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SpaceX soft landing, US economy next? The week in review US growth is proving buoyant, tempering expectations about the pace of further interest rates cuts by the Federal Reserve as evidence mounts that the economy is on track for a soft landing. SpaceX achieved a…

This autumn, Rothschild & Co Asset Management holds onto its position as leading independent asset management company in France in terms of inflows (excluding money markets)1, and 44th out of the 2,500 European asset management companies2. The Rothschild & Co group's asset management company recorded…

US election countdown - America First vs. continuity Please find below a new comment from Xiao Cui, Senior Economist at Pictet Wealth Management, and the CIO research team, ahead of the upcoming US election With just 18 days until Election Day, Trump and Harris remain…

Laurent Denize, Global Co-CIO, ODDO BHF AM. "There's no need to look only to the United States or Asia for green gems - there are plenty of them in Europe! ... and the timing is perfect: GO for Green!" Since the peak in January 2021,…

Story of the month US STOCK MARKET - OVERVALUED OR FAIRLY VALUED? "Political stock markets have short legs" is a stock market adage that says political events such as elections or wars have no lasting impact on stock prices. Nevertheless, investors tend to become more…

Please find below a new comment from Nadia Gharbi, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, in reaction of today’s ECB meeting : The ECB decided to cut its deposit facility rate by 25 basis points (bp) to 3.25% at today’s Governing Council (GC) meeting, as…

Pictet Group published today the first study of its newly established Pictet Research Institute, a Group-wide capability dedicated to research into topics with long-term implications for investments, this time with a focus on US Debt, with the title: “The critical role of US debt sustainability…

Please find below a new comment from Nadia Gharbi, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, ahead of this Thursday’s ECB meeting With September data pointing to weaker growth and inflation dynamics than the ECB staff projections, a consensus seems to have emerged within the Governing…

Neither green nor red The week in review With the Q3 reporting season set to begin in earnest, markets were largely in ‘wait-and-see’ mode last week. A year on from Hamas’s attacks on Israel, there is still palpable unease about events in the Middle East…

Pictet Wealth Management’s latest positioning across asset classes and investment themes. Macroeconomy Global purchasing manager indexes (PMI) for manufacturing continue to point to declines in business activity, led by a downturn in new orders. It is still too early to say whether generalised rate easing…