{"investmentThemes":[{"year":2026,"articles":[{"summary":"A special event will be held in the \u201cPalacete Virtvs\u201d in the heart of Lisbon on 21 April, when the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) holds a reception in the 19th century neoclassical building. This will give guests an opportunity to look back on the first day of the ICSG\u2019s spring conference. There will be no shortage of things for the representatives from politics and the mining industry to talk about, given that the global copper market is once again exposed to extreme influences. Hardly had the turmoil caused by trade policy in general, and the tariff dispute between the USA and China in particular, begun to subside than the war in the Middle East threw up new concerns.","urlTitle":"etp-copper","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/affb2567-57db-4538-9339-9888e072f736/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-03-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Copper: an indispensable metal","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/affb2567-57db-4538-9339-9888e072f736/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Once again the world is looking with alarm towards the Middle East. On the morning of 28 February, Israel and the USA launched an assault on Iran. The attacks cost the lives of the spiritual leader, Ali Khameini, and other high-ranking politicians and military commanders of the country. Iran responded with rocket and drone attacks on Israel and other states in the region. Tehran simultaneously threatened to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. This brought an eye of the needle of the global economy into focus. Ships transit this narrow waterway between Iran and Oman from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and from there to the open ocean.","urlTitle":"brent-oil-shares","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55ed9c36-ac3e-4a08-be67-74a25b8d61fa/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-03-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil market: swollen risk premiums","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55ed9c36-ac3e-4a08-be67-74a25b8d61fa/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The moment when share prices last came under serious pressure was nothing like a classic \u201cshock\u201d in the old sense: no profit warning, no geopolitical upheaval, no sudden interest rate stimulus. Rather, it was the release of a tool. A new plug-in from the ecosystem of Claude, the language model of the US group Anthropic, gave an impressive demonstration of the abilities that large language models now offer.","urlTitle":"ai-volatility","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/42a69f12-f6eb-49b0-906d-2fc7b01d3d1f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-02-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"AI shock: Industries in disarray","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/42a69f12-f6eb-49b0-906d-2fc7b01d3d1f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\u201cAaaaand \u2026. breathe\u201d \u2013 that could be the motto after the first five full weeks of the 2026 stock market year. All asset classes have seen sometimes sizeable movements since the turn of the year. Once again, Donald Trump provoked alarm in the world and capital markets. In particular, the US president\u2019s appearance at WEF 2026 in Davos caused shock waves. Although he tried to de-escalate the dispute about Greenland when in Graubünden, the grab for the polar island, combined with recent tariff threats, attacks on the Fed and the rapid growth of the US debt mountain, have shaken confidence in the superpower. The \u201ccollateral damage\u201d can be seen firstly in the movement of the US dollar.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-on-new-saw-smartadapt-portfolios","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/af6bc0e7-c924-4bd3-9c87-8e1b6922168d/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-02-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Turbulent stock markets: diversification is crucial","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/af6bc0e7-c924-4bd3-9c87-8e1b6922168d/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"On 7 November 2025, the USA added silver to its list of critical minerals. The resulting higher likelihood that America could introduce punitive tariffs or minimum prices in order to cover its own demand strengthened fears of a bottleneck on the silver market. The decision led to a correspondingly sharp reaction, with the price of silver having appreciated by almost 130% in the almost three months since then. The precious metal was a scarce commodity even before the rally. \u201cThe silver market is on course for a fifth successful structural market deficit,\u201d the Silver Institute (SI) stated at the end of November 2025.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-silver-hedged-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5b19ad5e-a6ad-45aa-80f0-641c2d6b1091/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-01-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Silver: Precious metals in new territory","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5b19ad5e-a6ad-45aa-80f0-641c2d6b1091/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has been in the spotlight again over recent days. The headlines painted the familiar picture of the billionaire: electrifying yet at the same time polarising. On the one hand xAI, his artificial intelligence firm, won plaudits for a successful funding round, while on the other Grok, the AI flagship, came under pressure due to fake images and inadequate quality control. The same is true for Musk\u2019s biggest baby, Tesla. The once dynamic growth of the maker of electric cars has gone into reverse, with Tesla posting a sharp 15.6% drop in sales in the final quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter the previous year.","urlTitle":"yieldetp-tsla","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7e817c37-de2d-47b1-a926-2de55ae129ce/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2026-01-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Tesla: Between euphoria and reality","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7e817c37-de2d-47b1-a926-2de55ae129ce/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2025,"articles":[{"summary":"In a few months it will be 60 years since the first landing on the moon. It was on 3 February 1966 that the Russian Luna 9 probe touched down on Earth's satellite. A short while later, it transmitted the first shots from the surface of the moon to the Earth. The then Soviet Union was unable to celebrate this triumph for long, however: just three years later, its traditional enemy achieved a manned landing, when US astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon on 21 July 1969.","urlTitle":"swissquote-space-economy-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55366e27-0438-4aab-94b0-1d854895c1d5/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-12-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Space Economy: Multi-Billion Dollar Race","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55366e27-0438-4aab-94b0-1d854895c1d5/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Nestlé, Novartis and Roche \u2013 this trio epitomises the Swiss economy like no other. This dominance has always been reflected in the composition of the Swiss Market Index, or SMI for short. Between them the three heavyweights make up almost 48% of the lead domestic index at the moment. That means the SMI is not the best representative of the Swiss equity market \u2013 and the editorial team of \u201cFinanz und Wirtschaft\u201d (FuW) have never made a secret of this assessment. However, the cluster risk posed by the Nestlé-Novartis-Roche triumvirate is not the only concern held by the editors of the biggest-selling business paper in Switzerland.","urlTitle":"fuw-swiss-50-index-2025","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/3e7866ac-b05e-4f6b-8ecf-8305bd6e5189/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-11-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"FuW Swiss 50 Index: The real representative","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/3e7866ac-b05e-4f6b-8ecf-8305bd6e5189/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\u201cMonopoly\u201d is turning 90. It was on 31 December 1935 that heating engineer Charles Darrow received the patent for his board game. In the nearly nine decades that have elapsed since then, more than a billion people have tried to buy as many streets, houses, waterworks and railway stations as possible, get the better of their competitors and triumph with a mountain of money. According to the game\u2019s manufacturer, Hasbro, there are more than 300 licensed versions of the timeless classic, which has long since also found its way into the world of mobile gaming. Just in time for the 90th birthday, Swissquote is borrowing the name of the game for an investment idea.","urlTitle":"swissquote-monopoly-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/829e9936-47a3-4df2-be9f-78471f2c7c31/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-11-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Monopolies/Oligopolies: Dominant in good times and bad","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/829e9936-47a3-4df2-be9f-78471f2c7c31/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Elton John is \u201ctouched by gold\u201d. In a film almost half an hour long, the British pop star offers an insight into his fascination for the precious metal. The programme covers the spectrum from the Gold Disc through the Oscar to the shiny gold outfit and the yellow metal built into the studio microphone. The World Gold Council (WGC) published the clip in mid-September, since when it has been viewed on YouTube nearly 9 million times. Strictly speaking, gold would never have needed such a