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Gold and Silver have been surging – Is Platinum next?

At the time of our writing, Gold and Silver are pulling back. But their price action over the last months has been impressive. Meanwhile, Platinum has been underperforming other precious metals by a wide margin. Below, we look at the investment ...

11 August 2020
StocksMacro

Tencent earnings & UK GDP to crash 20%

Things to look out for in this day ahead are earnings from Tencent, Cisco and Lift - as well as the RBNZ rate decision, UK second quarter GDP and US CPI.

Stocks

Room for Russian stocks to outperform with first coronavirus vaccine

Russian stocks might have just gained an edge in global markets after Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

Passive investing: July 2020 was a “monster month” with $48 billion inflows into ETFs

$48 billion moved into U.S.-listed ETFs during the month of July. Find out about the major winners and losers in this blog post.

10 August 2020
StocksMacro

Biden's VP Pick, UK unemployment & SoftBank earnings

In the day ahead I’m looking out for are UK unemployment and German ZEW data, earnings from Softbank as well as who Joe Biden picks as his VP running mate.

StocksBonds

Trump’s executive orders provide pandemic (& investor) relief

Stocks are higher and yields are flat on Monday in response to US President Trump issuing executive orders to extend economic relief to Americans.

3 steps to go short ETFs as a hedge

Do you still believe in the long term growth of the companies you are invested in BUT want to save yourself from some potential short-term pain when the stocks drop?

Weekly Market recap: 10 stories to remember

Read the 10 stories to remember from the week which ended August 7.

9 August 2020
Stocks

Swiss unemployment & Barrick Gold, Novavax

In the day ahead there is China inflation data, Switzerland’s unemployment rate and earnings from Barrick Gold, Marriott and Novavax.

StocksESG

Sustainable investments: how to select the “cleanest” funds?

Over the past years, tens of billions of new investment dollars have flowed into the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and sustainable space.

StocksMacro

Trump TikTok WeChat ban shouldn’t worry China tech

A new executive order from US President Trump banning any US transactions with TikTok and WeChat is unlikely in our view to dampen China tech shares growth.

Stocks

Video Gaming ETFs

Not surprisingly, video gaming ETFs have performed remarkably well since the start of the year. Below, we review the performance and differences of four ETFs exposed ...

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