Opinion

Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 14, 2025

Chart of the week: lack of buyers

Each week, I think about which macro figure or market theme to explore in this column. Then, out of…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
July 11, 2025

What if your economic memory is too good?

Large language models may seem brilliant at making predictions, but often it’s just memorization…
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Longeval
Investing
July 9, 2025

Jan Longeval: ‘Turbulence in the Japanese bond market’

Due to Donald Trump’s erratic policies, all eyes are on the United States bond market, where the…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
July 8, 2025

The underestimation of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence continues to be underestimated—both in terms of its scale and the speed of…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 7, 2025

Chart of the week: one big beautiful lie

It’s done. With the deciding vote cast—no less—by Vice President J.D. Vance, the “One Big Beautiful…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
July 3, 2025

AI and the balanced portfolio

For generations of investors, the gospel was simple: invest in a balanced portfolio with 60 percent…
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Edin Mujagic
Opinion
June 30, 2025

Eurozone expands, but major concerns remain

Falling inflation and the European Central Bank’s (ECB) conviction that price increases will…
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Christophe Santer
Asset Servicing
June 25, 2025

The ESG blind spot: AI’s social toll on global labor

As artificial intelligence takes over functions once handled by offshore teams, asset managers and…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
June 24, 2025

The end of the Japanese miracle

The spectacular rally in Japanese equities appears to be over after many years of strong gains…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 23, 2025

Chart of the week: under control

Under control. No, that title isn’t about Iranian airspace—although, with recent developments, an…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
June 20, 2025

The end of value investing?

The decline of value investing is not a recent phenomenon but a process that has been unfolding for…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
June 17, 2025

Outperforming bitcoin with bitcoin

The question of how best to incorporate bitcoin into an investment portfolio is becoming…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 16, 2025

Chart of the week: reality check

European policymakers, economists, and politicians are in desperate need of a reality check—an…
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Jan Vergote
Opinion
June 12, 2025

The dollar: a currency of contradictory views—time for an update

Some analysts are talking about the end of dollar dominance. They primarily point to the erosion of…
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