Outlooks

  • Europe in focus amidst fiscal boost
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    Europe in focus amidst fiscal boost

    2025-03-31T16:31:00Z By Amundi

    “President Trump’s approach to trade and global alliances may be a wake up call for Europe. The region is signalling a clear and a historical shift, which will require target measures to boost growth efficiently.”

  • The emergence of Gen-Z
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    The emergence of Gen-Z

    2025-03-28T11:37:00Z By Federated Hermes

    The ageing global population throws up a number of social, economic and healthcare implications. However, another cohort is emerging into a dominant economic force in EM.

  • Swap spreads- analysis, challenges and outlook
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    Swap spreads: analysis, challenges and outlook

    2025-03-27T10:30:00Z By Amundi

    Swap spreads, key indicators of liquidity stress and risk aversion, play a crucial role for insurers. Beyond measuring price differentials between sovereign and corporate bonds, they directly influence hedging decisions, asset-liability management (ALM) strategies and insurer returns under Solvency II.

  • thumbnail_SIF_Shaping the UKs future
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    Mind the underinvestment gap: Shaping the UK’s future through private markets investment

    2025-03-25T14:57:00Z By M&G Investments

    With decades of underinvestment in UK real assets – from housing to healthcare and infrastructure – investors can tap into the opportunity to drive regeneration and growth. Taking a holistic approach to local investment could maximise social outcomes and create value for communities and investors.

  • Artificial intelligence and investing- it’s all about the data
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    Artificial intelligence and investing: it’s all about the data

    2025-03-25T10:30:00Z By Federated Hermes

    Teaching machines how to “think” has been a tantalizing goal since the early days of computing, and recent advances in generative AI have brought us closer to achieving it. However, whether AI-generated “buy/sell/hold” signals can be used for investing is partly a question of whether the value outweighs the risk. One only needs to read a few passages of AI-written content to notice that it is a simulacrum. 

  • Topic Modeling with AI Tools
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    Topic Modeling with AI Tools

    2025-03-24T16:23:00Z By Amundi

    We present a robust topic modeling framework that mitigates overfitting while capturing the evolving nature of discourse. Our approach proposes a dynamic, temporal network-based model that adapts to emerging topics while maintaining semantic stability through alignment with predefined themes.

  • A New Era of Globalization
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    A New Era of Globalization: Shifting Oppo­­­rtunities in a Dual-Track World

    2025-03-20T16:47:00Z By PGIM

    In national elections around the world, one theme dominated almost universally: dissatisfaction with a global economy that favors others over us. On the surface, swirling headlines around tariffs and fracturing supply chains would suggest the high-speed globalization train has been utterly derailed. However, the world has entered a new era where globalization has essentially splintered into two distinct tracks.

  • Navigating market volatility amid US tariffs and policy uncertainty
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    Navigating market volatility amid US tariffs and policy uncertainty

    2025-03-19T13:00:00Z By Columbia Threadneedle Investments

    Amid uncertainty in equities and credit markets, we remain focused on long-term investment fundamentals and building portfolios to weather the storm and deliver for clients.

  • Principal Background
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    Navigating opportunities in a higher-for-longer market

    2025-03-18T12:58:00Z By Principal Asset Management

    Today’s landscape offers attractive income opportunities, with elevated real rates and resilient fundamentals supporting diversified sources like dividend equities, real assets, and high-quality bonds.

  • The diverse economic impacts of artificial intelligence
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    The diverse economic impacts of artificial intelligence

    2025-03-17T12:08:00Z By Amundi

    AI uptake by companies and households appears to have increased significantly in recent months. This is one of the factors that will determine whether AI will increase productivity gains significantly. As we will show in this section, a lot of new data and statistics have been published over the past quarters, and related knowledge has improved. 

  • Cross Asset Investment Strategy - March 2025
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    Cross Asset Investment Strategy - March 2025

    2025-03-14T16:17:00Z By Amundi

    Topic of the month: A step forward for Europe

  • A step forward for Europe
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    A step forward for Europe

    2025-03-14T15:51:00Z By Amundi

    From sluggish to strong: Germany poised to support Europe’s growth

  • Scenarios, risks and macroeconomic forecasts - March 2025
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    Scenarios, risks and macroeconomic forecasts - March 2025

    2025-03-14T15:38:00Z By Amundi

    Main and alternative scenarios as of 20th February 2025

  • Steering through the fog of policy uncertainty
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    Steering through the fog of policy uncertainty

    2025-03-13T16:28:00Z By Federated Hermes

    Why a short-term economic soft patch should give way to a strong second half for markets.

  • Rethinking the Stock-Bond Correlation
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    Rethinking the Stock-Bond Correlation

    2025-03-12T17:00:00Z By Amundi

    The correlation between stocks and bonds has been a prominent topic of discussion over the past 5 years, particularly due to the resurgence of inflation risks. Many portfolio managers, who had long assumed that the stock-bond correlation was negative, were surprised when this relationship turned strongly positive in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. This article examines the stock-bond correlation from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. 

  • Monthly Market Viewpoint – Not so exceptional after all
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    Monthly Market Viewpoint – Not so exceptional after all

    2025-03-12T15:34:00Z By BNP Paribas Asset Management

    Declines in US equities over the last month were primarily a function of disappointing economic data and a partial ‘Magnificent-7 unwind’ rather than tariffs. Lately, it has been self-reinforced panic selling, which we expect will be reversed. We remain optimistic on the medium-term outlook. 

  • February CPI report- Not yet in the clear
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    February CPI report: Not yet in the clear

    2025-03-12T12:00:00Z By Principal Asset Management

    The February CPI print was lower than expected, with the monthly increase in both headline and core CPI the smallest since late 2024, bringing annual numbers down to 2.8% and 3.1%, respectively. The inflation report will likely deliver a temporary reprieve for markets that have been recently focused on increased stagflation risks. 

  • Women and Investment
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    Women and Investment

    2025-03-10T17:05:00Z By Amundi

    Men and women differ in their investment decisions. In this article, we review the main differences in risk aversion, portfolio choices, venture capital investment, and socially responsible investing, as well as their causes: genetic and social factors, financial education, advice, etc. Gender differences raise important questions for public policy, particularly regarding women’s financial adequacy in retirement. Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence and the associated new financial services (fintechs and robo-advisors) can now offer promising tools to reduce inequalities.

  • Locked ‘n’ loaded and ready to fire- first take on China’s National People’s Congress (NPC)
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    Locked ‘n’ loaded and ready to fire: first take on China’s National People’s Congress (NPC)

    2025-03-07T14:32:00Z By Amundi

    Premier Li Qiang kicked off the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) with the government’s Work Report, marking the nation’s biggest political event of the year. Besides a busy calendar of political decision-making, the NPC is also closely watched by markets as Beijing sets the course for the economy and macro policies for the remainder of 2025. 

  • February jobs report- A sanguine number… for now
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    February jobs report: A sanguine number… for now

    2025-03-07T12:19:00Z By Principal Asset Management

    The February jobs report showed a 151,000-worker increase in payrolls, broadly in line with consensus expectations, defying fears of significant cracks in the labor market. Yet, while the worst fears were not met, the report did confirm that the labor market is cooling. Furthermore, with no shortage of headwinds confronting the U.S. economy, including federal government layoffs, public spending cuts, and tariff uncertainty-related inertia, the softening trend will likely persist and potentially deepen in the coming months.