Opinion

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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Dutch national team in the 1974 World Cup Finals. Photo: ANP.
Opinion
June 2, 2022

Back to the 1970s

Nowadays, when the term stagflation is mentioned, everyone thinks back to the 1970s. Anyone who…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
May 30, 2022

Chart of the week: the ECB has turned!

The decision is made. The ECB will also raise interest rates now that inflation is showing few signs…
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Investing
May 19, 2022

‘A good company is not necessarily a good stock’

Financial markets do relatively well when it comes to predicting the future. Collective wisdom is…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 16, 2022

Chart of the week: did growth stocks lose their lustre?

For years, US technology stocks have beaten the rest of the market. And not by much. This trend was…
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Euro sign at the ECB tower in Frankfurt.
Opinion
May 13, 2022

Next euro crisis is looming

After Russia, the eurozone is probably the big loser in the Ukrainian war. Not so much politically…
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Investing
May 10, 2022

Position of the 'Nasdaq generals' is faltering

The Nasdaq is in a clear downtrend. It is still being held up by the ‘generals’, the big tech…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 9, 2022

Chart of the week: Homes unaffordable?

Mortgage rates and home prices are skyrocketing worldwide. That is not good news for housing…
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