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Read MoreUS Economy US Economic Outlook US Debt Issues S&P 500 Consensus Outlook Volatility Technical Picture 2025 Wish List
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Read More• US Economy • US Financial Conditions • US Employment • US Consumer • Fed Balance Sheet • Berkshire Hathaway • All-Time Record
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Read MoreUS Recession Company Earnings Cash & Interest Real Rates Valuations Technical Picture 2023 After All 2024 Wish List
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Read MoreBottoming Out Company Earnings Real Yields Summer Emerging Markets Technical Picture
Read MoreUS Investor Confidence Market Volatility US Valuations Interest Rates US Election Second Half of Year Performance Investing in Japan Technical Picture
Read MoreUS Employment Market Recovery Consumer Comfort Interest Rate Effects US Recession Technical Picture
Read MoreRecession Risk Reporting Season Growth To Value Rotation Volatility Dollar Value Technical Picture
Read MoreEconomic Outlook US Employment Interest Rates FED Task Bank Signals Technical Picture
Read MoreUS Recession US Household Finances Risk of a US Housing Crisis China Technical Picture
Read MoreUS Inflation The FED's Task Company Earnings Bond Market Emerging Valuations Technical Picture
Read MoreEarnings Expectations Bear Market Picture US Inflation Recession Warnings Fed Tightening 2022 After All 2023 Wish List
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Read More"When it is dark enough you can see the stars” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform” - Homer Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know” - Louis Armstrong Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Let's not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness” - James Grover Thurber Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equi…
Read More"We are made strong by what we overcome” - John Burroughs Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” - Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"A good decision is based on knowledge, not on numbers.” - Plato Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"May you live all the days of your life.” - Jonathan Swift Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” - Vincent Van Gogh Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Pers…
Read More"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” - Leonardo da Vinci Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” - Socrates Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” - William James Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"To see things in the seed, that is genius .” - Lao Tzu Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed .” - Michael Jordan Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspe…
Read More“I have just three things to teach you - simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures .” - Lay Tzu Read Fund Manager Gerr…
Read More“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” - Eugene Ionesco Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More“I don’t have opinions about things I know nothing about.” - Prins Philip Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Out of difficulties grow miracles." - Jean de la Bruyère Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent van Gogh Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspect…
Read More"It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts" - Earl Weaver Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than loyalty." - Marcus Tullius Cicero Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectiv…
Read More"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global…
Read MoreStorms make the oak grow deeper roots.” - George Herbert Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Do the best until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspec…
Read More"It is always the simple that produce the marvelous." - Amelia Huddleston Barr Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Oprah Winfrey Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Per…
Read More"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." - Jimmy Johnson Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspec…
Read More“You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.” - Juan Gris Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More“The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.” - George Savile Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read More“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” – Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective
Read MoreUS institutional investor confidence is currently at historic low levels, two standard deviations away from the average.
Read More“One cannot develop an effective philosophy without having been exposed to life’s lessons.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Globa…
Read More“Well bought is half sold.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.
Read More“You can’t predict. You can prepare.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.
Read More“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” - Aristotle Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.
Read MoreContrary to earlier hopes, coronavirus is spreading through the world with infections now on all continents.
Read More“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” Socrates Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives
Read More“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain” Aristotle Even though industrial production makes up less than a fifth of the US ec…
Read More“The more I live, the more I regret how little I know” Claude Monet We monitor several indices reflecting general capital market conditions. Each one …
Read More“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.” Albert Einstein Investors start a new calendar year with a theme of …
Read More“He who in contented is rich.” Laozi With the volatile US stock market, it is prudent to continue closely monitoring its economic fundamental outlook …
Read More“It’s not that I am so smart, I just stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein It is our impression that we would need a relatively high probability…
Read More“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein The weak stock market performance over the past few weeks has b…
Read More“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience.” Adam Smith We continue to believe that the mo…
Read MoreGLOBAL MARKETS: The most important issue for the global capital markets remains the health of the US economy.
