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17-Feb-23 Eurozone

Markets hardly impressed by the Ukraine war

The start of the war a year ago caused markets to plummet, as did expectations. Recently, these were mostly exceeded in Europe. How long can the markets thrive on this?

Central banks, Americas, Macro

14-Apr-23 Macro

Making the electric car revolution work

Charging points for electric vehicles are emerging as an increasingly interesting segment infrastructure investors should keep an eye on.

Central banks, Americas, Macro

19-Jan-24 ESG

Making sense of commodity price forecasts

Geopolitical risk adds yet another layer of complexity to understanding commodity prices. In terms of forecast accuracy, though, it’s all about the vol.

ESG

31-Mar-23 Europe

Lending squeeze, rather than credit crunch

For a change, Europe’s banking sector appears in reasonably good shape. That’s good news, not least as supranational decision-making remains fragmented.

Central banks, Americas, Macro

27-Sep-23 Macro

Learning the hard way

By: Björn Jesch

Debates about a “soft landing” versus a U.S. recession rather miss some of the harder questions investors should really be concerned about.

Americas, Macro

02-Aug-24 CIO Flash

Largely justified correction

Markets may remain choppy for some time but we don’t expect a bear market

Elections, Europe

11-Aug-23 Equities

Keep calm and carry on?

Lessons from the Brexit and other attempts at forecasting the perfect entry and exit points in stock markets

Macro, Europe, Politics

02-Sep-24 Asia & Pacific

Japan – still on track

By: Björn Jesch, Lilian Haag

Japan’s financial markets suffered more than most in the early August global market correction. While this shows the perils of leveraged carry trades based on a weak yen, the investment case for the country remains positive.

Equities

18-Jul-22 CIO Special

Italian journeys

A lot has changed when it comes to the European government debt market since the Eurozone crises a decade ago – despite the latest political crisis in Italy.

Macro, Eurozone, Fixed Income

23-Feb-24 Fixed Income

Italian government bonds beat Bunds

The BTP/Bund spread falls impressively

Fixed Income

05-Apr-24 Equities

Is the Swiss franc about to weaken at last?

Since the financial crisis the Swiss currency has trended relentlessly higher against the euro. But recently the first signs of weakness have appeared

Europe, Currencies