Opinion

Steve Jobs presenting the original iPhone in 2007. Photo by Nobuyuki Hayashi via Flickr CC-BY-2.0
Opinion
July 6, 2022

Disruptive innovation: the iPhone as game changer for investors

Fifteen years ago, I bought my first iPhone in Denver, Colorado. Not entirely coincidentally, I was…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 4, 2022

Chart of the week: A sudden halt to spending

German consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level ever, it became clear last week. Never…
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There is no planet B. Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash CC BY 2.0
Opinion
July 1, 2022

Grow to fight climate crisis

More economic growth means more population growth, according to Thomas Malthus. The demographer and…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
July 1, 2022

In Flux: Industry 4.0 as the ‘new Ucits’

In Luxembourg’s financial sector, ‘the new Ucits’ is an informal but widely recognised label that…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 27, 2022

Chart of the week: 'Growthless'

The Atlanta Fed GDPNow real GDP forecast for the second quarter stands at exactly 0 percent. So no…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
June 24, 2022

In Flux: A black Bloomsday

Luxembourg has witnessed that European integration still has its limits, even when war rages on…
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Federal Reserve
Investing
June 23, 2022

What can stop the Fed?

The Federal Reserve is doing something else than what it says it is doing. At last week’s FOMC…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 20, 2022

Chart of the week: are profits the next domino?

The global economy is cooling significantly and a large number of countries are at risk of recession…
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Storm
Opinion
June 16, 2022

A brave new world for investors

In the autumn of 1997, both in Europe and the United States, the ten-year interest rate fell towards…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 14, 2022

Graph of the week: the ECB's impossible task

Even before the European Central Bank has ended the current buying programme, ECB members are…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
June 14, 2022

In Flux: Who’s afraid of private equity?

Is private equity, like Amundi’s Chief Investment Officer Vincent Mortier recently said, a Ponzi…
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Bear market, illustration via Flickr by Investment Zen CC BY 2.0
Investing
June 9, 2022

Han Dieperink: equity market may fall further

Since 1926, the S&P 500 index has fallen by more than 20 percent fifteen times. On average, the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
June 7, 2022

Chart of the week: this valuation gets in the way

When it comes to equity valuations, most investors are concerned with the price/earnings ratio. And…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
June 3, 2022

In Flux: Fifty shades of green

Sustainable finance poses a compliance risk you can no longer afford to ignore, no matter whether…
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