Opinion

Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
April 15, 2022

In Flux: a bubbling housing market, Reifs and rising rates

If there is one economic lesson my father, a construction engineer, taught me, it’s that mortgage…
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April 14, 2022

Warren Buffett's inflation-proof portfolio

Not surprisingly, Berkshire Hathaway has risen 16 percent this year and has outperformed the S&P 500…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
April 7, 2022

Chart of the week: What do we really know about inflation?

Most research papers on inflation focus on the period from 1950, after World War II, or from the…
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Opinion
March 31, 2022

Moral hazard

After the stock market crash of 1987, measures were taken to prevent a new financial drama in the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 28, 2022

Chart of the week: end of the housing bubble?

US mortgage rates have shot up since the start of this year. The 30-year fixed rate stands at 4.5…
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Opinion
March 24, 2022

A bull market for inflation

The biggest risk for investors at the moment is high inflation. While the market places too much…
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Jeroen Blokland
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March 21, 2022

Contradicting investors

I am a fan of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey. Not only because this survey covers…
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Russia and China
Opinion
February 24, 2022

The second Cold War is hot

Western leaders are struggling with their response to Putin’s latest challenge. They agree that it…
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Market analysis
Opinion
February 17, 2022

The year of the stock picker

For two decades in a row money has money has flowed out of active funds. Last year, 100 billion euro…
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February 10, 2022

Draghi’s promise is at stake

President Biden and Olaf Scholz, the new German Chancellor, are not on the same page regarding…
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