lavishly produced advertising format: the price of the most important precious metal has been enjoying a historic rally, peaking at USD 4,381 per troy ounce on 20 October 2025.","urlTitle":"leonteq-junior-gold-miners-quality-and-momentum-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cc4b77e8-6602-4057-86a2-b09870d27916/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-10-31T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: a structural upward trend","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cc4b77e8-6602-4057-86a2-b09870d27916/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Manuel Schmedler, fund manager of the Hawk-Eye Index at Tareno AG, shares how years of market observation inspired a disciplined, pattern-based investment approach. By combining historical chart analysis, sentiment insights, and AI-driven evaluations, Hawk-Eye identifies opportunities while managing risk in a systematic, countercyclical way. Manuel Schmedler explains why flexibility and careful risk controls are key to navigating today\u2019s markets.","urlTitle":"hawk-eye-world-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f526c3da-143e-4ce4-8c6b-00c8eeeb8063/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-10-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Interview with Manuel Schmedler, Hawk-Eye Index fund manager","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f526c3da-143e-4ce4-8c6b-00c8eeeb8063/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Geneva, London, Stockholm: these three European cities were the scene of highly charged political negotiations in 2025, when they hosted delegations from the USA and China. Following initial talks in western Switzerland in May, representatives of the two superpowers came together in the British metropolis in June, where they agreed on a framework for future trade relations, particularly with regard to the issue of rare earths.","urlTitle":"swissquote-chinas-dragons-index-2025","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eeeb4af2-53ff-4942-b77c-65a7dee95a31/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-10-03T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"China: Comeback according to plan","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eeeb4af2-53ff-4942-b77c-65a7dee95a31/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Volatile markets, unpredictable geopolitical developments and fluctuating interest rates: given the plethora of events and real-time information these days, the requirements on investors are more complex than ever. The stock market day usually begins with a rollercoaster ride of headlines, uncertainty and the agonising question: Should I react now, or is it better to wait? That critical balance between \u201cseizing opportunities while at the same time protecting against unexpected risks\u201d can now be struck thanks to the new SaW SmartAdapt® portfolios. This is a professional, intelligent solution for investment that is now being opened to private investors for the first time.","urlTitle":"etp-on-SaW-SmartAdapt-portfolios","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/26fe0674-4c7d-495b-ab80-594df9576e82/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-09-19T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Investing professionally in turbulent times","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/26fe0674-4c7d-495b-ab80-594df9576e82/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The world of leveraged products is fast-moving, precise and full of possibility. Anyone wanting to have success here needs not only a feel for markets, but also the right access to products so that the opportunities can be seized efficiently. That is exactly where Leonteq comes in: the specialist in structured products entered the world of leveraged instruments this year. The issuer has now sent another clear signal with the launch of more than 5,000 leveraged products, the majority of them warrants, on the BX Swiss. This opens up a new dimension in diversity, transparency and tradeability that offers investors the chance to take advantage of market fluctuations and turn even the smallest movements into prospective gains.","urlTitle":"leveraged-products-six-bxswiss","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f32133f1-e850-484d-8e65-c727db1c5add/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-09-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"A new dimension in warrant trading","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f32133f1-e850-484d-8e65-c727db1c5add/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Worries about currency depreciation are as old as money itself. Whether people use coins, notes or bank transfers to meet their obligations, they are and have always been dependent on the business partner trusting in the countervalue. The modern monetary system is based on fiat money, a term derived from the Latin \u201cfiat\u201d, which essentially means \u201clet it be, let it become, let it come into being\u201d. As the name suggests, our money is more or less created out of nothing \u2013 it has no countervalue. It is up to states, or their central banks, to ensure stability. Institutions such as the Swiss National Bank, the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve do their utmost to accomplish this task.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-adaptivv-bitcoin-gold-etf-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55b00036-60ab-473b-a054-3603f2515775/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-08-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin/Gold: a duo with a future","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/55b00036-60ab-473b-a054-3603f2515775/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Magnets are part and parcel of everyday life. Everyone knows the way they can be used to attach notes to pinboards. Magnetism has a much greater and more important significance in technology. It is just as essential for electric motors as it is for wind turbines and many electronic articles. The effectiveness of a magnet depends to a large extent on the energy density of the metal used. This is the context that makes neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) a commodity of the moment. It belongs to the group known as rare earths.","urlTitle":"swissquote-rare-earth-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a295c3a0-2d05-4368-9eab-fd852d4f01e9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-08-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Rare Earths: Hot Property","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a295c3a0-2d05-4368-9eab-fd852d4f01e9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It was a historic moment in the Hague on 25 June 2025, when the representatives of NATO member states, meeting in the Dutch city on the North Sea coast, agreed to increase defence spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) with a view to \u201cdefence and deterrence\u201d. The transatlantic alliance would like to achieve the new target in ten years at most. The plan represents a significant increase compared with present expenditure, which currently averages 2.61% of GDP. One consequence of this is that significantly more money will flow into armaments as well as defence and security-related areas such as the protection of critical infrastructure and cyberspace.","urlTitle":"swissquote-global-defense-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/34193f51-d08a-42cd-b243-88f76a4d5981/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-07-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Defence: Dawn of a new age","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/34193f51-d08a-42cd-b243-88f76a4d5981/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the march. Around the world, applications such as ChatGPT are rapidly entering human consciousness. The USA could be called the epicentre of this mega-trend, and not just because US companies from the AI sector are causing a stir on the stock markets. This is particularly true of Nvidia: the capitalisation of the high-tech group specialising in semiconductors is heading towards the sound barrier of USDtn 4. Nvidia's share price has almost quadrupled within just four years. The dominant position enjoyed by the USA is also evident from a glance at the capacities of data centres.","urlTitle":"energy-companies","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2612a75f-bafc-4c0d-bc17-2e8321bece45/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-07-11T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Energy: no power without AI","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2612a75f-bafc-4c0d-bc17-2e8321bece45/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In an increasingly complex world, technological progress, demographic change and geopolitical uncertainty are changing the economic parameters to an ever greater extent. In this dynamic environment, many investors would like to see rather more stability. The solution could lie in companies which perform basic services such as energy, logistics and resource management and are therefore of critical importance for the functioning of society. As the backbone of a modern economy, they have not only a fundamental robustness, but also long-term growth prospects.","urlTitle":"swissquote-vital-infrastructure-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/272ed454-87bd-4b5a-b8e2-2f33a634ae81/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-06-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Infrastructure on the rise","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/272ed454-87bd-4b5a-b8e2-2f33a634ae81/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The 8th of July 2025 should actually have been rather a quiet day on the stock market. Even the normally hectic Wall Street is expecting only a few economic indicators, while there is likely to be little news from companies