Alert on fraudulent use of the ODDO BHF identity
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Back to a slight underweight in equities
The situation on the financial markets has changed more fundamentally in recent months than it has in a long time.
Waiting for a clear signal
The 2022/2023 period was marked by a meteoric rise in money-market rates, from 0% to 5% in just a few months in the United States.
Growth depends on credit… and vice versa
The mutual dependence between the real economy and the banking sector goes without saying. This is obvious when everything is going well [...]
The “Rentier” is doing better
While we ended 2022 with expectations of zero growth, or even a moderate recession, the global economy has surprised us. So much so, that we are now shifting from fears of little to no growth to the complete opposite [...]
Change of Era
“We have to learn that the peace that we dreamed of and that we initially earned after 1990 is not a good that will always be there without loss, but that it can disappear, and that is why we will see a new cold war. We will see a new readiness for defense and we will see a government that follows up big words with actions," said Joachim Gauck, former President of Germany.
European outlook, one year after the “Putin shock”
What would have been the level of growth in Europe today, had Russia not invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022? What about inflation and interest rate levels? We will never know for sure, but it is clear that this geopolitical event has profoundly changed the energy markets and subsequently, the economic and financial outlook.
From TINA to TAPAS: there are alternatives again
So far this year, stock markets have shown their friendly side. Especially European markets which, measured by the Euro STOXX index, have achieved a total return of around 13 percent since the beginning of the year. This is also true of US markets, with a total return of around 3.5 percent for the S&P500 index and 10 percent for the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index. Various reasons explain these positive performances: towards the end of 2022, the energy supply situation in Europe began to ease.
Europe's comeback and the hope for a near end to the interest rate hike cycle
Financial markets got off to a good start in 2023. Since the beginning of the year, the broad US stock index S&P 500 has risen by more than 8% in US dollar terms and the Euro Stoxx 50 by more than 11% in euro terms.
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