Moving Markets

Head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Susan Collins, has spoken out in favour of an interest rate hike of 0.25% at the US central bank’s next policy decision. We take a look at what the Q4 2022 earnings season holds in store, we find out what China’s reopening means for the copper market and we also feature an update from Julius Baer’s first Investment Committee meeting of the year. 00:14 In...

The key US equity indices closed higher yesterday with the Nasdaq Composite celebrating a third day in the green, as investors optimistic about the prospect of cooling inflation took the opportunity to pick up beaten-up tech stocks. Asian markets followed suit – further buoyed by China’s reopening. Damien Ng from Next Generation Research joins the podcast today to enlighten us on new research data...

In Europe, almost all of the major indices ended the day in the green yesterday and US equities also started positively, but the hawkish comments from some US Federal Reserve officials then dampened the mood. The S&P 500 ended the day broadly flat, while the Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.6%, helped particularly by Tesla’s rally. David Kohl, our Chief Economist, comments on the latest economic dat...

Stocks in the US and Asia are up this morning on the heels of what some called a ‘goldilocks’ US jobs report, showing a somewhat less tight labour market and lower-than-expected wage growth, and the on-going China reopening. Richard Tang, our Head of Research in Hong Kong, sets the rally in Asia in perspective and Mensur Pocinci, our Head of Technical Analysis, explains why he believes that invest...

Hosted today by Helen Freer (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show features a recent conversation that Helen Freer had with Simon Ibbitson, our Head of Private Markets Fund Distribution, and Michael Hornung-Moser from our Private Markets investment team on Julius Baer’s Beyond Markets podcast. They talked about...

Hosted today by Helen Freer (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation featuring Alan Hooks, Head of Private Clients for Julius Baer in the UK, on Julius Baer’s True Connections podcast. Alan spoke to Rutu Buddhdev, the Founder and Managing Director of Amara Property, a luxury home builder in Nort...

Hosted today by Helen Freer (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation that John Franklin and Grace Treston had with our Head of Investment Advisory, Diego Würgler, on Julius Baer’s Wealth Insights podcast. When uncertainty is high, some investors feel safer reverting to cash, but in this conversa...

Hosted today by Lucija Caculovic (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show features a conversation that John Franklin and Grace Treston had withChristian Gattiker, Head of Research, on Julius Baer’s Wealth Insights podcast. With the record high inflation levels that we have seen, John and Grace spoke to Christian...

Hosted today by Lucija Caculovic (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation that Alan Hooks, Head of Private Clients for Julius Baer in the UK, had on Julius Baer’s True Connections podcast. Alan spoke to Chris Sheldrick, the CEO and co-founder of what3words, and he asked Chris about what inspired...

Hosted today by Helen Freer (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation that John Franklin and Grace Treston had with Norbert Ruecker, Head of Macro and Next Generation Research, on Julius Baer’s Wealth Insights podcast. They discuss various aspects of the energy transition and the remaining obstac...

Hosted today by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation between Helen Freer and Roberto Cominotto, who is an Equity Research Analyst, on Julius Baer’s Beyond Markets podcast. Helen talked to Roberto about hydrogen – what it actually is and if hydrogen could be an environmenta...

Hosted today by Mike Rauber (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation that Helen Freer had with Tim Gagie, Head of FX and Precious Metals Solutions in Geneva, on Julius Baer’s Beyond Markets podcast. Helen and Tim talk about the impact of rising interest rates and economic data releases on curren...

Hosted today by Lucija Caculovic (Investment Writing). As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show features a conversation between Roy Athanasius Ang and Sabrina Choy, a Singapore-based FX specialist, on Julius Baer’s Beyond Markets podcast. They discuss what a strong US dollar means for investors. Our regular show that starts with daily...

Hosted today by Bernadette Anderko (Investment Writing).  As part of a special two-week series featuring highlights from recent Julius Baer podcasts, today's show is a conversation that Helen Freer had with Diego Würgler, Head of Investment Advisory, on Julius Baer’s Beyond Markets podcast. Helen asks Diego for his thoughts on thematic investing.  Our regular show that starts with daily market new...

Short-dated yields in the US rose on better-than-expected economic data, implying that there is further room for the US Federal Reserve to hike rates in its quest to rein in inflation. Tim Gagie, our Head of FX & PM Solutions Geneva, rhymes a review of the year for currencies and Carsten Menke, our Head of Next Generation Research, speaks about one of the leading centralised crypto exchanges....

Stock markets around the world rallied on improved consumer confidence and better-than-expected earnings reports. In Asia, technology and property companies led the rise after a series of comments from regulators supporting the overall economy and property developers. Norbert Ruecker, Head of Macro & Next Generation Research, gives an update on energy markets, and Luca Menozzi from the Next Ge...

US equities were flat on the day yesterday with oil & gas stocks rising, but consumer discretionary stocks falling on weak numbers from the housing market. Following the shift in Japan’s monetary policy yesterday, Japan’s two-year government bond yield briefly rose above zero for the first time since 2015. Dario Messi, Fixed Income analyst, takes a closer look at what the Bank of Japan decided...

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda shocks markets in a surprise change to the bank’s yield curve policy. EU energy ministers approve a measure to limit natural gas prices to combat the energy crisis after two months of intense negotiations. And David Meier, Macro & Next Generation Research, shares his thoughts on currencies after a busy few days of central bank meetings. 00:14 Introduction and mark...

After a number of rate hikes from major central banks last week and officials drilling home the message that rates will go higher until they’re confident that inflation is under control, all the major indices in the US and Europe fell on Friday. Leaders in China have said they’ll focus on boosting their economy next year, and European Union member states will meet today to discuss the proposal of...

The central banks of the eurozone, the UK, and Switzerland raised interest rates by half a percentage point yesterday, matching the Federal Reserve’s previous day move. Our Chief Economist, David Kohl, and our Head of FX & PM Solutions Geneva, Tim Gagie, join us on this show to talk about what this means for growth, inflation, and currencies. Manuel Villegas from Next Generation Research speak...

The US federal Reserve delivered the expected 50 basis point hike yesterday, but stock markets were disappointed by the indication that officials expect to keep rates higher in 2023, with no reductions expected until 2024. European stock markets now nervously await decisions from the ECB, Swiss national Bank and Bank of England. Carsten Menke, Head of Next Generation Research talks us through why...

US stock and bond markets gained yesterday after CPI data revealed that inflation in the US is cooling. Nevertheless, headline CPI remains above 7% and whilst the Fed is expected to deliver a 50 basis point hike today, the markets are now more interested in the forecasts that they will release and the language that they use around their decision. Dario Messi from Fixed income Research joins the po...

The European Union has reached a preliminary agreement which clears the way for an EUR 18 billion support package for the Ukraine. Meanwhile, Hong Kong is scrapping some of its remaining Covid restrictions following China’s rapid shift away from its zero-covid strategy. Mathieu Racheter, Head of Equity Strategy gives us some insight into the opportunities emerging from China’s reopening. 00:14 Int...

US equity markets closed in the red on Friday and posted losses for the week following the release of November’s producer price index figures which came in higher than expected, while the major European indices closed the day in positive territory on optimism after China’s strict Covid-19 rules were relaxed. It’s central bank week this week with the US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, where a...

Today, investors are focused on US producer price data, which is among the last data US Federal Reserve policymakers will see before their December meeting next week. In Asia, China is experiencing a rapid rise in Covid infections, but outgoing Premier Li Keqiang said the country’s economic growth will still “keep picking up”. Tim Gagie, Head of FX & PM Solutions in Geneva, provides an update...