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Fund Flows into Emerging Markets Stocks and Bonds The rotation into bonds and out of equities continues. Image: HSBC

MSCI Eurozone vs. MSCI U.S. This chart shows the large divergence between the MSCI Eurozone Index and the MSCI U.S. Index. Is this an opportunity to increase exposure to eurozone equities? Image: Financial Times

Allocation of U.S. Household Capital Investments This chart shows that American households are much more invested in equities than in the past. Image: TS Lombard

U.S. Long-Term Business Cycle and Recessions This chart suggests that historically, when the U.S. long-term business cycle peaks in the 90th percentile and turns lower, it doesn’t bode well for equities around 4 months later on average. Image: Pictet Asset Management

Global Equity – Global Bond Fund Flows In the past two weeks, investors have shifted from bonds to equities. Image: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Investment Strategy

Dividend Yield of S&P 500 Components Yields on equities seem competitive vs. U.S. Treasuries, but equity risk does not disappear because a company pays a dividend. Image: Bespoke Investment Group

S&P 500 Dividend Yield and 30-Year Treasury Bond Are U.S. equities a “buy”? The dividend yield of the S&P 500 Index is now higher than the yield from a 30-year Treasury bond. This is a rare phenomenon. But the equity risk does not disappear because a company pays a dividend. Image: Bloomberg

What Usually Happens After A Yield Curve Inversion? Usually, the dollar keeps gaining, equities rises afterwards and the yield curve inverts further. Image: Nordea and Macrobond

Wage Growth, Monetary Policy and S&P 500 When the spread between wage growth and the Fed funds rate is wide, it is generally positive for equities. Image: Topdown Charts

World Semiconductor Sales Lead Emerging Markets This chart suggests that world semiconductor sales lead the MSCI emerging markets index by 3 months. This is very interesting before investing in emerging market equities. Country weights of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index: 33% China, 13.02% Korea, 11.35% Taiwan. Image: Nordea and Macrobond

S&P 500 and Hedge Fund Exposure While the S&P 500 is at all-time high, hedge funds increase their exposure to equities (last = 0.52). Image: Sentimentrader