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In May, do what you like!

1st of May… should your humble servitor work and deliver its weekly letter? The Labor Day is an annual holiday in most countries with several markets being closed today, Switzerland included. But here in Geneva, we are working while the public sector enjoyed a day off despite the current left government has just lost its […]

Edizione per il centenario

In questa edizione celebrativa, ripercorriamo tutto quello che è successo – nei mercati finanziari e, più in generale, nel mondo – negli ultimi 100 mesi. E, dobbiamo dirlo, questi otto anni e qualche mese sono stati un viaggio straordinario! La nostra prima edizione di “Approfondimenti sugli investimenti” è stata scritta solo qualche settimana dopo che […]

DECALIA in the top 50 IAM by Citywire Switzerland

We are delighted to announce that DECALIA has once again been selected by Citywire Switzerland in the top 50 Swiss Independent Asset Managers #2023 ranking🔥🔥! #Innovating is at the core of DECALIA’s investment #philosophy, and we are proud to be recognised for our efforts both in public and private markets.  Great teamwork!!

The calm before the storm

Markets have gone nowhere over the last few days, with equity indices, long rates and major forex crosses experiencing contained daily variations and an overall sideways trading after a strong start of the year for both equity and bond investors. That’s certainly a symptom of a lack of conviction among them about what comes next […]

Small is insightful

There are several signs that the most acute part of the US banking turmoil may be behind us: markets have rebounded, the VIX is back to its lowest level since January 2022 (17.1), the amount of bank lending from the Fed emergency lending facilities has declined, US bank deposits are increasing again after weeks of […]

For a few Yen more

Food for thoughts or spurious correlation? Japan inflation driven essentially by… food prices in Tokyo Back from the dead? Japan CPI Housing Y/Y%  BoJ inflations’ anchor, gone with the wind? Japan Consumers Inflation Expectations These trends aren’t BoJ friends Measures of Underlying Japan Inflation: Trimmed Mean CPI, Weighted Median CPI and Mode CPI Measures of […]

Corsa agli sportelli 101

La corsa agli sportelli della Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) è avvenuta in gran parte online, ma in sostanza non è stata molto diversa da ciò che generazioni di bambini hanno visto nel film Mary Poppins. Quando il piccolo Michael protesta dicendo che rivuole i suoi due penny (per dar da mangiare ai piccioni!), gli altri […]

And now what? (part 2)

One year after the first Fed’s rate hike, the aggressive fast monetary policy tightening finally bit… What are the consequences on the overall macroeconomic backdrop from current banking-stress? While their magnitude and extent will obviously depend on the depth of these scars on the financial system, as well as the time to close it, we […]