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Major American financial institutions such as JPMorgan, Citigroup or Goldman Sachs will kick off the quarterly earnings season today. US stocks rose initially yesterday following a lower-than-expected increase in US producer prices, suggesting easing inflation pressures. Besides the corporate...

15 January 2025

Equity indices in the US and across Europe declined at the beginning of the week after yields climbed to multi-month highs and concerns grew that the Federal Reserve would proceed with caution when it comes to further interest rate cuts. In New York and in Asia, tech stocks continued to weigh...

Stocks tumbled at the end of last week as Treasury yields spiked on a stronger-than-expected US labour market report that lowered the probability of interest rate cuts by the Fed in March. Asia-Pacific markets trade lower on Monday. This week, markets will closely monitor key earnings releases,...

Donald Trump setzt auch in seiner zweiten Amtszeit auf Handelszölle.

Philipp Lisibach, Head of Research & Strategy Europe at LGT Private Banking, and James Davis, political scientist at the University of St. Gallen, discuss Trump's motives for raising trade tariffs - and whether his strategy could actually work. They also explain the implications for trading...

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In a scene from the iconic 1967 movie The Graduate, an older man offers career advice to an aimless new college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman: "One word: Plastics. There's a great future in plastics."

14 January 2025

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As visitor numbers rise, the economic benefits of tourism could well be outweighed by the industry's negative environmental impacts. The challenge for policymakers and industry leaders is to present sustainable alternatives that attract the next generation of tourists while preserving the...

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Air is free , but clean air costs - a lot. We sat down with former central banker Mark Carney to get his take on financing the net-zero transition, and the vast benefits ahead if we can get it right.

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These were the stories that struck a chord with our readers in 2024: from Warren Buffett's secret to success, to innovations making superfoods like avocados more sustainable, to the rise of robots in renewable energy.

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Corporate earnings season kicks off and markets await US inflation data

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