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Central bank week

Hawkish Fed cut César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. A fading of post-election sentiment was evident in S&P 500’s -0.6%  performance last week (in USD). In addition, a 25 bps rate cut by the Fed this week is already baked in, while data…
EFI
20 December 2024
Investing

ECB preview: another 25bp rate cut

Please find below a new comment from Nadia Gharbi, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, ahead of this Thursday’s ECB meeting: What do we expect? We expect the ECB’s Governing Council (GC) to continue its sequential easing by announcing a further 25bp rate cut on…
EFI
12 December 2024
Investing

A time of transition

Leadership changes César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The S&P 500 gained 1% last week (in USD), while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 3.9%. Yet while the November jobs report was seen as enough to ensure a Fed rate cut next week, contributing to…
EFI
11 December 2024
Market comments

Comments on France

Matthieu de Clermont, CIO Insurance & Regulatory Strategies, AllianzGI. The French parliament voted on Wednesday night to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier over his proposed budget. Barnier’s resignation this morning follows snap parliamentary elections in July, which resulted in a hung parliament with no party…
EFI
06 December 2024
Investing

What does Trump’s victory mean for markets?

Donald Trump's presidency should be good news for the dollar and US equities, but less positive for US bonds and emerging markets. Arun Sai, Senior Multi Asset Strategist Pictet Asset Management. Donald Trump's sweeping victory in US presidential elections may have surprised some, but the reaction…
EFI
06 December 2024
Market comments

US equities: the best is yet to come

Seasonality and positioning are still favourable for US equities and argue in favour of a year-end rally. Christopher Dembik, Senior Investment Strategy Adviser, Pictet Asset Management. Seasonality is historically good. The median return on the S&P 500 over the last two months of the year has…
EFI
05 December 2024
Investing

Playing the other Trump card

Donald Trump's election victory is likely to be significant for fixed income investors worldwide. But quite how significant depends on which version of Trump we get. Mary-Therese Barton, Chief Investment Officer Fixed Income & Mickael Benhaim, Head of Fixed Income Investment Strategy & Solutions Pictet…
EFI
05 December 2024