY Back Above 100 on a Hawkish Fed

The Dollar’s Turn: DXY Back Above 100 on a Hawkish Fed

October 10, 2026

For most of 2026 the dollar was a one-way trade in the other direction, falling on expectations of Federal Reserve...

The EM Trade Meets $100 Oil and a Hiking Fed

The EM Trade Meets $100 Oil and a Hiking Fed

September 23, 2026

Emerging markets outperformed the S&P 500 through the first half of 2026, and the explanation offered at the time was...

Gold at $4,395 With Yields at 4.85%: A Relationship That Stopped Working

Gold at $4,395 With Yields at 4.85%: A Relationship That Stopped Working

September 18, 2026

For most of the past two decades, one relationship explained the gold price better than any other: gold falls when...

The $102 Diesel Crack: Why Refining Margins, Not Crude, Set Your Grocery Bill

The $102 Diesel Crack: Why Refining Margins, Not Crude, Set Your Grocery Bill

September 12, 2026

Crude oil gets the headlines. The number that has actually broken records this year sits one step downstream: the US...

After IEEPA: The Tariff Authorities Washington Is Using Instead

After IEEPA: The Tariff Authorities Washington Is Using Instead

August 21, 2026

Losing the emergency powers route did not end tariff policy. It changed the plumbing. The replacement authorities are older, narrower...

A Weak Dollar Cycle: What a Falling DXY Does Across Asset Classes

A Weak Dollar Cycle: What a Falling DXY Does Across Asset Classes

August 17, 2026

Update — 7 October 2026: The dollar downtrend described here reversed in September. After the Fed raised rates on 16...

Silver’s Record Run: Industrial Demand, Solar, and the Gold-Silver Ratio

Silver’s Record Run: Industrial Demand, Solar, and the Gold-Silver Ratio

August 17, 2026

Silver has more than tripled in a year and roughly doubled in 2026 alone. That is a bigger move than...

Central Banks Bought a Record 289 Tonnes of Gold Last Quarter

Central Banks Bought a Record 289 Tonnes of Gold Last Quarter

August 16, 2026

Central banks bought more gold in the second quarter of 2026 than in any quarter on record, and they did...

India vs China in EM Funds: What Is Actually Inside Your Index

India vs China in EM Funds: What Is Actually Inside Your Index

August 16, 2026

An emerging markets fund is not a bet on emerging economies. It is a bet on a specific, rapidly changing...

Why Emerging Markets Are Beating the S&P 500 in 2026

Why Emerging Markets Are Beating the S&P 500 in 2026

August 15, 2026

Emerging market equities are having their best year against US stocks in more than a decade. The gap is wide...

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