Bonds RouteMap

Sample Chart

Bonds in Demoland covers the markets shown in the table alongside

Directions for Visitors

Demoland is designed to be user-friendly investment research of foreign government bond markets. Just follow the white arrows in the top left corner of each page (like the ones above) or use the successively numbered pages on the navigation bar below. Right takes you forward to the next stage of the tour, and left takes you back to have another look at the previous stage. You can join or leave the tour at any point via the navigation bars at the bottom of every page.

Bonds in Demoland consists of - Summary Tables to show you the current recommendation of each country, and Time Series Charts to explain those recommendations, with patterns of past history and Best Guesses as to the future utilising a wide range of investing strategies.

All the charts share a common system of colour coding for ease of comparison.

• The Index that one wants to analyse is shown as a thick white line, with its values shown on the right hand vertical axis.
• The Variable that explains its past behaviour is shown in yellow,  with its values shown on the left hand vertical axis. Where there are two variables, the other is shown in light green.
• Our Best Guess as to the future is shown in orange(and in pink for a second one). Where this is a forecast of the variable it is shown as a separate series projecting into the future with its values also on the same left hand axis. Where these are Buy & Sell signals they are red arrows embedded in the price index at the time and place where they occur. Where these are Odds they are shown as values alongside the index.

See samples of the full range in the Chart Library

• Momentum analysis based on moving averages and Coppock curves *
• Liquidity analysis derived from changes in monetary policy *
• Seasonal trading patterns exploiting annual movements relative to trend *
• Econometric modelling predicting bond prices from changes in inflation
• Valuation ratios compared to alternative assets of cash or bonds

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