Macro Research Access

MI2 Partners Press Kit

Macro Intelligence 2 Partners is an independent macroeconomic research firm founded in 2011 by Julian Brigden and Gretchen Brigden. MI2 is owned by the founders. We provide research to clients across the globe, mainly in G7 countries. 

Our research is for decision-makers – hedge fund managers, asset allocators, family offices, individual investors, and those who need leading research on where the market is going. Our research team integrates long-term market insights with tactical trading strategies, technical and uniquely personalized delivery for investors. 

With over 200 years of market experience, the MI2 research team has made our name through comprehensive market coverage, timely calls, and a proven track record. The team brings a unique perspective to the research process. Members have run sales desks, founded and managed hedge funds and served on the Bank of England. 

Our Offerings

Thoughts From The Divide

Our free, weekly newsletter that shares what our Research Team is reading to refine their views on current, influential macroeconomic topics. The newsletter offers brief synopses on articles of interest from various media outlets, accompanied by charts.

MacroCapture

MacroCapture by MI2 Partners is designed for savvy individual investors—offering a simplified, actionable take on complex macroeconomics. It delivers clear research, real-time market updates, and trade strategies using instruments available to everyday investors.

Monthly Research Reports 

  • Research Dossier – monthly long-form pieces that dive into a macro subject or synthesize movements across disparate sectors of the markets or economy to establish important frameworks. Dossiers are referenced later and help us identify and explain larger more important themes, providing an understanding of both shorter-term and secular changes. Topics covered in the past include the breakdown of the US-China relationship and the re-emergence of volatility via increasingly wild Oscillations.
     
  • Tactical Brief – Monthly short-form pieces use the framework and dynamics discussed in the Research Dossier to find opportunities and understand nascent or ongoing market moves. They also allow us to update readers on any  changes in our trade recommendations or to suggest shifts in our portfolio positioning.
     
  • Strategy Sessions – Monthly videos where Julian will engage with both guests and readers on pressing market movements or larger macro themes. Previous guests have included other macro thinkers, hedge fund managers, and political strategists. Some video sessions will offer subscribers the opportunity to ask questions in real-time, providing direct access to Julian and the MI2 Team.
 
  • Hotwire Alert – Published as needed to provide timely updates on pressing market or macro moves, ensuring subscribers receive time-sensitive information on any pressing issues or trades.
 
  • MacroCapture Portfolio – Published at the beginning of each month, the monthly portfolio will provide details on existing trade recommendations, including performance, price targets, stops, and any conditional levels for scaling into or out of trades.
 

Bonus Content

In addition to the benefits listed above, Julian and the team are looking forward to providing subscribers with other valuable benefits, including discussions with experienced portfolio managers, summaries of important macro events, and behind the scenes access into how professionals structure and execute trades. We are also excited to be offering MacroCapture without any hindrances or outside restrictions and would love reader input on other products or offerings that offer added value.

Institutional Research

Our comprehensive product with the broadest macro coverage for investors with access to institutional trading accounts. Our work is distinguished by macro-focused market research pinpointing undetected trends in tradable markets – equities, fixed income, FX, and commodities. We deliver published research via a web portal through written reports, video presentations, as well as group and individual presentations and conference calls with our research team. We post when we have something to say and not on a set schedule. The mixture and timing of pieces are market-dependent, but we publish approximately eight times a month.

Monthly Research Reports 

  • Strategic Research Reports – our core offering seeks to pull together and clearly explain current global macroeconomic markets to aid our client’s decision-making process for better positioning. They are longer pieces that walk through crucial market inflection points, focusing on what has changed and why.  
  • MI2 Trader Reports and MI2 Chart Points – the focused complement to our Strategic Research Reports and are concisely written with a call to action based on current market activity. We are heavy graphic users to illustrate concepts clearly and, in some cases, show the direction of an indicator.
  • Weekly Research Recaps – A brief recap of what we published the week prior with excerpts and links to each publication.
  • Japan Update – our market commentary piece is uniquely sourced from Japanese language publications and published 10-15 times monthly.
  • Any additional content we produce, including podcasts & videos.

 Research Team Access

  • Multiple Small Group Meetings or Video Presentations with Julian & Research Team annually
  • Ask Me Anything sessions with Julian & Research Team 
  • Direct email access to Julian & Research Team

The Research Team

Julian Brigden is the Co-Founder and President of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners. 

Julian has over 30 years of experience in financial markets and has held market and research positions. He spent five years at Medley Global Advisors as the Managing Director of the G7 Client Team. Julian served as North American Head of Hedge Fund Sales at Crédit Agricole. He has worked in London, Zurich and New York at UBS, Lehman Brothers, HSBC, Drexel, Credit Suisse, and Salomon Brothers.

Areas of Expertise: Known for uncovering market moves and correlations that others are not seeing, specifically called inflation increase in January 2021 and the end of Globalization in early 2019; skilled at rates, fx and the relationship between markets.

Twitter: @JulianMI2 | LinkedIn

Harry Melandri is an Advisor and joined the MI2 Research team in 2018. 

Harry has over 30 years of financial markets experience and has held senior roles in fixed-income portfolio management at Deutsche Asset Management and Bevan Howard. He also has macroeconomic research and macro strategy at the Bank of England and Medley Advisors and in fixed income and derivatives trading at UBS and other investment banks. Click here to read more about Harry.

Areas of Expertise: Rates Portfolio Management, central banks, fixed income and rates derivatives trading, policy analytics and Emerging Markets

Twitter: @HarryMelandri | LinkedIn

Jeff Uscher is the primary contributor to the Japan Update, providing insights into the Japanese economy and markets. Jeff is the founder of Jeff Uscher’s Japan Insider and has over 35 years of experience following Japan. He is fluent in Japanese and reads local news sources to discover insights on policy, politics and economics, often unavailable in English.

Management

Gretchen Brigden is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at MI2 Partners, responsible for sales, client management, legal, compliance, and administrative functions.

Gretchen brings over 30 years of professional experience in finance, including extensive work in portfolio management and esoteric asset-backed finance. Before MI2, she held senior-level Structured Finance positions in New York and Charlotte at Guggenheim, Ambac, Merrill Lynch Bank, Deutsche Bank and First Union Capital Markets. She is on the board of Trustees of Dickinson College.

Twitter: @gretchenernest | LinkedIn

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