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Macroeconomics

<ul><li>After four difficult months for markets, May is not going very well too. At least for equity investors.</li><li>On Friday, the S&amp;P 500 has been even in bear market for a couple of hours, before to jump in the last final hour.</li><li>What is scaring investors in such a big way? There are several factors, but the newest one is the fear of an incoming global “recession”, as you can even see from the monthly Fund Manager Survey from BofA.</li></ul>

After four difficult months for markets, May is not going very well too. At least for equity investors.On Friday, the S&amp;P 500 has been even in bear market for a couple of hours, before to jump in the last final hour.What is scaring investors in such a big way? There are several factors, but the newest one is the fear of an incoming global “recession”, as you can even see from the monthly Fund Manager Survey from BofA.

Investors fearful of a possible recession

<ul><li>After almost 2 years of rising stock prices, and falling yields, 2022 started in a frustrating way.</li><li><p>Most of the equity indices are negative YTD, and after the big fall in the first 3 weeks of the year, the reaction has been weak. Indeed many indices have been flat in the last weeks.</p></li><li><p>Of course markets are now focused on 3 main themes: earnings, inflation and geopolitics.</p></li></ul>

After almost 2 years of rising stock prices, and falling yields, 2022 started in a frustrating way.Most of the equity indices are negative YTD, and after the big fall in the first 3 weeks of the year, the reaction has been weak. Indeed many indices have been flat in the last weeks.Of course markets are now focused on 3 main themes: earnings, inflation and geopolitics.

Hong Kong

The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The components of the index are divided into four subindices: Commerce and Industry, Finance, Utilities, and Properties. The index was developed with a base level of 100 as of July 31, 1964.

Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)

Investors fearful of a possible recession

What is scaring investors in such a big way? There are several factors, but the newest one is the fear of an incoming global “recession”

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A frustrating month for markets

After almost 2 years of rising stock prices, and falling yields, 2022 started in a frustrating way. Most of the equity indices are negative YTD,...

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