Vikram Bahure
Economist · London, UK · Cross-Asset Macro Research

My research focus is cross-asset macro strategy: rates, FX, commodities, equity indices, volatility, and the macro transmission channels that connect them. The objective is to translate economic structure into tradeable hypotheses, test them with enough discipline to reject weak ideas, and write the result clearly.

Flagship Note

BTP-Schatz Convergence

A Johansen-based mean-reversion study of Italian and German 2Y yields. The note covers the motivation, cointegration screen, ECM trading rule, backtest results, regime stability, and remaining limitations.

India Oil-Shock Pass-Through

A cross-asset macro note on how a Hormuz-driven oil shock transmits into India’s current account, INR risk, and crude-sensitive downstream sectors.

Code

Short public Python samples are available on the Code page. They mirror the style of the private research stack without exposing private data or broker integrations.

Research Themes

Rates and inflation

Cointegration, error-correction models, Kalman hedge ratios, PCA common-factor residuals, and curve relationships across G3 government bond markets.

FX and external balances

Macro factor signals, walk-forward validation, dollar cycles, INR-linked transmission, and external-balance pressure.

Commodities and inflation transmission

Energy benchmarks, oil and gas supply chains, terms-of-trade shocks, and their pass-through into inflation and policy.

Equity indices and volatility

Index-options signals, volatility-regime filters, dealer gamma exposure, and expiry-pinning behaviour.

Method

The work is empirical, but not model-for-model’s-sake. A useful note should make the hypothesis clear, show what would falsify it, include transaction-cost and regime considerations where relevant, and separate live evidence from research evidence.