M&A pick up César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. THE WEEK IN REVIEW Financial markets were rattled last week by inflation data that seemed to bury any hope of a near-term rate cut in the US. But Q1 results, especially from major…

Below you will find a new commentary by Xiao Cui, Senior Economist Pictet Wealth Management, on the FED. We expect a hawkish hold at the FOMC this week. Chair Powell is likely to note it would take longer than expected to achieve confidence needed to cut rates and…

Story of the month INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND AI For a long time, the equity market environment was characterized by uncertainty and concerns about the future economic development. However, the danger of an imminent recession seemed to have been averted recently. Now that the equity markets…

Below you will find a new comment from Xiao Cui, Senior Economist, at Pictet Wealth Management, following today’s US GDP report. Real GDP in Q1 came in below all forecasts on BBG, slowing to 1.6% QoQ annualized (vs. consensus of 2.5%) from 3.4% in Q4. However, stripping…