Week End Blog – Drowning in Negativity
Yields are lower. Again! The book on ‘bond madness’ got yet another chapter this week. The German 10-year government bond yield fell below 3 basis points, not surprisingly another record […]
Tag Archives: Deflation
Week End Blog – Central Bank Credibility Issues
After years of rate cutting and bond-buying central bank policies are now being questioned by financial markets. The euro and yen, targeted casualties of these policies, shot up with a […]
Week End Blog – Central Bank Headline Headaches!
I start off this episode of the Week End Blog with a shameless example of self-advertisement. This week I made it to Business Insider’s list of ‘the 128 finance people […]
Week End Blog – Rebounds!
Bad news is good news, right? The IMF delivered its semi-annual World Economic Outlook, and like the ones before, the content was mostly negative. GDP growth expectations were adjusted downward […]
Inflation! Highest vs Lowest
This is a very short blog on inflation. But that won’t ruin the fun, I promise. We all know there’s a shortage of inflation, globally. The lack of rising prices […]
Week End Blog – From Bad to Worst!
Welcome back to the Week End Blog. During my holiday, things seem to have gone from bad to worst. Especially the situation in emerging markets is worrisome The IMF made […]
Week End Blog – Politicians at the Gate
Welcome to the Week End Blog. The Greek roller coaster has still not reached its end. After Germany rejected a Greek letter asking for a six-month ‘bridging’ period, another Eurogroup […]
Week End Blog – Greece falters, but Europe persists
This week, markets were made clear that Syriza, the convincing winner of the Greek elections, means business. Syriza has taken a hard stance towards Europe, at least for now, which […]
Week End Blog – A Swiss Earthquake!
This already wasn’t the smoothest of starts of the year, but the Swiss Central Bank decided to make things really interesting. In quite a surprise move (there were some rumors […]
Week End Blog – Russia, again, lower bond yields, again, and GDP growth, again
Another week dominated by geopolitical tensions. Equities are up this week, but it feels like this could become a bumpy ride. As in almost every other week this year interest […]
