China’s economy grew less than expected, and that very prospect of additional stimulus is positive for investors. In the second quarter, the Chinese economy expanded by 4.3 percent. That is below this year’s target of 4.5 to 5 percent, even though that …

One month ago, Space X was one of the hottest stocks on Wall Street. Today it’s one of the most heavily shorted stocks on the U.S. market. Is the market reassessing the company or is this simply a correction of the pricing distortion that emerged because …

Some investors and people concerned about the enormous mountain of government debt tend to see only one possible outcome: default. But because governments are technically unable to go bankrupt in the traditional sense, most investors assume there is …

Emerging markets hard-currency debt started 2026 strongly. The Morningstar Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond Index returned 4.2 percent in the first half of the year, despite geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, volatile oil prices, and persistent …

Singapore remains the most expensive city in the world for people with a luxurious lifestyle; the European cities of Zurich and Monaco have made it into the top 3, and New York has fallen out of the top 10 for the first time in four years. The weakening …

Quintet Private Bank has appointed Joséphine Vérine to its supervisory board. She is currently senior vice president of Clienteling & Lifestyle & Hospitality at Louis Vuitton. She brings more than 30 years of international leadership experience, having …

The United Kingdom is trying to make it easier for pension funds to invest in venture capital, but European investors and consultants question whether its initiatives address the biggest barriers. In their view, larger funds solve mainly technical issues, …

Investors should no longer assume that a Federal Reserve rate hike is automatically bad for equities, said Arun Sai, senior multi-asset strategist at Pictet Asset Management. According to Sai, resilient economic growth is changing how markets should …

The GICS, the globally used sector classification system for publicly traded companies introduced in the 1990s, has become outdated. Artificial intelligence is turning every company into a technology company. In the late 1990s, index providers MSCI and …

The outperformance of the equal-weight S&P500 relative to the traditional market-cap-weighted index signals that the market rally is broadening, according to experts. The likelihood that sectors other than the traditional tech companies will begin to take …

Bad news from China is good news for investors

Space X slides below IPO price as short sellers pile in

Chart of the week: inflation begins where confidence ends

Morningstar: UBS vs. Blackrock in EM Bond ETFs

Weak dollar shakes up ranking of world's most expensive cities

Transfers: Quintet Private Bank, Vanguard, ING Private Banking

Why pension funds still invest so little in venture capital

Pictet AM: ‘Future rate hikes won’t hurt equity portfolios like they used to’

Why the traditional sector classification no longer works

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