either, shortly before the start of the reporting season. Nevertheless, the day could turn out to be a turbulent one, because 8 July marks the end of the 90 days for which the USA had suspended the tariffs it had previously announced against many trading partners. The grace period has been running since 9 April, a week after president Donald Trump delivered the sweeping blow to trade policy.","urlTitle":"precious-metals","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/354c031d-e4e7-46ea-9607-7a966a5f4844/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-06-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Precious metals: under the spell of the tariff countdown","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/354c031d-e4e7-46ea-9607-7a966a5f4844/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The Catholic Church has a new leader. On 8 May 2025, Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope at the conclave held in Rome. For his new office the American took the name Leo XIV. Leo XIV devoted his first few appearances to the issue of social injustice as well as to international trouble spots. He even offered the Vatican as a possible location for peace negotiations in the war between Russia and Ukraine. There is no question that the change at the top of the Catholic Church has brought faith and religion further into the focus of global attention.","urlTitle":"etp-bountiful-enhancing-the-common-good-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/673312c5-59f6-4d46-a764-2634b4449870/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-05-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Faith and religion: guiding principles for asset management","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/673312c5-59f6-4d46-a764-2634b4449870/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Donald Trump seems to have found a new favourite enemy. The US president has been laying into Jerome Powell for weeks, with Trump demanding that the boss of the US central bank lower interest rates. He has called the top currency guardian of the United States a \u201closer\u201d or \u201cMr Too Late\u201d. On 8 May the Republican put more wood on the fire: \u201cJerome Powell is a fool who doesn\u2019t have a clue\u201d, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. That was his response to the decision taken by the Fed the day before to keep the base rate unchanged in the 4.25% to 4.50% range.","urlTitle":"gold-mining","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2f20b011-4bf4-4782-88c5-8e643cc83e30/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-05-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: time for the safe haven","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2f20b011-4bf4-4782-88c5-8e643cc83e30/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\u201cSpring makes all things new,\u201d goes an old folk saying. It normally refers to the changes that occur in nature and life in general. The capital markets also often go in for a spot of spring-cleaning, as it were, when investors get rid of clutter and create space for fresh ideas. Similarly, professional index operators like to upgrade their portfolios as well. It is always in May, for instance, that the editorial team of the respected business paper \u201cFinanz und Wirtschaft\u201d adjust the FuW Swiss 50 Index, which they launched at the end of 2022, to the current market situation.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-on-fuw-swiss-50-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f15bd931-1275-457c-ab41-27091c038f44/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-05-02T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Fresh wind for the Swiss equity market","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f15bd931-1275-457c-ab41-27091c038f44/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Many people head off on holiday over the Easter weekend. Whether at railway stations, in airports or on the roads, the first wave of travellers is coming. Given the rather hectic situation of the world at the moment, this breather is coming at just the right time. That is also and especially true for people who are active on the capital markets, which in the last few weeks have set a pectic pace not seen for a long time.","urlTitle":"listed-leverage-products","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/870ffbf9-1952-471b-8184-04ee84d062b4/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-04-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Global stock markets: time for a breather","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/870ffbf9-1952-471b-8184-04ee84d062b4/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Donald Trump is serious: the USA wants to levy additional tariffs of 25% on the price of every imported car. \u201cThey will go into effect April 2, we start collecting April 3,\u201d the US president said when signing the relevant order. At the same time he repeated the accusation that the United States was being ripped off, the piggy bank that other countries were stealing from. \u201cIt\u2019s the start of liberation day in America\u201d, Trump enthused. Not only are the new charges intended to flush billions into government coffers and thereby help to reduce taxes and pay off debt, but the Republican is also predicting a rosy future for US industry.","urlTitle":"shark-note-us-share-indices","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e0e18946-01fd-4d1c-9afc-05c86d1c75fc/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-04-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"USA: Has the Trump put run its course?","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e0e18946-01fd-4d1c-9afc-05c86d1c75fc/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"PCs, smartphones and tablets are nothing unusual these days. Indeed, they could now even be classified as everyday essentials. This has taken many years and even more development stages. It all started back in the 19th century with the invention of punched cards, which laid the foundation for data storage. Then, in 1948, the pioneer IBM produced the first modern computer, the IBM 604, with the aid of a punched card system. In the following decades computer systems were improved to such an extent that a second world was created: the digital world. Even so, the evolution in calculating machines has not by any means come to an end.","urlTitle":"swissquote-quantum-computing-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b69d5a87-aa48-42fe-aa7e-5ea0342d3f32/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-03-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"\u201cQubits\u201d: A revolution in data processing","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b69d5a87-aa48-42fe-aa7e-5ea0342d3f32/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Time flies: already, two months of the 2025 stock market year have gone by. A look at performance to date should leave one or two investors rubbing their eyes in disbelief, for European equities are the measure of all things. The broad-based STOXX Europe 600 Index is trading at a good tenth above its closing level in 2024. Over the same period the S&P 500 Index has climbed by just 1.2%. In the first few weeks of 2025, then, the old continent has delivered its strongest outperformance relative to Wall Street for a decade.","urlTitle":"europe-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a5fa64c6-e2bc-49a4-850d-a4aad2906cb9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-03-07T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Europe: the old continent is waking up","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a5fa64c6-e2bc-49a4-850d-a4aad2906cb9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In the USA the 119th Congress constituted itself on 3 January this year. The legislative body of the United States of America, it is based in the some 200-year-old Capital building in Washington. The first Congress was established rather earlier, when the US constitution came into effect on 4 March 1789, and comprises two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. While the Senate has 100 members, each of whom is elected for a six-year term by eligible voters in their state, the House of Representatives consists of 435 delegates, who are considered for re-election every two years. Although US politicians in Congress are without exception busy with lawmaking and oversight of the executive, some of them also seem to be doing well on the stock market.","urlTitle":"swissquote-us-congressional-trader-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/abf8b60a-cd7b-42e8-944b-60f794b8fc2e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-02-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"US politicians: Valuable \u201csixth sense\u201d","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/abf8b60a-cd7b-42e8-944b-60f794b8fc2e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"There is plenty of activity on the European banking scene at the moment. Take the game of poker around Commerzbank, for instance: the German government wants out, the Italian big bank Unicredit in. On the subject of Italy, a series of consolidations is already in full swing in the southern European country. Local colossus Unicredit, for example, is offering EURbn 10 for the smaller Banco BPM and has also just bought more than 4% of the shares in the insurer Generali.","urlTitle":"bank-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/09d0de33-7aaa-49f3-9c0c-c8527e553ad9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-02-07T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Banks: Wave of takeovers rolling in","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/09d0de33-7aaa-49f3-9c0c-c8527e553ad9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In the fight against cancer the industry is constantly on the hunt for the next game changer. mRNA could be one such. This was the technology