Category: Investment flash

11 May

Profit expectations a bit high for SMI

The profit expectations for all stocks in the SMI index are +16.5% for the next twelve months, while the global economic scenario is rather positive with risks of temporary regional recessions during the year. Almost half of the companies in the SMI have (...) Investment policy focused on secondary stocks Discover our Investment Flash down [...]
03 May

Discount on european securitized real estate

The fall in international listed real estate stocks observed in February and March does not seem to us to reflect the negative situation for most of them. Indeed, often falling back to the price levels of the beginning of Q4 2022 and sometimes already significantly below them (...) The recent correction is an opportunity to [...]
26 Apr

Acceleration of de-dollarization

A major shift is taking place in global commodity trading and beyond this sector in the global trade of goods and services. De-dollarization now seems to be accelerating with the development of a China-backed trend (...) Declining global demand and falling dollar Discover our Investment Flash down below: Read more To make sure you don't [...]
12 Apr

New highs for gold prices

After having been one of the best assets in terms of relative performance in 2022, gold has again kept its promises in 2023 increasing by +9.77% and by approaching, once again, its historical high of $2,075 per ounce. At the beginning of the year we announced that the yellow metal would benefit (...) BRICS support [...]
05 Apr

OPEC sets the tone: $100 target

The decline in crude oil prices from their June 2022 highs above $120 to $70 was interrupted by the expectation that China would reopen and recover its demand for crude oil. As this was not forthcoming, inventories (...) Trend change for crude oil prices Discover our Investment Flash down below: Read more To make sure [...]
29 Mar

The Swiss franc is still in shock

The banking crisis of the last few days has had a major impact on the financial stability of Switzerland, which had never imagined to face a major crisis situation such as the one posed by the risk of bankruptcy of the country's second systemic bank. In a few hours (...) Switzerland's financial stability is in [...]
23 Mar

The FED adopts a moderately dovish speech

The US Federal Reserve meeting ended with a 0.25% increase in key rates. This may well mark the end of the monetary tightening cycle that began twelve months ago, despite the door being left open to further possible increases by (...) Markets still betting on rate cuts in 2023 Discover our Investment Flash down below: [...]
17 Mar

The bankruptcy of the SVB will push the FED to capitulate

The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank has already pushed the American authorities and the Fed to act very quickly to avoid a panic. The former, through the voice of President Biden, sought to reassure by noting that the banking system was solid, while (...) Monetary conditions will need to be eased Discover our Investment [...]
09 Mar

SNB rate hikes are expected

The Swiss market is no exception to the recent correlation between capital markets. In spite of different economic cycles and different monetary policies, the less favorable than expected development of inflation in most countries has rekindled uncertainties in (...) CHF bond yields are attractive again Discover our Investment Flash down below: Read more To make [...]
01 Mar

CPI to benefit from falling U.S. rents

New rents in the United States fell by -3.5% in January from their peak in August 2022. This is now the first consecutive six-month decline in five years. After having largely benefited from a rise in demand following the pandemic (...) Positive impact on U.S. interest rates: buy bonds Discover our Investment Flash down below: [...]