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Understanding Bessenomics And Its Market Implications
Our Emerging Market strategists published a follow-up piece to their Bessenomics note where they assess the new Treasury Secretary plan’s impact on markets. Lower interest rates are central to Bessenomics. The Trump administration is expected to pressure…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Europe Is Next

Europe is about to become President Trump’s next target. The good news: a US/EU trade war will be short as common ground to achieve a deal exists. The bad news: European assets remain at the mercy of heightened uncertainty. How should investors position themselves in this tricky context?

European Investment Strategy by Mathieu Savary
China: Caixin PMIs Point To Continued Low Growth
 China’s Caixin PMIs decelerated in January, with the composite ticking down to 51.1 from 51.4. The decrease was driven by both manufacturing, which fell to 50.1 from 50.5, and services, which fell from 52.2 to 51.0. The data is consistent with the…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
ISM Manufacturing Ends Contraction But Clouds Remain
The January ISM Manufacturing index beat estimates, increasing to 50.9 to end a 26-month streak of manufacturing contraction. New orders rose to 55.1 from 52.1. Employment is also back in expansion. Prices paid strengthened as well, rising to 54.9 from…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
ECB: Steady As She Goes

The ECB cut its deposit rate to 2.75%, as was widely anticipated. President Christine Lagarde did not provide any fireworks, but the Governing Council’s message was clear: Policy is restrictive, and inflation will fall further. As a result, if we combine our economic forecasts for the Eurozone with Frankfurt’s data dependency, we continue to expect the ECB’s deposit rate to settle below 2%. Consequently, German bond yields have downside, and the euro has yet to bottomed.

European Investment Strategy, Global Fixed Income Strategy by Mathieu Savary
US Consumer Confidence Cools Along With Labor Market
The January Conference Board Consumer Confidence index missed estimates, decreasing to 104.1 from an upwardly-revised 109.5 in December. The decrease was driven by both the present situation and expectations subcomponents. The labor differential, the…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Early Thoughts On An Early Tech Selloff
News of a cheaper Chinese-developed AI model sent a tremor through markets, with a selloff in the S&P 500, NASDAQ, and leading tech names associated with AI. The narrative on Monday was that the eye-watering sums spent on AI capex by mega-cap tech…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Global Headwinds Still Weighing On European Growth
The January Ifo Business Climate index for Germany beat estimates, increasing to 85.1 vs. 84.7 in December. The increase came from the survey’s current assessment component, which increased a full point, as the expectations component missed estimates and…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
China: Official PMIs Disappoint
China’s official January PMIs disappointed, with the composite ticking down to 50.1 from 52.2. The decrease was driven by both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing components, with the former indicating contraction, and the latter showing very low…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Sharing The Tariff Burden
Our China Investment Strategy team explored how the costs of higher tariffs might be distributed among foreign suppliers, US importers, and consumers. The inflationary impact of new US tariffs is likely to remain modest unless President Trump imposes…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier

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