Managing Director

Elan Gore

TMI Data Science

TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade & traditional media.  Our proprietary software, TMI Machine, is a text-mining platform designed with the buy-side & capital markets professional in mind, text-mining the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income & individual equities.  TMI provides custom leading indicators and systematic trading strategies, operating at the nexus of linguistics & statistics drawing on vast experience in investment banking and hedge fund settings in senior quantitative and fundamental roles.  

TMI Data Science was founded by Elan Gore, an award-winning Senior Global Basic Materials Equity Analyst & China Economist with 15 years of experience in North American hedge funds & institutional managers; and Alessandro Porrino, Ph.D., an Algorithmic Trading Analyst and Programmer with 10 years of front-office experience ranging from complex FX option pricing to auto-hedging strategies at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered.  Mr. Gore holds an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business, and Mr. Porrino holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Brunel University London.

Macroeconomics

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<li>This year's narrative from US treasuries suggests a short-lived inflation/overheating scare in Q1, which coincided with Winter Storm Uri and the Texas power crisis, along with an initial phase of tapering talk from regional Fed presidents which subsequently faded; since the March peak, 10yr yields are down -45bps or a whopping -26%, representing the view that inflationary pressures have been entirely transitory</li>
<li>The picture from 5yr TIPS breakevens and the 5yr5yr has been more closely attuned to commodities:  In the past 6 months, 5yr TIPS breakevens and 5yr5yr have been 74% and 70% correlated with copper prices vs. the 10yr yield's 46%, though correlations with oil have been low; breakevens peaked with copper in May and bottomed in June-July</li>
<li>While 10yr yields continued to grind lower in July, our text mining is picking up a new surge in reports of supply constraints, which have been strongly correlated with breakevens and reflect corporate commentary in the current earnings season</li>
<li>The inflation narrative from treasuries appears to be asynchronous with the Q2 earnings season narrative from cyclical corporates, who are uniformly reporting worsening raw materials inflation expected in Q3 and lingering supply constraints</li>
<li>Nonetheless, our text mining acknowledges that talk of tightening financial conditions last spiked in March and has not resurfaced since, and expectations of a massive US infrastructure package have faded</li>
</ul><div class="content-highlight">TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary software text-mines the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. </div>


This year's narrative from US treasuries suggests a short-lived inflation/overheating scare in Q1, which coincided with Winter Storm Uri and the Texas power crisis, along with an initial phase of tapering talk from regional Fed presidents which subsequently faded; since the March peak, 10yr yields are down -45bps or a whopping -26%, representing the view that inflationary pressures have been entirely transitory
The picture from 5yr TIPS breakevens and the 5yr5yr has been more closely attuned to commodities:  In the past 6 months, 5yr TIPS breakevens and 5yr5yr have been 74% and 70% correlated with copper prices vs. the 10yr yield's 46%, though correlations with oil have been low; breakevens peaked with copper in May and bottomed in June-July
While 10yr yields continued to grind lower in July, our text mining is picking up a new surge in reports of supply constraints, which have been strongly correlated with breakevens and reflect corporate commentary in the current earnings season
The inflation narrative from treasuries appears to be asynchronous with the Q2 earnings season narrative from cyclical corporates, who are uniformly reporting worsening raw materials inflation expected in Q3 and lingering supply constraints
Nonetheless, our text mining acknowledges that talk of tightening financial conditions last spiked in March and has not resurfaced since, and expectations of a massive US infrastructure package have faded
TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary software text-mines the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. 

TMI Snapshot:  Asynchronous Inflation Narratives

Founder & Chief Market Strategist - SAV Markets, SAV Markets

Shyam Devani

Founder & Chief Market Strategist - SAV Markets

Cross Asset Strategy

Developments over the past 24 hours have meant that US 10Y breakeven is now at its highest for more than a month. Importantly the level highlighted yesterday at 2.38% has given way. The setup now argues for a move to 2.55% - close to the trend highs seen in MayUnless nominal yields rise by more than 15bps, real yields are either going to stay unchanged at low levels or move even lower into negative territory, as they have started to do again todayAt the same time developments in China’s equity markets remain bearish which is now beginning to feed through to the currency.With Chinese and European authorities both on the dovish side, is this the time for the Fed to stay on the fence or be hawkish? Instead, could a dovish Fed provide the trigger for a weakening USD (perhaps ex USDCNH) and ultimately a rise in Gold?

Developments over the past 24 hours have meant that US 10Y breakeven is now at its highest for more than a month. Importantly the level highlighted yesterday at 2.38% has given way. The setup now argues for a move to 2.55% - close to the trend highs seen in MayUnless nominal yields rise by more than 15bps, real yields are either going to stay unchanged at low levels or move even lower into negative territory, as they have started to do again todayAt the same time developments in China’s equity markets remain bearish which is now beginning to feed through to the currency.With Chinese and European authorities both on the dovish side, is this the time for the Fed to stay on the fence or be hawkish? Instead, could a dovish Fed provide the trigger for a weakening USD (perhaps ex USDCNH) and ultimately a rise in Gold?

