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ECB: “Two-handed” Lagarde

Please find below a comment from Nadia Gharbi, Senior Economist at Pictet Wealth Management. As widely expected, the ECB left interest rates unchanged at today’s Governing Council (GC) meeting. The Q&A session that followed the decision was largely an “on the one hand, on the other…
LFI
22 July 2024
Investing

Monthly investment brief

Beneath the surface Laurent Denize, Global Co-CIO, ODDO BHF AM. "Overall, when we consider the global outlook, the environment is a rather supportive one for risky assets. However, there are plenty of concerning developments below the surface leading to downside risks in the “higher for…
LFI
22 July 2024
Investing

Weekly View: Politics DO matter

Fragile France César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The week in review In a shortened week, the S&P 500 i put in a positive performance (+2.0% in USD), buoyed at the end of it by stats that suggested a gradual cooling of…
LFI
10 July 2024
Investing

Barometer: Scaling back IT but still positive on stocks

July 2024 Conditions remain favourable for equity markets overall but we trim exposure to tech stocks following their stellar run. Asset allocation: Conditions still favourable for stocks How high can the market go? With global equities having rallied some 26 per cent over the past…
LFI
09 July 2024
Investing

Weekly View: Down but not out

The Final Countdown César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The week in review The S&P 500 wavered last week, when it dropped 0.1% (in USD) as a result of profit-taking on major semiconductor stocks. But the small-cap Russell 2000 did better, rising 1.3% (in USD),…
LFI
03 July 2024
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Focus on China

Yanxiu Gu, Product specialist, Chinese equities ODDO BHF AM. " Leading players ​ ... recognized early the need for global expansion and have achieved impressive progress." In the 1990s and early 2000s, Japanese home appliance brands like Sony and Toshiba were synonymous with quality and innovation and…
LFI
03 July 2024
Investing

Secular Outlook 2024

Our analysis shows the dispersion of returns across domestic equity and bond markets will decline over the next five years. This suggests investors should consider investing across sectoral lines and allocate more of their capital to corporate bonds. Overview : What to expect from markets…
LFI
27 June 2024
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Brand innovation: not tech, but design

In the fashion industry, innovation sells, but it is not the sort of innovation that most people might expect, highlightsn Gillian Diesen, Senior Client Portfolio Manager at Pictet Asset Management. Innovation is often understood as technical innovation, i.e., new materials and new applications of existing technologies, and…
LFI
26 June 2024
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ONWARD® Medical Announces Participation in Stifel European Healthcare Summit

CEO Dave Marver will meet with investors to discuss the Company’s achievements and upcoming milestones EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands — June 26, 2024 — ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in…
LFI
26 June 2024
News

Premium brands : travel moves upmarket

According to Gillian Diesen, Senior Client Portfolio Manager at Pictet Asset Management, the travel landscape is shifting, with both leisure and business travel bouncing back strongly post-pandemic, with the emphasis on higher quality experiences. The real growth is in "bleisure," an intermediate, hybrid form of business…
LFI
25 June 2024