Let's kick things off in the risky side of the financial universe. For this analysis I look to the S&P500 and Crude oil as increases in their prices tends to signal an increased appetite for risk assets. Equities for example, reflect improving expectations for the economic outlook while Oil reflects improving expectations for economic activity. When the price of risky assets increase, financial markets are awash with optimism while the opposite is true when prices are falling. The S&P...