Founder and Strategist, Entext Economics & Strategy

Sean Maher

Founder and Strategist

Entext Economics & Strategy

Entext provides institutional investors with distinctive, actionable asset allocation and thematic research, which typically challenges the market consensus. Our clients range from credit, equity and multi-asset hedge and pension funds to family offices and sovereign funds. 
 
We focus on identifying key inflection points in macro data and relative asset performance amid the 'groupthink'  and confirmation bias that characterizes most investment bank analysis.

Macro Driven Investment Insight

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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Despite the record highs for US indices, most EM currencies have regained USD levels seen pre-election as volatility subsides and carry trades resume.
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<li>Even the Turkish Lira and Mexican Peso have found support since late January while speculative long USD positioning has reversed to levels last seen in October.</li>
<li>Corporate credit spreads have tightened further as retail funds flood into the sector YTD - EM high yield spreads are just 2.7% currently from over 5% a year ago.</li>
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That backdrop underpins the…</li>
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Despite the record highs for US indices, most EM currencies have regained USD levels seen pre-election as volatility subsides and carry trades resume.

Even the Turkish Lira and Mexican Peso have found support since late January while speculative long USD positioning has reversed to levels last seen in October.
Corporate credit spreads have tightened further as retail funds flood into the sector YTD - EM high yield spreads are just 2.7% currently from over 5% a year ago.

That backdrop underpins the…


US Earnings Momentum Weak as Greek Saga Resumes

Making sense of the Global Market, Euromonitor International Ltd.

Yu Mitsuhashi

Making sense of the Global Market

Euromonitor International Ltd.

We are a global market research company focused on industries, countries, economies and consumers worldwide. Our cross-country comparable research helps your organisation identify opportunities and develop growth strategies in countries and regions across the globe. With offices around the world, 1,200 analysts in 100 countries and market research on every key trend and driver, we give you powerful access to the real story behind consumer change.

While the US consumer health industry will remain a strong centre for investment, development and technology innovation in 2017 and is expected to reach US$77 billion by 2021, the election of Donald Trump has created uncertainty among the industry, government agencies and consumers, especially around regulations, local production incentives, and changes to the Affordable Care Act.

While the US consumer health industry will remain a strong centre for investment, development and technology innovation in 2017 and is expected to reach US$77 billion by 2021, the election of Donald Trump has created uncertainty among the industry, government agencies and consumers, especially around regulations, local production incentives, and changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Trump Health Effect: What Is Next for the Consumer Health Industry Under Trump's Leadership?

Asean-focused. Ex-Head of Thai Research

Athaporn Arayasantiparb, CFA

Opening the Issues. Unlike the Obama days, it’s virtually impossible for investors in Thailand to ignore Donald Trump. Despite talks about Brexit, the Eurozone breakdown, Thai and American corporate earnings, it seems Trump’s policies and capital inflows or outflows (depending on the day) continues to dominate market sentiments. Lately, MCorp Review received numerous questions from friends who invest in the Thai market on two topics: impacts on the key auto sector from fluctuations in exchange…

Opening the Issues. Unlike the Obama days, it’s virtually impossible for investors in Thailand to ignore Donald Trump. Despite talks about Brexit, the Eurozone breakdown, Thai and American corporate earnings, it seems Trump’s policies and capital inflows or outflows (depending on the day) continues to dominate market sentiments. Lately, MCorp Review received numerous questions from friends who invest in the Thai market on two topics: impacts on the key auto sector from fluctuations in exchange…

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<li>The consensus expected a rampant USD this year, but this wasn’t consistent with the Trump trade agenda – the dollar has had its worst January in over a decade.</li>
<li>That has helped the US tech sector rebound strongly from the post-election selloff, as have the leading Chinese web names – secular growth is back in fashion.</li>
<li>The Q4 results from Microsoft, Intel and Alphabet indicated that cloud computing is the most significant near-term driver of tech sector revenues but AI will follow soon.</li>
<li>Alibaba is…</li>
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The consensus expected a rampant USD this year, but this wasn’t consistent with the Trump trade agenda – the dollar has had its worst January in over a decade.
That has helped the US tech sector rebound strongly from the post-election selloff, as have the leading Chinese web names – secular growth is back in fashion.
The Q4 results from Microsoft, Intel and Alphabet indicated that cloud computing is the most significant near-term driver of tech sector revenues but AI will follow soon.
Alibaba is…


Tech Rebounds as USD Reverses, Macau Recovery Continues...

Global Asset Allocation, Politics & Governance, Ecstrat

John-Paul Smith

Global Asset Allocation, Politics & Governance

Ecstrat

Ecstrat is a consultancy advising on asset allocation between global equity markets, with a focus on the intersection of governments, geopolitics, governance and markets.
 
Over the past few years and more especially since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), investors have become more focused on short-term market movements and real-time returns and have consequently neglected the analysis of the underlying structural themes that underpin longer term performance.
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More specifically we believe that the evolution of governance-based relationships between investors, controlling shareholders, labour and the state is one of the primary determinants of both relative and absolute performance between individual equity markets.
 
We will endeavour to provide investors with some of the context surrounding governance-related issues which encompass many different disciplines including history, economics and political science, as well as the financial metrics which are the most obvious manifestation of the structural characteristics of each market.
 
We will pay particular attention to the shifts and potential inflection points for governance in individual markets as these are often the best lead indicators for both economic and market performance.

Cross Asset Strategy

The new US administration is heading towards a stand-off with China over trade by eschewing the incremental approach of Obama’s administration in favour of more specific targets, to be pursued by bilateral negotiations/ultimatums in addition to the usual multilateral channels. The Trump team is targeting four distinct areas to help reduce the bilateral trade imbalance, all of which touch on what the Chinese authorities perceive as vital national interests, so it is difficult to identify any…

The new US administration is heading towards a stand-off with China over trade by eschewing the incremental approach of Obama’s administration in favour of more specific targets, to be pursued by bilateral negotiations/ultimatums in addition to the usual multilateral channels. The Trump team is targeting four distinct areas to help reduce the bilateral trade imbalance, all of which touch on what the Chinese authorities perceive as vital national interests, so it is difficult to identify any…

Trump and China; the Calm Before the Storm?

United States

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF tracks the S&P 500 Index. The Trust consists of a portfolio representing all 500 stocks in the S&P 500 Index. It holds predominantly large-cap U.S. stocks. This ETF is structured as a Unit Investment Trust and pays dividends on a quarterly basis. The holdings are weighted by market capitalization.

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US Earnings Momentum Weak as Greek Saga Resumes

Despite the record highs for US indices, most EM currencies have regained USD levels seen pre-election as volatility subsides and carry trades...

Sean Maher

Trump Health Effect: What Is Next for the Consumer Health Industry Under Trump's Leadership?

While the US consumer health industry will remain a strong centre for investment, development and technology innovation in 2017 and is expected to...

Euromonitor International Ltd.

The American Factor: Cars & Repatriation

Opening the Issues. Unlike the Obama days, it’s virtually impossible for investors in Thailand to ignore Donald Trump. Despite talks about Brexit,...

Athaporn Arayasantiparb, CFA

Tech Rebounds as USD Reverses, Macau Recovery Continues...

The consensus expected a rampant USD this year, but this wasn’t consistent with the Trump trade agenda – the dollar has had its worst January in...

Sean Maher

Trump and China; the Calm Before the Storm?

The new US administration is heading towards a stand-off with China over trade by eschewing the incremental approach of Obama’s administration in...

John-Paul Smith

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