John Serrapere publishes a weekly newsletter which includes in-depth research, charts & graphs and insights into current and past markets. Click the below links to view a preview of what the weekly inFocus newsletter has to offer. To view this week's entire newsletter as well as all past newsletters, you must create an account.  Highlights Inflation Risk Dominates November 9, 2021 This week, three alternative versions of the S&P 500 Index (SPX) are InFocus: the traditional capitalization (Cap)-weighted SPX, the equal-weighted, and the reverse-cap-weighted version. Volatility Will Rise September 21, 2021 For the rest of 2021 and beyond, markets are going to be very volatile. The Fed is going to make money worth less. How do we hedge? When stocks are at a reasonable value, they are a hedge against high inflation. The FED Is Complacent or Clueless on Inflation Risk! February 18, 2021 Arrow Insights favors global assets, moderate risk asset allocations and managed futures. Our investment rationale is based upon sustained weakness in the U.S. Dollar ($USD) attributable to yield repression policies enforced by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and excessive money supply growth due to money printing. InFocus Uncertainty, A 2022 Poly-crisis and Global Yield June 28, 2022 Normal is nebulous. The 2000-2019 Normal was much worse than the 20th Century Normal! Introduction Arrow Insights (AI) conducts research for the weekly InFocus. AI reviews economic and market factors relevant to specific financial markets. Each InFocus reviews asset classes and index performance within the context of asset allocation. The primary or secondary objectives are hedging inflation, deflation, or both. Each InFocus reviews a portfolio strategy model or index relevant to this process. The Dow Jones Global Yield Index (DJGYLDT) is InFocus. Its portfolio comprises 60% global stocks and 40% global bonds. Figure 1 plots DJGYLDT and two bond benchmarks: the Core U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and J.P Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index. Since Jan 1, 2006, global yield has bested domestic bonds and emerging market bonds by 88% and 70%, respectively, on a cumulative return basis, primarily because DJGYLDT records mostly positive correlations to inflation and the business cycle (economic growth). The AI Business Cycle Index (AIBC) measures the 48-month rate of change in Real Gross Domestic Product Growth. AIBC peaked in 2000 (not shown), 2006, and 2019; Inflation peaked in Jul 2008, toughed in 2009 and 2021 at -1.8% and 0.1%, and soared to 8.6% in May 2022. DJGYLDT performs best when the CPI and AIBC are stable or rising—when price volatility in items harvested, produced, and consumed are stable.