There are key differences between the high valuations of tech stocks in 2000 and today, argues Alexandre Mouthon, Geneva-based senior product specialist for thematic equities at Pictet Asset Management.

There are key differences between the high valuations of tech stocks in 2000 and today, argues Alexandre Mouthon, Geneva-based senior product specialist for thematic equities at Pictet Asset Management.
Looking beneath the surface and anticipating factors that will affect markets in the future are at the core of Pictet’s multi-asset team’s investment strategy, says senior investment manager Andrew Cole.
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Pictet Security Fund senior product specialist Alexandre Mouthon sees the promising IT security space as highly fragmented, with more M&A on the horizon.
The expensive valuations of US equities have made Luca Paolini, Pictet Asset Management’s London-based chief strategist, urge investors to be very cautious.
The firm’s robotics-themed fund is tied to cyclicality and capex spending, which is linked to a country’s economic health, according to Peter Lingen, Pictet Asset Management’s Geneva-based senior manager for thematic equities.
The firm has launched a multi-asset income fund and has high expectations for emerging Asia equities over the next five years.
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The local currency emerging market debt is currently having an “exceptionally long period of underperformance”, according to Simon Lue-Fong, Pictet AM’s head of emerging market debt.
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