that enabled researchers in the coronavirus pandemic to manufacture a vaccine against the virus within a very short period of time. The leading companies in this sector, such as BioNTech and Moderna, have now also set out to find mRNA vaccines against cancer. There are many products already in the pipeline now, and some could be approved before the end of this year.","urlTitle":"swissquote-cancer-fighters-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/70b2db40-2788-48e0-864a-dcaf1d675993/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-01-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oncology: revolutionary progress","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/70b2db40-2788-48e0-864a-dcaf1d675993/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"At the start of December 2024 Bitcoin cracked the USD 100,000 barrier for the first time in the good 16 years since its launch. While the crypto currency was ultimately unable to end the year in six-figure territory, the value of the largest and oldest cyber currency has more than doubled over the last twelve months. Alongside the licensing of the first listed spot Bitcoin ETFs in the USA, it was also Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the US presidential elections that attracted buyers to the crypto market in 2024.","urlTitle":"swissquote-blockchain-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6cdf2ca0-7e2e-4b0c-98e3-e2175c708e6f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2025-01-10T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Blockchain on the march","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6cdf2ca0-7e2e-4b0c-98e3-e2175c708e6f/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2024,"articles":[{"summary":"A good three weeks ahead of the New Year, the crypto market is already seeing fireworks, with Bitcoin cracking the magical USD 100,000 barrier for the first time on 5 December in the course of a tremendous rally. The ascent into the six-figure range was triggered in particular by the election of Donald Trump as the next US president. Regarded as a friend of Bitcoin, the new man in the White House is bearing this out by gathering like-minded people around him. Having first nominated the crypto-friendly Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, a few days ago the president-elect then announced he had appointed Paul Atkins to head up the SEC, the securities and exchange commission. As co-chairman of the Token Alliance, a lobby group for the crypto industry, the 66-year-old has, among other things, helped to develop best practices for crypto issues and trading.","urlTitle":"leonteq-crypto-market-index-2024","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c93e8138-ba63-4620-b639-3668bcdd18d4/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-12-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Crypto assets: The champagne corks are popping","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c93e8138-ba63-4620-b639-3668bcdd18d4/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"From now on, many people will find it hard to get past the glittering lights, the smell of punch and raclette and the melodies of \u201cLast Christmas\u201d or \u201cJingle Bells\u201d \u2013 the Christmas markets have opened. Gold plays an important role on these occasions. The yellow metal doesn\u2019t just serve as a head-dress for the Christ Child, though: at Christmas it is also and especially in demand as a gift, whether in the form of rings, necklaces, bracelets, coins or bars. However, these presents have never been so expensive, with the price of gold having risen 29% so far this year.","urlTitle":"gold-etp-plus","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/71124bd9-e257-4de0-b5fb-0fbff8abbd4b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-11-29T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: Interesting - for that Christmas gift and the portfolio","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/71124bd9-e257-4de0-b5fb-0fbff8abbd4b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Lindt & Sprüngli doesn\u2019t actually have much in common with Galderma. The chocolate group can look back on a long tradition: it was 125 years ago that Sprüngli, founded as a small confectionery store in Zurich in 1845, took over the Berne chocolatier Rud. Lindt & Söhne. The merger of the two pioneers is regarded as the birth of what is now a global company, which has been listed on the Swiss stock exchange since 1986. Galderma, on the other hand, has been on the listings for just shy of eight months, the dermatology specialist making its début on the SIX on 22 March.","urlTitle":"fuw-swiss-50-index-rebalancing-2024","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0c5fbeeb-f01b-4ac9-b162-64f57dfc0cf6/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-11-15T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"FuW Swiss 50 Index: moving forward - with chocs and skincare","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0c5fbeeb-f01b-4ac9-b162-64f57dfc0cf6/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"On Thursday, 24 October, the who\u2019s who of the Swiss financial industry gathered within the historic walls of the NZZ Bellevue building in the heart of Zurich. The elite among issuers had been attracted there for the prize ceremony for the Swiss ETF Awards 2024, which honour top-ranking performances and innovations in the domestic ETF and ETP world as chosen by an independent jury. This year Leonteq once again picked up one of the highly prestigious awards.","urlTitle":"etp-adaptivv-bitcoin","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7ebbe1e0-c76b-4f98-b659-4930e180995f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-11-01T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Prize-winning investment solution","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7ebbe1e0-c76b-4f98-b659-4930e180995f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Chinese stocks are in rally mode for a second time already this year. The first phase lasted from the middle of January to the middle of May, with the market as a whole, as measured by the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, rising a proud 40% during this period. It was right at the start of the \u201cYear of the Dragon\u201d that the markets in the Far East plucked up their courage again. And with good reason...","urlTitle":"swissquote-chinas-dragons-index-2024","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6b1c5a8b-f133-4ebe-bb52-2f9025978474/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-10-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"China: Second upturn now under way","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6b1c5a8b-f133-4ebe-bb52-2f9025978474/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Few sectors enjoy greater attention than the automotive industry. That is particularly true in Germany, home to global marques such as BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Audi. The sector can look back on decades of success stretching as far back as the postwar period, when the type 1 Volkswagen, the VW Beetle, first rolled off the production lines in 1945.","urlTitle":"motor-industry","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/28af37dc-442c-4c15-b6a4-e31f740f5252/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-09-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Motor industry drifts off track","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/28af37dc-442c-4c15-b6a4-e31f740f5252/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"August 2024 left deep marks on the charts of many share indices. The SMI® was among those to reveal a striking V-shaped movement. On the first three trading days in August, the leading Swiss index shed up to 865 points, or around 7%. By the end of the month, though, the 20 large caps were priced about 100 ticks above the closing rate on 31 July. So what happened? One of the triggers for the global stock market correction was the dreaded \u201cR\u201d word, as the start of August brought fears of a recession in the USA.","urlTitle":"drop-back-note-smi","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9b5b994d-08df-40e7-aa16-a230a10f635b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-09-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Stock market outlook: tension at every level","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9b5b994d-08df-40e7-aa16-a230a10f635b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A lot of stockbrokers are early risers. To best prepare themselves for the day, they study the day\u2019s news, the latest research or Wall Street forecasts even before trading opens. The fresh inputs of investors, analysts and strategists are then discussed in telephone or video conferences or the morning in-person meetings, where managers seek to draw the right conclusions for the orientation of their portfolio. Not only has this \u201cmorning call\u201d become a fixture on the daily schedule of banks, research institutions and brokers, it has also long been a popular media format.","urlTitle":"bx-swiss-morningcall-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1586b85c-ea1a-45ce-b8b1-112cfde63a95/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-08-23T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"BX Swiss Morningcall Index: a bundle of promising investment ideas","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1586b85c-ea1a-45ce-b8b1-112cfde63a95/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Large caps have been all the rage on Wall Street for some considerable time already \u2013 first and foremost the famous \u201cmagnificent seven\u201d. They also had a major influence on the recent strong performance of the S&P 500, the blue chips index putting on a good third over the last two years. In 2023 alone this group were responsible for more than half of the share price gain. That is hardly