Expert opinion

Today Istat have released the new estimate of Italian GDP. Here the comment of analyst team ING and its forecasts for the italian economy.

Switzerland’s economy unexpectedly accelerated, while exports showed signs of resilience in 2015, despite a strong Swiss Franc, migrant crisis and adverse external environment undermined the country’s performance. The Swiss economy expanded 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015, supported by consumption expenditure from private households and the public sector, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.

Does the US investment-grade credit market, in bear territory for nearly two years, finally offer more reward than risk of a larger default cycle?

Swiss GDP numbers came out significantly better than economist’s had anticipated. Swiss exports which rose 3.9% QoQ and 9.5% YoY is the main driver for the beat. The fact the EURCHF gravitated between 1.07 and 1.0950 and USDCHF traded close to parity during that period may have given the Swiss economy some respite.

An analysis by Fida about the fund market in Switzerland and in Italy, through five main questions

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Brazil’s issuer and bond ratings to Ba2 and changed the outlook to negative.

Many different factors together are creating a situation that is extremely prone to crisis. Here an analysis of these factors and some suggestions how to manage it from Swiss Financial Consulting

In January 2016, the EU passenger car market started the year positively, marking the 29th consecutive month of growth. Registrations during the month grew (+6.2%) compared to January 2015, totalling […]