August was mostly positive for risk assets of major developed countries with lower volatility in the background. On the other hand, safe...

Markets in July were mixed across the board: positive for the US markets where the main indices continue to trade near record highs but...

June, like the first half of the year, was mostly positive for risky assets. Stock markets and high yield bonds were up, while investment...

Last month was marked by volatile markets. The month started with negative returns across the board to finish with US tech companies’...

Overall equity markets performed well in April, and it was a relatively calm month where optimism regarding the recovery prevailed. Even...

In March, market sentiment was first impacted by inflation expectations and by rising yields, with the 10-year Treasury yield reaching...

Continuing the 2021 positive momentum at first, markets started well in February. Then in the second part of the month equity and bonds...

The year started with the invasion of the Capitol, an unprecedented event which was coupled with euphoric markets despite the Blue Wave....

If the financial markets’ resilience surprised us in 2020, we managed somehow to find some rationality by explaining it with the tech...

November was an eventful month and a historic month for most of the indices: US Markets saw their best month since 1987, with the Dow...

Risk assets continued their upward trend in November, driven by constructive headlines on trade and Brexit and stronger economic data....

Risk assets continued their upward trend in October, driven by trade optimism, strong corporate earnings and stabilizing economic data....

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