surprising, given that the tech giants also drive the index's movement.","urlTitle":"equity-markets","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/648378e7-973d-44f0-9379-fa74e582a126/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-08-09T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Change of favourites on the equity markets","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/648378e7-973d-44f0-9379-fa74e582a126/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The decision on who will exercise what is probably the most important political office in the world for the next four years will be reached on 5 November. In the race for the US presidency, the candidates have just 15 more weeks to persuade the electorate to vote for them. So far, though, there is only one officially confirmed contender, the Republicans having recently nominated ex-president Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Joe Biden dropped a bombshell at the weekend, when the incumbent announced that he would not be running again for the Democrats.","urlTitle":"us-elections-2024","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5cce98cd-2bf7-40be-809e-002b7e554db2/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-07-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"US elections: two camps, many opportunities","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5cce98cd-2bf7-40be-809e-002b7e554db2/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"For a long time international investors regarded the Swiss equity market rather like the poor relation, with domestic blue chips lagging the EURO STOXX 50 by around 25 percentage points on a five-year view. The large conglomerates have picked up the pace over the last few weeks, however. Measured by the BX Swiss Top 30 Index, which has a rather broader basis than the classic SMI, Swiss stocks outperformed the EURO STOXX 50 by a respectable 5% over a period of three months.","urlTitle":"swiss-top-30","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5148b44b-b183-4d02-a41d-7e30b8c785eb/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-07-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Switzerland: An attractive investment target","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5148b44b-b183-4d02-a41d-7e30b8c785eb/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"On a map of the world, Switzerland is barely more than a dot. And yet this \u201cmidget\u201d manages to pack a powerful punch. Not only does it boast many world-leading positions in a range of industries, such as food and pharmaceuticals, but the Swiss National Bank also knows how to impose itself on the international stage. The SNB was, for instance, the first major central bank to change its interest rate cycle at the end of March, much to everyone's surprise, when the monetary authorities led by outgoing president Thomas Jordan cut the base rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.50%. In doing so the SNB underlined its pioneering role, having supplied the template for the first rate hike in June 2022.","urlTitle":"SMI-between-catchup-vacillating","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9269fd9a-0471-46f4-9ab0-395c3d70bc63/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-06-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"SMI: Between racing to catch up and vacillating","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9269fd9a-0471-46f4-9ab0-395c3d70bc63/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) is located in the centre of Lisbon. Twice a year, the organisation founded on the initiative of the United Nations (UN) in 1992 invites government and industry representatives and market players to the Portuguese metropolis. Alongside discussions about the situation on the global copper market, the ICSG utilises this opportunity to update its outlook, with a statistics committee scrutinising supply and demand closely. Following the meeting in early 2024, the ICSG has presented its latest forecast.","urlTitle":"copper-bonus-certificate","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c79c28f9-cb38-4c7a-b5cc-e11a76ce1222/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-06-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Copper: the raw material of the hour","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c79c28f9-cb38-4c7a-b5cc-e11a76ce1222/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Bronze, silver and gold \u2013 in less than two months, these three metals will be the centre of attention right across the world. We\u2019re talking, of course, of the Olympic Games in Paris, which will be held from 26 July to 11 August. A total of 5,084 medals will be awarded over these 17 days. The metal trio have been highly rated on commodities exchanges for some considerable time already \u2013 in the truest sense of the word. Just last week, for instance, gold hit a fresh record high, marking a climb of more than 17% since the start of the year.","urlTitle":"commodities-investments","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/74f85d41-5aed-47b1-b9ae-86dfd106fe9f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-05-31T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Commodities: A special kind of asset class","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/74f85d41-5aed-47b1-b9ae-86dfd106fe9f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It's pencilled in for the second quarter: that\u2019s when Ayun hopes to open Switzerland\u2019s first \u201cLongevity Day Clinic\u201d in Zurich. \u201cOur team of medical and health experts will help you understand your health and develop tailored strategies with you for a longer, healthier life,\u201d says the start-up on its website. It seeks to enable clients to recharge their batteries, strengthen their immune system and improve their resilience with the aid of cutting-edge diagnostics and scientifically validated treatments.","urlTitle":"longevity","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/088d32a6-e709-425b-a965-227eed3a7c93/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-05-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Longevity: seniors on the march","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/088d32a6-e709-425b-a965-227eed3a7c93/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"Risk of clustering\" is a rather unwieldy term. Appropriately, it has negative connotations in stock market jargon. The risk of clustering describes the concentration of a portfolio on a few securities, sectors, countries or currencies. This overweight can result in performance being distorted \u2013 conflicting with the approach of have the greatest possible diversification of capital. The SMI has always tended to go hand in hand with the risk of clustering, with the leading Swiss index being dominated by Nestlé, Novartis and Roche.","urlTitle":"fuw-swiss-50-rebalancing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/efac3182-337c-4d7c-b80d-7e07e42dc57f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-05-03T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"FuW Swiss 50 Index: Time for a s spring-clean","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/efac3182-337c-4d7c-b80d-7e07e42dc57f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Stock exchanges are in party mood, with equity markets around the world having been on a record run for some considerable time already. Speculation about interest rate cuts, the boom in AI and growth fantasies are causing all share prices to rise. All \u2013 really? No: in fact, a closer look at the SMI reveals that seven stocks \u2013 more than a third of the index components \u2013 are in negative territory when seen over one year, despite the positive performance overall.","urlTitle":"recovery-roche","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6ee6faaf-4e42-403f-8bbc-36747b33eb4c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-04-19T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Roche: Price slump an opportunity","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6ee6faaf-4e42-403f-8bbc-36747b33eb4c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Running, table tennis, boxing and games of skill \u2013 the list of contests pitting humans against machines is getting ever longer. Not long ago a two-legged robot of the Chinese company Unitree set a new record among humanoids with a speed of about 3.3 m/s. True, that\u2019s not a patch on how fast a human can go, but the rate of development is startling, given that \u201cH1\u201d only managed 1.5 m/s in December. Meanwhile, scientists at ETH Zurich have developed \u201cCyberRunner\u201d, a robot that can solve a marble maze game using artificial intelligence (AI).","urlTitle":"swissquote-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-index-update","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/df8efbf9-be15-48f7-9cb6-89deac7e398a/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-03-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Robots and AI: A powerful combination","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/df8efbf9-be15-48f7-9cb6-89deac7e398a/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"2024 could be the year of Bitcoin. There are various reasons for this. For one thing, in January the first exchange traded funds on the oldest cryptocurrency were finally licensed in the USA after more than a decade \u2013 it was in 2013 that the Winklevoss twins applied for the first spot Bitcoin ETF. For another, the halving \u2013 when the supply of Bitcoin is artificially reduced \u2013 is set to take place in April. Furthermore, the markets have been speculating about falls in interest rates for months already.","urlTitle":"bitcoin-etf-index-etpplus","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/8763dab9-21bd-43f2-a130-747283b3d3d7/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-03-07T14:26","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin \u2013 the asset of the hour","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/8763dab9-21bd-43f2-a130-747283b3d3d7/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It is not known how many investors have actually read the fairytale \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears\u201d. What is for sure is that this story once again serves as an explanation for strong equity markets. In the fairytale, Goldilocks finds herself in the house of the three bears. Among the things she sees is porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold. The stock market analogy is that the economy is performing robustly without overheating. In such an environment it is riskier investments, particularly shares, that are in demand","urlTitle":"long-short-strategy","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/964e90a1-0462-4ebc-a515-8b5c78f4758f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-02-23T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Market Outlook: the turnaround in interest rates is taking its time","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/964e90a1-0462-4ebc-a515-8b5c78f4758f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"For years electric car pioneer Tesla enjoyed greater acclaim than almost any other manufacturer in the industry. A superior range, its own gigafactories and unrivalled software were just some of the reasons for its popularity. These attributes delivered not only exorbitant growth, but also \u2013 finally \u2013 the long-awaited profits. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, in 2020 the US carmaker owned by multibillionaire Elon Musk posted a year-on-year profit for the very first time.","urlTitle":"inverse-brc-tesla","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c760e60-9d5a-4d65-bbeb-35dd0f75fa8b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-02-09T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Focus on Tesla: A bumpy road","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c760e60-9d5a-4d65-bbeb-35dd0f75fa8b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The Brent oil and gas field is located off the north coast of Scotland, roughly halfway between Norway and the Shetland Islands. Extraction of these hugely important energy sources began in 1976, five years after the area was first discovered. Operated by oil multi Shell along with Esso, the field reached peak output in 1982, when more than half a million barrels of oil equivalent were pumped out each day. The oil and gas field is now history, production having ceased in July 2021.","urlTitle":"oil-investment-etp-plus","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2fc759cf-ea49-451f-9597-ce4632f48cac/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-01-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil market: at the intersection of geopolitics and the economy","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2fc759cf-ea49-451f-9597-ce4632f48cac/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"2023 was certainly a positive year for the stock market, with major indices such as the EURO STOXX 50, the DAX and even the S&P 500 appreciating by around a quarter. Even the rather more sedate Dow Jones managed to grow just under 14 per cent. Much more modest, though, was the performance of the Swiss stock market: the SMI lagged significantly behind on a regional comparison, posting a 3.8 per cent rise. Among the factors dragging on the leading domestic index were the strong franc and the weakness of share prices in the heavily weighted health sector.","urlTitle":"fuw-swiss-50-etp-plus","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6698ad14-8126-4a3b-9a74-c9878dcf93d1/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2024-01-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The clever way to spread risk: Diversified investment in Swiss equities","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6698ad14-8126-4a3b-9a74-c9878dcf93d1/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2023,"articles":[{"summary":"The last few months have been relatively quiet around the crypto community. Digital currencies were stuck in the doldrums in an environment of rising interest rates, while the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange and negative headlines surrounding its competitor Binance continued to reverberate. Now, though, Bitcoin and the like are hitting the headlines more frequently again \u2013 but in a positive sense.","urlTitle":"bitcoin-ethereum-participation","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2ef88b87-17e0-41f3-8aea-3ec30f6fafe2/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-12-15T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin and the like: On the way to a mass market","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2ef88b87-17e0-41f3-8aea-3ec30f6fafe2/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Has the cycle of interest rate hikes in the USA come to an end? This is the subject of intense debate among investors, analysts and economists as we approach the home straight of the 2023 stock market year. To combat high inflation, the US central bank has jacked up its target rate from almost zero in early 2022 to 5.25% to 5.50% now. At the last two meetings in September and the start of November, though, the Open Market Committee stayed its hand.","urlTitle":"fixed-income-investment","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b9db3267-ad99-4df6-8524-ed81f274b0fa/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-11-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"USD interest rates: plenty of movement at the long end","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b9db3267-ad99-4df6-8524-ed81f274b0fa/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The third-quarter reporting season is in full swing, with one major domestic concern after another issuing disappointing results. The numbers game was kicked off by flavour and fragrance producer Givaudan, whose earnings figures came in just a hair\u2019s breadth above analysts\u2019 expectations. ABB didn\u2019t do any better: revenue turned out rather weaker than hoped, ensuring that estimates for net earnings were also missed narrowly. The fact that the industrial group then nevertheless raised its forecast slightly did not attract any more bulls, with the share price plunging more than 5%.","urlTitle":"fuw-swiss-50-index-rebalancing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/efac3182-337c-4d7c-b80d-7e07e42dc57f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-11-02T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Challenging times demand sophisticated solutions","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/efac3182-337c-4d7c-b80d-7e07e42dc57f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Between the headquarters of the US central bank in Washington, D.C. and the Grasberg Mine on the island of Papua-New Guinea are the entire North American continent and the Pacific Ocean. The distance of around 15,000 kilometres as the crow flies does not change the fact that the Fed\u2019s decisions have a direct impact on the world\u2019s biggest source of gold \u2013 at the end of 2022 its owners estimated the proven reserves at more than 26 million ounces.","urlTitle":"safe-haven-gold","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/520e646f-2ee7-4961-8bd0-9f45ca6e4f6e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-10-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: the precious metal is shinier than ever","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/520e646f-2ee7-4961-8bd0-9f45ca6e4f6e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"You may be finding the same as many other investors: the 2023 stock market year will be over in less than three months, but there has been little sign of \u201cmany happy returns\u201d as yet. The feeling is not deceptive: after three quarters, the record shows only a modest gain of 2.1% for the SMI, with the performance of its individual members varying markedly. This is particularly true of the three heavyweights Nestlé, Novartis and Roche.","urlTitle":"bonus-capital-protection-nestle-novartis-roche","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a9deebe4-5697-4aff-8e49-d05acbdfb433/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-10-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Intelligent investment in demanding times","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a9deebe4-5697-4aff-8e49-d05acbdfb433/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Increases in base rates are almost a daily occurrence right now. Just last week, the ECB confounded all hopes by raising interest rates again. This trend is not such good news for ordinary bank customers, however, as it means that the more restrictive monetary policy of the central banks is tending to have less and less impact on savers. Investors should be aware, though, that there are lucrative alternatives to overnight money and the like.