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Are Swiss pension funds investing appropriately? The real restrictions, wasted returns and a harebrained scam
Are Swiss pension funds investing appropriately?
Inflation and reduced savings years jeopardize pension security
Inflation and reduced savings years jeopardize pension security.
Interest rate turnaround: 1 year of positive interest rates
The laws of economics continue to apply
Are there alternatives to stocks? Yes, but none is better
Stock market bear markets regularly raise the question of stock alternatives. The simple answer: Of course there are
alternatives. Whether they are better is an open question.
Gold can be green too
Gold medal for gold investments: Even in the current crisis, the precious metal has proven to be the best protection.
More shine with clean gold
Investors are also increasingly paying attention to sustainability when it comes to gold investments. Swiss banks and asset managers are showing innovation.
«Vendre au son du clairon, acheter au son du canon»
Two major issues are preoccupying the stock markets: On the one hand, Russia's current threatening gestures towards Ukraine are rightly worrying market participants on the global capital markets. And on the other hand, the markets - after an excellent year for equities in 2021 - have reacted nervously to higher inflation rates and & interest rate fears in 2022 to date, correcting by over 10%.
Elk test for financial planning
Will stock levels continue to fall - even after the current recovery? Maybe, but you should still leave your investments alone.
Laffer Curve
Neither history nor economic research supports the thesis of self-financing tax cuts
Pit stop for the "Twitterer-in-Chief"
The Potus («President of the United States») provides us with many iconic quotes that will probably be repeated in histories and textbooks for decades. Not because they are good, but because they are very clear examples of bad ideas.
T-shirt economy and trade tariffs
Some may wonder about the tit-for-tat in the trade conflict instigated by the U.S. president. Is a trade war really threatening and have the stock exchanges corrected downward by 8% compared to the previous high for the year because of this?