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Japan merits a closer look

According to Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist at Pictet Asset Management: “Japanese stocks are a bright spot in an otherwise uninspiring global equity market”. Investors are rediscovering Japan. Inflows into the country’s equity market from non-domestic investors are the strongest they’ve been in a decade. We raise Japanese equities…
EFI
08 September 2023
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J. Safra Sarasin: Preference for high-quality bonds 

J. Safra Sarasin: Preference for high-quality bonds Due to high core inflation, the Federal Reserve and major central banks continue to raise interest rates. A US recession is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2024, leading…
EFI
08 September 2023
Investing

End-of-Summer cooldown

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. Goldilocks again? A batch of US economic reports last week cheered investors looking for signs of a “Goldilocks” scenario, where activity slows enough to keep further interest rate hikes at bay without pointing to recession. With…
EFI
06 September 2023
Investing

Never surrender

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. It's all about the price Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell struck a cautiously hawkish tone in his Jackson Hole speech on Friday, saying US inflation was too high for the Fed’s comfort but that it will…
EFI
31 August 2023