Opinion

Han Dieperink
Opinion
today

The acceleration

The world was already electrifying at a rapid pace. But two developments are now pushing this…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
March 31, 2026

Europe is the biggest victim of the war against Iran

The war against Iran has now lasted a month, and the consequences are becoming visible at a rapid…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 30, 2026

Chart of the week: the end of the macro investor

If there is one thing that characterizes the investment world, it is that it is full of clichés…
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Edin Mujagic
Opinion
March 27, 2026

Christine Lagarde has always remained a politician

Faithful readers of this column know that I am deeply concerned about the politicization of the…
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Christophe Santer
Opinion
March 26, 2026

From Middle East uncertainty to Singapore and Luxembourg

As geopolitical tensions rise, capital is quietly repositioning. Luxembourg is emerging as a…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
March 24, 2026

Wars drive innovation

Necessity breaks laws, but it also breaks existing patterns, paradigms, and drives innovation…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
March 23, 2026

The carbon premium that never existed

Imagine this: you predict stock returns for January 2026 using company data from all of 2026. Data…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 23, 2026

Chart of the week: laffer’s line

The signals that citizens and businesses are willing to leave their country if the tax burden…
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Christophe Santer
Opinion
March 17, 2026

The rise of sales-as-a-service

Financial services firms increasingly test new markets through sales-as-a-service models, relying on…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
March 17, 2026

Playing with the optimal investment mix

An unprecedented wealth transfer is underway. Over the next two decades, an estimated 124,000…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 16, 2026

Chart of the week: the hidden cost of Trump’s war

The price of a barrel of crude oil surged past the $100 mark as the situation in the Middle East…
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Max Severijns
Opinion
March 13, 2026

The new equity analyst is called Claude. But he can’t do everything

Write a prompt asking Claude to act like an investor who wants to know everything about a company…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
March 10, 2026

The price of war

Within one hundred hours, American and Israeli forces struck nearly 2.000 targets in Iran. Ayatollah…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
March 9, 2026

Noise in the factors

I recently came across an interesting study about the Fama-French factors, those widely used risk…
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