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Our institutional offering encompasses a wide range of solutions designed to meet the sophisticated needs of investment professionals. We designed Prometheus Institutional to provide a comprehensive research suite covering all your macro needs, from in-depth discretionary research to a range of systematic investment strategies and bespoke consulting opportunities. If you are an institution and would like to avail of these services, please contact us via email at info@prometheus-research.com. We offer two options within Prometheus
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- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Pressures are increasing on consumer spending. The latest wage data suggest the potential for respite…
- The Observatory, The Week Ahead
Our systematic tracking of economic and financial conditions paints a bleak picture for US equities. Commodity strength remains unrelenting in aggregate; however, we see areas of the commodity complex begin to weaken. Nonetheless, the fundamental backdrop remains where the growth impulse is negative, and inflation remains resiliently high. Markets…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. ISM Services came in lower but outperformed expectations. The latest ISM Services data showed an…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. ISM Manufacturing PMI data bucked the slowdown trend. The latest ISM Manufacturing data showed an…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Regional surveys of economic activity continue to tell us we are in a slowdown. The…
- The Observatory, The Week Ahead
Markets will be closed tomorrow in the US on account of Memorial Day, but we will provide our guidance for the rest of the week. Despite last week’s bounce in equity markets, our systematic process tells us we are in a stagflationary regime that remains unfriendly to both equities….
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Real Personal Spending accelerated, in line with expectations. Real Personal Consumption came in at 2.78%,…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Initial Jobless Claims came in better than expected. Unemployment remains broadly below trend. California showed…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Industrial New Orders for Durable Goods bucked the slowdown trend. New Orders for Industrial Durable…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Economic activity indicators showed further decelerations. US Markit PMI disappointed expectations and showed sequential declines….
- The Observatory, The Week Ahead
Our systematic tracking of economic conditions paints a picture of stagflation alongside tightening liquidity conditions. Markets mirror this dynamic, pricing strong and inflationary nominal growth and tightening liquidity. Last week, Equities continued their descent while Commodities further extended their rally. We show our Market Regime monitor heading into next…
- ETF Strategy, The Observatory
No information provided by Prometheus is to be considered investment advice. Given our preferences for diversification across asset classes and instruments for optimal results, we’ve often received questions about deploying our systematic approach to accounts limited to only trading equities. Today, we offer some insight into the ETF allocation…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. We’ll skip the systems updates today, but here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Production data remained strong, but Retail Sales weakened…
- The Observatory
At Prometheus, we use a multifactor approach to systematic investment strategy. One of the many slivers our systems use is measures of economic activity to make asset allocation decisions, i.e., our Fundamental Strategy. In particular, our systems consider the impulse in economic data, i.e., the second derivative change in…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Manufacturing data slowed this morning. NY Empire Manufacturing printed an index level of -11.6, a…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. CPI decelerated on a YoY basis but surprised expectations to the upside. By our tracking,…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Industrial Production will likely be the next shoe to drop. With our High-Frequency Growth Impulse…
- The Observatory, The Week Ahead
Week 18 2022 proved challenging for Equities and Fixed Income, both finishing the week in the red. Our Alpha Strategy fared well in this context, ending the week flat. Our positions in Commodities performed strongly; however, our Gold exposures dragged on the portfolio. Our hit remained level, holding at…
- Quantitative Tightening, The Observatory
Today, we take a detour from our systematic commentary to provide insight into the mechanisms at play in determining the severity of Quantitative Tightening (QT). We have always stressed that liquidity, i.e., a measure of the amount of financial dry-powder available to fund and finance economic activity, is a…
- The Observatory
Welcome to The Observatory. The Observatory is how we at Prometheus monitor the evolution of both the economy and financial markets in real-time. Here are the top developments that stand out to us: i. Equity shorts are looking ripe. Our systems again show opportunities to short Consumer Discretionary and…