GMO excludes China; Diversity is rushing to the exit; What is a boutique? Pictet is thinking about families; Sands Capital likes software; JP Morgan’s tech spend; Defense VCs spending and much more.

GMO excludes China; Diversity is rushing to the exit; What is a boutique? Pictet is thinking about families; Sands Capital likes software; JP Morgan’s tech spend; Defense VCs spending and much more.
There will be more rate cuts outside of the US which should support financial assets, according to the firm’s Asia CIO.
Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin warned that every 5% increase in tariffs reduces S&P 500 earnings per share by 1-2%.
Foxy currency trades; Vanguard takes out the slasher; Tariff predictions in a glass darkly; China’s electric cars; The rise of the robots; Geopolitics and war; The annual Superbowl and much more.
A Natixis report on global financial institutions found that there is a consensus overweight to US equities going into 2025.
The Swiss private bank is bearish on longer duration bonds and credit.
The world’s largest asset manager is pro-risk going into 2025 but its strategists warn there are three factors that would change this view.
Lombard Odier CIO Michael Strobaek sticks with the firm’s overweight to US equities going into 2025.
An underappreciated risk to growth is the potential escalation of a trade war, depending on global reactions to US tariffs, warns Amundi’s Mahmood Pradhan.
Granny gets a shot; Capital Group on Trump trades; Neuberger Berman’s opinion; The enduring wisdom of abrdn’s Hugh Young; Things that make one go Hmmm; M&G’s bike, and much more.
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