
15 March 2022 | 1 min. readingtime
09 March 2023 | 1 min. readingtime
With higher interest rates in February, the positive return on government bonds disappeared like snow in the sun in January. Most stock markets also lost some ground in February, after a particularly good start to the year in January. European stock markets did end the month in positive territory. After interest-rate hikes in (most of) 2022, 2023 started with lower capital market rates. This translated into positive returns on government and other bonds in January. In February, the picture turned back to higher capital market rates, and hence negative bond returns.
Download15 March 2022 | 1 min. readingtime
30 May 2022 | 1 min. readingtime
Disappointing economic growth and skyrocketing prices: 2022 looks set to be a typical “stagflation” year.
06 July 2022 | 1 min. readingtime
Across the board, financial markets continued the negative trend of recent months in June, and once again no asset class escaped the slump. This makes the first half of 2022 one of the worst first half of the past 50 years for financial markets.