Curriculum pillar

Macroeconomic Framework

We start with a top-down view of major economic blocs — the US, Europe, and China — to spot which sectors will outperform or underperform over the next three to four months. From zero prior knowledge, you'll learn to read leading, coincident, and lagging indicators to identify the economic regime. From there, you move to bottom-up research: long ideas in strong industries, short ideas in weak ones.

Sample topics

Interest rates and the yield curve — what they signal and why they lead
Central bank policy: reading the Fed, ECB and BOJ
Inflation regimes and how they reprice equities, bonds and commodities
Currency and FX as a barometer of global risk appetite
Building a top-down market view you can actually trade from

Outcomes

After this pillar you can read the macro backdrop, judge whether conditions favour risk-on or risk-off positioning, and bring a top-down view to every idea rather than trading each name in isolation.