Story of the month According to latest IPCC¹ data, the industrial sector is responsible for around 24% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Four sub-sectors, which can be described as heavy industry, account for two-thirds of these emissions: cement, petrochemicals, steel, and aluminum. While the…

Flash crash in Japan César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. THE WEEK IN REVIEW It was a topsy-turvy week for risk assets, but after a tumultuous start, investor sentiment steadied somewhat and bargain buyers emerged to ensure the S&P 500 finished it…

Macro risks are building to the downside, but current data doesn’t warrant a 50bps Fed rate cut in September, or an inter-meeting cut beforehand Please find below a new comment from Xiao Cui, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management. The July employment report in the…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. THE WEEK IN REVIEW Even though the Fed provided its clearest hint yet that it will start cutting rates in September, the US stock market was overwhelmed by weak…

What does it mean to invest in high-quality companies? For us, high quality is characterised by historically stable earnings. Companies should not only be profitable when the economy is doing well. The more a company's profits depend on the economic cycle, the more volatile its…

Please find below a new comment from Xiao Cui, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, tomorrow’s Fed meeting: We expect the Fed to leave rates unchanged this Wednesday but to note further progress on inflation and hint at a September rate cut (through statement or pressor,…

“R” for rotation César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The week in review Continuing a recent trend, US small caps and cyclical sectors outperformed large-cap indexes and noncyclical stocks last week. Thus, the Russell 2000i ​ returned 3.5% (in USD), in sharp…

This month, we take a look at one possible application of Artificial Intelligence: the humanoid robot. While robots have long existed in industry, for example on automobile production lines, robots capable of emulating our appearance, our movements, our actions and, to a certain extent, our…