Read More“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.” David Bowie Somewhat surprisingly the end of July reading for the leading economic indicator ticke…
Read More“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.” Seneca US ECONOMY: We keep monitoring US economic indicators to form an opinion of the le…
Read More“He who is brave is free.” Seneca Most leading US economic indicators are currently at historically elevated levels, with some seemingly in a process …
Read MoreInvestors are reflecting on a combination of potent recent geopolitical events. The G7 summit ended in acrimony, the Singapore summit seems to hold pr…
Read More“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca the Younger
Read More“There are more things that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.” Seneca the Younger
Read MoreIt is useful to constantly follow economic indicators to assess whether the fundamental economic outlook stays constructive.
Read More“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” - Socrates Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives
Read More“To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.” - Lao Tzu Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives
Read More“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” - Laozi Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Pe…
Read More“Integrity is the essence of everything successful.” - R Buckminster Fuller The Institute of Supply Management PMI Indices provide valuable informatio…
Read More“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.” Laozi The most important strategic issue for world capital…
Read More“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” Leonardo da Vinci The US yield curve has made it to our front-page for the first time. Angst aroun…
Read More“The truth is more important than the facts.” Frank Lloyd Wright Rolling annual GDP growth remains at the long-term average despite the second quarter…
Read More“Things are never clear until it’s too late.” Peter Lynch Average consensus expectations of +2.1% GDP growth were handsomely exceeded at +3.2%. This b…
Read More“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” John F. Kennedy The leading index’s growth continues at the previous mo…
Read More“You will be much more in control, if you realise how much you are not in control.” Benjamin Graham The Activity Index is still growing at a healthy …
Read More“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard We follow various US sentiment indices to better understand …
Read More“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right.” Henry Ford With the strong US economy consumption still makes up 69.4% of their GD…
Read More“The essence of portfolio management is the management of risks, not the management of returns.” Benjamin Graham Whilst the growth in the leading econ…
Read More“Only the mediocre are always at their best” Jean Giraudoux Equity markets have been spooked a few times in the recent past by fears for potentially s…
Read More“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient” Warren Buffett The combination of the Conference Board’s index of ten …
Read More“It’s not the mountain that we conquer but ourselves” Sir Edmund Percival Hillary We often start our note with a chart of a leading economic indicator…
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* Financial investments are bank assets (demand or time deposits), fiduciary assets, securities (including collective investment schemes and structured products), derivatives, precious metals as well as life insurances with a replacement value.
* Direct investments in real estate and claims from social insurances (including claims from the 2. and 3. Pillar), are not considered financial investments.
* The confirmation of financial investments has to be submitted no later than the time the collective investment scheme is offered and distributed.
* The advertiser or provider of the collective investment scheme must review the existence of the required financial investments if there are doubts as to whether the person qualifies as a high-net-worth individual.
* A written confirmation is not necessary if the required financial investments are deposited at the bank or the securities dealer who is also offering or distributing the collective investment scheme.
Private investment vehicles which have been set up for private persons can be treated like high-net-worth individuals as long as they hold net investments of over 2 million Swiss francs.
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All investments risk the loss of capital. The value of investments may go down as well as up and, for products designed to return income, the distributions can also go down or up and you may not receive back the full value of your initial investment. No guarantee or representation is made that the funds will achieve their investment objective. The material on this site does not constitute legal, tax, or advice on investments. If you are unsure about whether a fund meets your requirements, then you should seek professional financial advice before investing. This information is not directed at any US person or any person in the US and the information does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell shares or units in any Stonehage Fleming fund to any US person or to any person in the US.
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All investments risk the loss of capital. The value of investments may go down as well as up and, for products designed to return income, the distributions can also go down or up and you may not receive back the full value of your initial investment. No guarantee or representation is made that the funds will achieve their investment objective. The material on this site does not constitute legal, tax, or advice on investments. If you are unsure about whether a fund meets your requirements, then you should seek professional financial advice before investing.
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All investments risk the loss of capital. The value of investments may go down as well as up and, for products designed to return income, the distributions can also go down or up and you may not receive back the full value of your initial investment. No guarantee or representation is made that the funds will achieve their investment objective. The material on this site does not constitute legal, tax, or advice on investments. If you are unsure about whether a fund meets your requirements, then you should seek professional financial advice before investing. This information is not directed at any US person or any person in the US and the information does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell shares or units in any Stonehage Fleming fund to any US person or to any person in the US.
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