Plenty of jobs César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The week in review US manufacturing continued to contract in September, but a nonfarm payrolls report for last month that was much stronger than expected helped the S&P 500 eke out a 0.3%…

An attractive carry. Lauréline Renaud-Chatelain, Fixed-income strategist Pictet Wealth Management. Emerging market (EM) local currency (LC) sovereign bonds have had a tough first half of the year, mostly because of the weakening of EM currencies against both the US dollar and the euro. Nevertheless, their…

Xi’s “whatever it takes” moment? César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. THE WEEK IN REVIEW Chinese stocks had their strongest week since 2008 after extensive new economic stimulus was unveiled and the authorities hinted strongly that more was to come. The news…

Story of the month In search of earnings growth despite economic worries – which companies are now exploiting their strengths After the market collapse in August, the capital markets quickly regained their composure. Nevertheless, the uncertainty is still considerable. Growth in Europe, particularly in Germany,…

Rates recalibration César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The Fed’s decision to “go big” and lower the Fed funds rate by 50 bps provided a fillip to equity markets last week. The large rate cut, on top of upbeat US economic data…

Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA) has announced the final close of the second vintage of its technology-focused thematic private equity fund at more than USD 200 million. Managed by Stanislas Chanavat, Chuang Zhu, Nicolas Schwyn and Jacqueline Xu, the Technology strategy targets high-conviction investment opportunities in…

Powell describes a 50bp rate cut as recalibration, but he shows a pre-emptive reaction function Below you will find a new comment from Xiao Cui, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, in reaction to last night’s Fed meeting: Contrary to what we expected, the Fed…

Prof. Dr Jan Viebig, Chief Investment Officer of ODDO BHF SE, comments on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision: ‘On Wednesday evening, the US Federal Reserve lowered the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75 to 5.00 per…