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-leonteq-chf-overnight-return-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d67e5dc2-9e08-40e8-af9c-fa55c377aadd/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-09-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Interest rates: in doubt for price stability","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d67e5dc2-9e08-40e8-af9c-fa55c377aadd/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"One man who has made a name for himself worldwide both as a successful investment manager and as a book author and inventor of the \u201cMagic Formula\u201d is Joel Greenblatt. This formula works on the good and cheap principle: buy shares of profitable companies that are traded below value on the stock market and wait until the market price and the actual value coincide. He determines such shares by looking at fundamental ratios such as the return on capital and profitability.","urlTitle":"swissquote-value-rockstars-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a7449ce4-3479-427a-bde9-b87c567e3067/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-09-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Clear the stage for the \u201crock stars\u201d of value investing","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a7449ce4-3479-427a-bde9-b87c567e3067/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"China is far from being the life and soul of the party just now. And, insofar as it does set the mood, then it\u2019s in the negative sense. Disappointing economic data \u2013 both industrial production and retail sales remained below analysts\u2019 forecasts in July \u2013 are generating increasing concern among market players at the moment. Just how bad the situation in the world's second largest economy is was demonstrated by three cuts in interest rates by the People\u2018s Bank of China (PBoC) within the space of three months.","urlTitle":"oil-capital-protection-certificate","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5d30383c-3dde-40a7-bf9e-d094f665619c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-08-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil: Producing countries trigger share price rally","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5d30383c-3dde-40a7-bf9e-d094f665619c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Rising interest rates and galloping inflation have thoroughly unsettled consumers over the last year. This threatening combination also sometimes caused the economy to slow down. In Switzerland the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) halved to 2.1% in 2022, while in the USA the rate of expansion fell to the Swiss level after reaching almost 6% the previous year. Following a weak first six months, however, the graph started to head up again, and the upturn is gaining strength this year too.","urlTitle":"swissquote-recovery-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1e989c0e-d098-435d-9c86-3c64ea8b10e9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-08-11T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Economic recovery offers investment opportunities","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1e989c0e-d098-435d-9c86-3c64ea8b10e9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Providers of high-end vehicles are currently springing up everywhere like mushrooms. Whether Rivian, Fisker or Polestar, the list of manufacturers offering exquisite, luxuriously equipped and also electrified cars for well-heeled clients is getting ever longer. However, the \u201cold hands\u201d such as Ferrari, Porsche and even premium supplier Mercedes-Benz, whose portfolio contains a luxury brand more than 100 years old in the form of the Maybach, are not giving up without a fight.","urlTitle":"luxury-car-trio","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/44a210d4-2899-4c35-beb8-89bb5568a3f3/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-07-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Luxury cars: Unprecedented demand","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/44a210d4-2899-4c35-beb8-89bb5568a3f3/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Volatility is one of the central characteristics of Bitcoin. This was demonstrated once again in spring this year when sudden negative headlines around the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, caused the digital asset to suffer a marked correction in the middle of an upward trend. The company had repeatedly suspended Bitcoin withdrawals due to an unexpectedly sharp increase in transaction costs, making users nervous.","urlTitle":"bitcoin-active-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/74e8909b-6327-41ca-b9ef-a72e8f9261c4/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-07-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin \u2013 back at the centre of attention","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/74e8909b-6327-41ca-b9ef-a72e8f9261c4/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Fully six months after the intelligent chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed on the world, the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) has still not abated. On the contrary: more and more companies are conducting research in this area, developing new solutions and making more use of them. For experts, it is clear that AI heralds the next quantum leap in technological progress. The further it penetrates, the greater also the growth potential of the industry.","urlTitle":"ai-bonus-lock-in","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ff6e8fd7-4cc9-4cd5-a90c-d4b6c1d3123e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-06-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"AI - a milestone in technological development","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ff6e8fd7-4cc9-4cd5-a90c-d4b6c1d3123e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Whether Apple, Coca-Cola, HP or Kraft Heinz, Warren Buffett has a weakness for US brands that are successful across the world. Alongside such prominent stocks, the portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway, the star investor\u2019s holding company, has always included shares that enjoy less focus in the global economy and stock markets. They include a quintet from Japan that Buffett discovered for himself just under three years ago.","urlTitle":"japan-equity-capital-protection","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c1a12ae0-7cf5-4b30-9728-713821161544/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-06-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Japanese equity market: hitting the heights with the grand master","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c1a12ae0-7cf5-4b30-9728-713821161544/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A glance at the Federal Funds Effective Rate makes clear the historic dimension of the latest turnaround in interest rates in the USA. This is the rate at which banks trade their Fed deposits overnight. The central bank itself influences the effective rate by conducting transactions on the open market in order to get as close as possible to its target range. Following the interest rate decision at the start of May, the Federal Funds Effective Rate climbed above the significant 5% mark for the first time in almost 16 years.","urlTitle":"etp-plus-leonteq-usd-overnight-return-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/36cb8d4f-a411-4c20-99f5-7d8c2a9fa6a9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-05-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"USD interest rates: tense wait for the Fed's decision","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/36cb8d4f-a411-4c20-99f5-7d8c2a9fa6a9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"June 2024 will mark the 40th anniversary of the US cinema première of \u201cGhostbusters\u201d. It is not known whether Jerome Powell Fan is a fan of the cult film \u2013 or whether he at least sees parallels between his work and the activities of the main protagonists. It\u2019s certainly possible, given that the president of the US central bank has been operating as a sort of \u201cghostbuster\u201d for some time now, in his case hunting down the spectre of inflation. As consumer prices went higher and higher last year, Powell launched an aggressive turnaround in interest rate policy.","urlTitle":"etp-best-ideas","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d2cc3e04-ede9-4ec3-9ecf-04cf03bc6861/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-05-19T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Stock markets at the crossroads: experience counts now more than ever","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d2cc3e04-ede9-4ec3-9ecf-04cf03bc6861/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Everyone will be familiar with granola, the crunchy cereal. The mix of rolled oats, nuts, honey, dried fruit and much more delivers a real energy boost on many breakfast tables every day. You may well now be asking, though, what it has to do with the stock market. It\u2019s very simple: almost exactly three years ago, Goldman Sachs also created a \u201ctasty bite\u201d for investors under the name GRANOLAS. This is an explicitly select group of European growth companies that are set to be winners over the next few years and whose initials went to make up the acronym.","urlTitle":"granolas","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e8143830-6c23-430d-99f0-64720dfdc57a/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-05-05T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"GRANOLAS: It's all about the mix","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e8143830-6c23-430d-99f0-64720dfdc57a/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"There is no doubt that the US dollar has been the world\u2019s reserve currency for over 100 years. Just now, though, its status appears to have taken a knock. Recent developments on the global markets have raised suggestions that the greenback may have passed its zenith. The Middle Kingdom in particular would like to weaken the dollar's influence on global trade, which is why Beijing has lately put an emphasis on settling oil and gas deals in the yuan.","urlTitle":"usd-world-reserve","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ef57ffc6-d8f3-4387-96dd-950c38c0018f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-04-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Greenback: Losing its sparkle","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ef57ffc6-d8f3-4387-96dd-950c38c0018f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Only a couple of figures are actually needed to measure the success of any financial investment. Ideally, the investment will climb steadily upwards \u2013 and one tick better than the relevant benchmark. More and more investors, though, are indicating that they are no longer satisfied