The Federal Reserve kept rates on yesterday and Fed Chair Powell repeated several times that the central bank was “in no hurry” to adjust its policy stance, seemingly also ruling out a cut at its next meeting in March. The meeting was further conf...

By Elodie CHRZANOWSKI, Deputy Head of Credit Analysis, Crédit Mutuel Asset Management Crédit Mutuel Asset Management is an asset management company of Groupe La Française, the holding company of the asset management business line of Credit Mutu...

The final quarter of last year once again demonstrated the immense impact of US politics on global financial markets. In just three months, European equity investors could have achieved an additional return of almost 15% by investing across the At...

What happened? U.S. tech sold off on Monday as investors focused on the implications of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest model that rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4's performance, said to have been achieved at a fraction of the cost. In particular, t...

Market outlook: convertible bonds and high yield continue to shine in early 2025 If the economic backdrop seen in Q4 persists into Q1 2025, then it is logical for investors to continue to focus on the risk-on bond exposures that performed well in...

By François Rimeu, Senior Market Strategist, Crédit Mutuel Asset Management Unless there is a surprise, the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut the key interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) during its meeting on Thursday, January...