/ catalysts

The catalysts
moving markets.

A catalyst can be a war, a tariff regime, a central-bank pivot, an OPEC+ decision, a drought, a port closure, or an export restriction. We research each one as a complete dossier — traced from the event, through the transmission path, to where markets reprice. The Iran–Gulf conflict is the first.

Active
Monitoring

Watched as standing drivers — not yet materially moving markets. Each is promoted to a full dossier only when it crosses the qualification threshold.

Monitoring Energy & Power

OPEC+ Supply Policy

Spare-capacity buffer and quota discipline — the biggest swing factor sitting behind every oil-price scenario.

Tracked as a standing driver; promoted to a dossier when a decision materially shifts the supply balance.

Monitoring Trade, Sanctions & Industrial Policy

Global Tariff Escalation

Announced-vs-delivered tariff measures and the supply-chain reroute they trigger.

Monitored via the announced-vs-delivered gap; promoted when measures take effect at scale.

Monitoring Fiscal Policy & Sovereign Funding

Treasury-Issuance Shift

Refunding size/mix and auction quality — the plumbing behind real yields and the dollar.

Tracked through refunding announcements and auction tails.

How a catalyst graduates
Monitoring Developing Active Normalizing Historical case study

Prominence follows the lifecycle, not the URL — an active catalyst sits up front; when it cools it recedes into the library, with its address and research preserved.