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Jeroen Blokland

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist

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Our research helps investors build well-diversified multi-asset portfolios and profit from market developments. In addition, our unique and proven Macro – Sentiment – Valuation (MSV) investment framework ensures a consistent flow of new investment opportunities. Together with our market views, these opportunities will be reflected in our live ETF-based Global Multi-Asset Portfolios.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>We have to go back to 1980 to find a month when small US businesses thought it was an even worse time to expand.</li>
<li>Volatility is falling off a cliff as investors embrace a new kind of goldilocks. </li>
<li>A common denominator drives Bitcoin and Gold higher: their perceived value as insurance against adverse market circumstances.</li>
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We have to go back to 1980 to find a month when small US businesses thought it was an even worse time to expand.
Volatility is falling off a cliff as investors embrace a new kind of goldilocks. 
A common denominator drives Bitcoin and Gold higher: their perceived value as insurance against adverse market circumstances.


Sentiment Strengthens, While Fundamentals Fade

Macroeconomics

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<li>The 3-month annualized change of all six CPI measures in our US Inflation Monitor fell compared to February.</li>
<li>Given the levels of inflation and its poor track record, the Fed will want to put one extra hike in to be ‘better safe than sorry.’</li>
<li>The odds markets will win this battle with Powell are increasing, but only because so is the likelihood of a recession.</li>
</ul>


The 3-month annualized change of all six CPI measures in our US Inflation Monitor fell compared to February.
Given the levels of inflation and its poor track record, the Fed will want to put one extra hike in to be ‘better safe than sorry.’
The odds markets will win this battle with Powell are increasing, but only because so is the likelihood of a recession.


The Market’s Triumph over the Fed: Winning by Losing!

Chart based progressive global trading strategies, Chart Partners

Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

Chart Partners

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Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

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<li>Compelling intraday reversal that kissed 4,177. Concern over an early fade below 4,200 was justified and formed a dual top. Fade below 4,165 was negative and used to sell.</li>
<li>Growth concerns overshadowing lower inflation (transitioning) and this is a theme that we expect will expand over the summer along with the next round of bank failures/ripples and systemic risk. </li>
<li>Cycle: May/June a more negative cycle. Second half of April is when bull energy dissipates and starts the turning process.</li>
</ul>


Compelling intraday reversal that kissed 4,177. Concern over an early fade below 4,200 was justified and formed a dual top. Fade below 4,165 was negative and used to sell.
Growth concerns overshadowing lower inflation (transitioning) and this is a theme that we expect will expand over the summer along with the next round of bank failures/ripples and systemic risk. 
Cycle: May/June a more negative cycle. Second half of April is when bull energy dissipates and starts the turning process.


Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>WTR Sustainable Index: During the week ended April 7, 2023, the WTR Sustainable Index underperformed the broader market, falling 9.0% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 0.1%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 2.7%), and the Nasdaq Composite Index (down 1.1%).</li>
<li>Advanced Transportation Solutions (70.0% of the index) contributed to the index underperformance, falling 10.4%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (22.3% of the index) was down 4.5% and Energy Technology was down 8.9%.</li>
<li>Valuation: Based on forward 12-month consensus estimates, the current P/E ratio of the WTR Sustainable index is 26.6x versus 18.8x for the S&amp;P 500.</li>
</ul>


WTR Sustainable Index: During the week ended April 7, 2023, the WTR Sustainable Index underperformed the broader market, falling 9.0% W/W versus the S&amp;P 500 Index (down 0.1%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 2.7%), and the Nasdaq Composite Index (down 1.1%).
Advanced Transportation Solutions (70.0% of the index) contributed to the index underperformance, falling 10.4%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (22.3% of the index) was down 4.5% and Energy Technology was down 8.9%.
Valuation: Based on forward 12-month consensus estimates, the current P/E ratio of the WTR Sustainable index is 26.6x versus 18.8x for the S&amp;P 500.


Weekly Sustainable Investing Surveyor : Week Ended April 7, 2023

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<li>Stock indexes finished the holiday-shortened week almost exactly flat, as the MSCI World Index and the S&amp;P 500 ended at 0.01% and -0.05%, respectively.</li>
<li>Smalls caps followed suit, with the Russell 2000 down 0.01%.</li>
<li>As has been the trend lately, cannabis stocks declined. The US cannabis-focused MSOS ETF dropped 6.36%, led by Curaleaf (CSE: CURA, OTCQX: CURLF), which was down 15.35%.</li>
</ul>


Stock indexes finished the holiday-shortened week almost exactly flat, as the MSCI World Index and the S&amp;P 500 ended at 0.01% and -0.05%, respectively.
Smalls caps followed suit, with the Russell 2000 down 0.01%.
As has been the trend lately, cannabis stocks declined. The US cannabis-focused MSOS ETF dropped 6.36%, led by Curaleaf (CSE: CURA, OTCQX: CURLF), which was down 15.35%.


The Highlights : Cannabis News for the Week Ending April 7, 2023

United States

The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)

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