Article from Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist @ Key Family Partners Biden is Out - Wide open US Elections President Biden is dropping out of the presidential race - better late than never. Yet still, geopolitics remain dominated by nationalism, protectionism and populism. And sadly, the highly...
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Article from Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners Geopolitics - The Paradigm Shift to National Security The Washington Spring Meetings 2024 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) were strong testimony that the national security agendas have taken the...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners Commonalities between Ukraine, Credit Suisse and Nvidia What do Russia’s military invasion, the collapse of Credit Suisse and Nvidia’s artificial intelligence boom have in common? They all share a slow development at the beginning, then an...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Israel’s Shock and ReactionOn October 7th 2023 Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel shook the world. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has escalated ever since. Any mass terrorist attack should be named and condemned!...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Having entered Q4 2023 the signs indicating more capital market turmoil are written all over the wall - interest rates are up, equities are down, credit spreads are widening and the US Dollar is...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Veni Vidi Vici - UBS’ Clear-Eyed Take-Over and Swift Integration of Credit Suisse The Latin phrase Veni Vidi Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) can be attributed to the classic warfare e.g. Roman emperor...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Meandering Between Nationalism and Democratic Capitalism What links hidden Chinese youth unemployment and major property defaults to Russia’s capital controls and the crumbling Ruble and the IMF bridge loan to serial sovereign defaulter Argentina?Two reasons...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Geopolitics - The West Prevails Russia’s unlawful and unacceptable overthrow of Europe’s post WW ll security order and the strategic confrontation between China and the US are permanently changing the geopolitical landscape and the economic...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SAPreserve and Perform - Active Management is King Great prosperity and fortunes can be created (and lost) - just remember the transformative 1930s, 1970s and 1990s! Geopolitics - Politics Trump Economics and BusinessEver since Russia’s unlawful...
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Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Geopolitics - The Dawn of a new EraEver since Russia’s unlawful and unprovoked military invasion of sovereign and independent Ukraine in early 2022, the economic globalization as we knew it, and peace dividend since...
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