“We tell ourselves stories in order to live”, Joan Didion (writer and journalist).
Thematic investing brings this notion to the fore. Avenues of investing aligned with megatrends are inherently predicated on visions of the future. But what makes thematic investing a lot more palatable than prophesising is that certain megatrends are already in motion. Thematic...
After the start of the global value rotation towards the end of 2021, thematic assets in Europe decreased from $371 billion to $276 billion as of 30 June 20221, mainly due to performance. A significant correction in many themes resulted in a slowdown in thematic flows but pointed to the relative resilience of the European thematic exchange traded funds (ETF)...
2022, so far, has been a year of the value style of investing outperforming the growth style, and few megatrends in recent years have been more growth oriented than cloud computing. Big stories and sales growth went from being in favour during 2020 and 2021 to being completely out of favour in an environment of higher inflation and interest rates.
However, do we...
The Euro has sunk and moved in line with our last market update however our models are now signalling signs of greater downside risk than a short/medium risk reversal.
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- A bearish shift in market sentiment with put options (bearish bets) now claiming the highest premium in nearly four months
- One-month risk reversals (EUR1MRR) (higher...
