Stargazer Asset Management Weekly – February 7 2022

Our weekly tour of global markets.

BY ERIC FILL

SAM Weekly _ February 7 2022

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C8 Weekly Bulletin: Don’t Fight the Fed, Don’t Believe Them Either

BY JON WEBB

After last week's Bulletin, featuring an excerpt from Boutique CIO's strategy piece, we had a number of requests to see the whole document. So we are sending it out in this week's Bulletin. It is a great overview of the current US investment environment. Read more →

A New Approach to Sector Investing

BY SCOTT DOUGLASS

Many advisors that we speak to believe that it is possible to improve client outcomes through tactical management of sector exposure, but developing the right strategy for doing so can be extremely difficult. Please see attached link to a 15-minute webinar where Craig Cmiel, Managing Director of C8 Technologies US, and Chris McHeffey, Head of US product at C8, will introduce a powerful new tool that can potentially enable advisors to deliver better returns, lower risk, or both through tactical management of sector exposures. This scientific approach might be a great addition to your toolkit. Read more →

C8 Currency Compass – USD Correction II – February 2025

BY JON WEBB

Our FX systems started the year with ashort USD bias (against the general consensus for a stronger USD). For the first three weeks this bias worked well as fears of blanket US tariffs did not materialize, however, in the final week of January, tariffs were announced on Mexico, Canada and China leading to some renewed USD strength. Nevertheless, so far, the measures that have been taken (with some already suspended for now) have not been as bad as feared. Looking forward to this month, we note the signals are more mixed for the USD though our hedge ratios remain negative USD for the largest currencies: EUR, GBP and JPY. Read more →

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