The developments taking place on Copper and the wider London Metals Exchange Index, indicate further gains from here in base metals. The corrections over the past couple of months seem to be over and we might even be ready to rally back to the trend highs.Should that unfold, it would only bring inflationary pressures back to the fore and help push breakevens higher, which has already started to happen.Combining that with the recent trouble in Chinese equities &amp; the low nominal yields has resulted in the lowest ever print on US 10 year real yield today.Unless one believes nominal yields are going to shoot up quickly (not a belief held here even if there seems to be little value in Bonds) then this picture should continue to provide a positive backdrop for precious metals and a negative one for the USD generally.

The developments taking place on Copper and the wider London Metals Exchange Index, indicate further gains from here in base metals. The corrections over the past couple of months seem to be over and we might even be ready to rally back to the trend highs.Should that unfold, it would only bring inflationary pressures back to the fore and help push breakevens higher, which has already started to happen.Combining that with the recent trouble in Chinese equities &amp; the low nominal yields has resulted in the lowest ever print on US 10 year real yield today.Unless one believes nominal yields are going to shoot up quickly (not a belief held here even if there seems to be little value in Bonds) then this picture should continue to provide a positive backdrop for precious metals and a negative one for the USD generally.

The breaks lower on Copper and the wider London Metals Exchange Index can now be confirmed.A look at the price action and charts suggest further losses to the tune of 10% from here in both.Perhaps as a consequence, we see an additional break lower on US 30 year yield.Is US 10 year yield to follow?This note is a quick follow up on the price action in markets from the earlier report titled <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/bonds-all-charts-lead-to-me" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52482" rel="noopener">Bonds: All Charts Lead to Me</a>

The breaks lower on Copper and the wider London Metals Exchange Index can now be confirmed.A look at the price action and charts suggest further losses to the tune of 10% from here in both.Perhaps as a consequence, we see an additional break lower on US 30 year yield.Is US 10 year yield to follow?This note is a quick follow up on the price action in markets from the earlier report titled Bonds: All Charts Lead to Me 

Commodities & Bonds – The Breaks and the Targets

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<li>Despite the June rally in crude, our text-mined inflation indicators hit record momentum readings in May and decelerated notably since</li>
<li>Much like breakevens, our indicators have moved in greater sympathy/correlation with lumber than crude recently</li>
<li>Labor shortages remain an overhang and potential driver of wage inflation, but coverage of the topic has lost momentum in recent weeks</li>
<li>Text-mined inflation indicators (and breakevens) have been strongly correlated with our Cyclicals vs. Defensives Diffusion indicator; while relative cyclical sentiment has broken down, short-term data suggests the underperformance of cyclicals may be short-lived</li>
<li>Despite deceleration from extreme levels, sequential momentum in our inflation indicators remains positive; breakevens have already narrowed significantly to reflect "transitory" views, only to be challenged by the recent FOMC</li>
<li>While our text-mined indicators reflect the visible pullback in non-energy commodities in recent weeks, we acknowledge the high likelihood of sustained service inflation (in lodging and airfares, for example) in the coming months as well as first signs of acceleration in Owners' Equivalent Rent seen in the May CPI</li>
<li>Even as some supply chain disruptions have eased, imminent passing of an infrastructure bill and a -30bps narrowing in 5yr TIPS breakevens suggest inflation expectations are at risk of resurgence together with the cyclical/value factor following FOMC turmoil</li>
</ul><div class="content-highlight">TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary tools text-mine the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. </div>


Despite the June rally in crude, our text-mined inflation indicators hit record momentum readings in May and decelerated notably since
Much like breakevens, our indicators have moved in greater sympathy/correlation with lumber than crude recently
Labor shortages remain an overhang and potential driver of wage inflation, but coverage of the topic has lost momentum in recent weeks
Text-mined inflation indicators (and breakevens) have been strongly correlated with our Cyclicals vs. Defensives Diffusion indicator; while relative cyclical sentiment has broken down, short-term data suggests the underperformance of cyclicals may be short-lived
Despite deceleration from extreme levels, sequential momentum in our inflation indicators remains positive; breakevens have already narrowed significantly to reflect "transitory" views, only to be challenged by the recent FOMC
While our text-mined indicators reflect the visible pullback in non-energy commodities in recent weeks, we acknowledge the high likelihood of sustained service inflation (in lodging and airfares, for example) in the coming months as well as first signs of acceleration in Owners' Equivalent Rent seen in the May CPI
Even as some supply chain disruptions have eased, imminent passing of an infrastructure bill and a -30bps narrowing in 5yr TIPS breakevens suggest inflation expectations are at risk of resurgence together with the cyclical/value factor following FOMC turmoil
TMI Data Science utilizes Natural Language Processing to build custom leading indicators using unstructured data sourced from the global financial, trade &amp; traditional media. Our proprietary tools text-mine the global media to discern and quantify nuanced qualitative shifts in press coverage as they apply to macroeconomics, equity indexes/ETFs, commodities, currencies, fixed income &amp; individual equities. 

TMI Snapshot:  Text-Mined Inflation Indicators Peaked in May, But Odds of Resurgence Are High

US Breakeven 10 Year (USGGBE10 INDEX)

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