with achieving the highest possible risk-optimised financial return. Instead, they want their capital to also improve the world a little. This is exactly where impact investing comes in.","urlTitle":"swissquote-impact-investing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ce662194-cac2-4383-9a33-3083ece874e5/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-04-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Impact investing: A simple way of improving the world","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ce662194-cac2-4383-9a33-3083ece874e5/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The World Gold Council (WGC) has been publishing \u201cGold Demand Trends\u201d (GDT) for 30 years. In this publication the industry organisation reports extensively on developments in the trade of what is the most important precious metal of them all. It provides the latest data, goes into the key demand drivers and the situation in the mining sector and offers an outlook.","urlTitle":"gold-shark-note","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d9f0763a-5199-46a1-a7c7-22969ebd3718/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-03-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: Rush to the safe haven","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d9f0763a-5199-46a1-a7c7-22969ebd3718/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Sustainability is a very prominent issue at the moment \u2013 and that is the case in the investment sector too. Companies which are making progress in areas such as CO2 savings, recycling, social standards and management will be able to derive more benefits than ever from their activities \u2013 benefits that will also be reflected on their balance sheets and in their share prices.","urlTitle":"global-green-xchange","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/de8abe27-216c-4c5e-a23a-d11cca80fd18/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-03-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Measurable sustainability for investors","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/de8abe27-216c-4c5e-a23a-d11cca80fd18/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In the offices of banks, fund management companies and other financial services providers, staff calculate, analyse and forecast round the clock to find the right asset structure for their clients\u2019 money. The professionals are trying to find the appropriate investment strategy for the particular market environment. The \u201ccall overwriting\u201d strategy has recently gained in attractiveness.","urlTitle":"reverse-convertibles","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0bc6dc81-e2fe-416c-8e99-c88ab10e03a3/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-03-10T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Call overwriting vs. RC: identical, yet different","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0bc6dc81-e2fe-416c-8e99-c88ab10e03a3/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A few days ago investment company ARK Invest published a pretty hefty tome offering investors its regular assessment of the future technologies that deliver the greatest potential. Entitled \u201cBig Ideas\u201d and covering no less than 153 pages, the report shines a light on a raft of mega-trends, from the electric car through molecular cancer diagnostics all the way to AI and bitcoin.","urlTitle":"disruptive-innovation-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c714380d-946d-4900-adff-a07a5f3f322e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-02-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Disruptive technologies potentially worth trillions of dollars","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c714380d-946d-4900-adff-a07a5f3f322e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Three letters are exercising minds at the moment: GPT. The acronym stands for \u201cGenerative Pre-trained Transformer\u201d. This term may not be familiar to the vast majority of us, but if you put \u201cchat\u201d in front, the scales fall from our eyes. The new chatbot is hitting the headlines on a daily basis now \u2013 in both a positive and a negative sense. With the aid of artificial intelligence (AI), the application can write tweets, do homework and even write poems. In other words, ChatGPT is able to generate texts just like a human.","urlTitle":"swissquote-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4fd6e46a-be2b-42d6-8a2c-20f36ec7b89a/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-02-10T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Artificial intelligence as a game changer","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4fd6e46a-be2b-42d6-8a2c-20f36ec7b89a/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"China entered the Year of the Water Rabbit on 22 January. Beijing had relaxed its strict Covid-19 restrictions just under two weeks before this event, which is marked with many private visits and celebrations. Despite continuing high infection figures, millions of people set out early on their journey from the cities so that they would arrive right on time for the New Year festivities with their families. This early surge in travel highlights the spirit of optimism in the Middle Kingdom.","urlTitle":"swissquote-chinas-dragons-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9cf404c2-4818-4017-b6d6-790e7fcac418/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-01-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Spirit of optimism in the Year of the Rabbit","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9cf404c2-4818-4017-b6d6-790e7fcac418/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"War, inflation, coronavirus and rising interest rates all left their mark on equity markets last year. Given the array of stumbling blocks, it is hardly surprising that Switzerland\u2019s leading index finished 2022 with significant drops in share prices. The SMI posted an overall loss of 16.1%, the sharpest decline since the financial crisis of 2008.","urlTitle":"bonus-nestle-novartis-roche","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/838bd15b-3d17-4d8b-8c6d-62981d6d06ef/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2023-01-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"On different paths","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/838bd15b-3d17-4d8b-8c6d-62981d6d06ef/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2022,"articles":[{"summary":"The stock market tends to consider shares of insurance groups boring and old-fashioned. Investors should not fall for this cliché, however. That the sector certainly also has its attractions has been demonstrated to impressive effect this year. Whereas, for instance, highly regarded automotive stocks entered a downturn and techs even fell off a cliff, the plus sign has dominated for underwriters.","urlTitle":"reinsurance","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9a3a45c8-77b1-4fb2-9f64-a7e3cff4fd75/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-12-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Underwriting: A crisis-resistant sector with a positive outlook","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9a3a45c8-77b1-4fb2-9f64-a7e3cff4fd75/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Leonteq has been playing an active part in the development of the Swiss market for structured products for more than 15 years. The listed fintech company is now fulfilling the same role in the Exchange Traded Product (ETP) segment as well with the introduction of the ETP+ label. One of the aims of this innovation is to improve security for investors.","urlTitle":"introducing-etp-plus","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6698ad14-8126-4a3b-9a74-c9878dcf93d1/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-12-02T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Innovation \"Made in Switzerland\": Leonteq introduces ETP+ product level","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6698ad14-8126-4a3b-9a74-c9878dcf93d1/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Meteorologists have just confirmed that the summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe since records began. Regardless of the heat, though, in the last few months what has been called a \u201ccrypto winter\u201d has set in. The term was first coined in 2018 when Bitcoin lost half of its value, dragging the rest of the digital coins down with it. The current bear market in cryptocurrencies is proving to be even more pronounced, however.","urlTitle":"leonteq-crypto-index-update","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/98b1e4d4-b908-4bbc-83a2-10fa24473be5/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-11-18T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Crypto assets: endurance test for investors","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/98b1e4d4-b908-4bbc-83a2-10fa24473be5/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"An energy crisis, inflation and fears of recession: the economic headwinds could not be greater. Nevertheless, they are not affecting all sectors to the same extent. In the technology world there are trends that can escape the unfavourable circumstances at least to some degree. One of them is the cloud. The market researchers from Gartner, for instance, expect investment in the IT sector to continue shifting to the digital realm.","urlTitle":"cloud-computing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c5817137-196f-4f74-8319-98acdea0769b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-11-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The cloud: Here to stay","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c5817137-196f-4f74-8319-98acdea0769b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In March 2022 175 countries came to a historic decision in Nairobi. Meeting in the Kenyan capital, they agreed on a common approach in the fight against plastic waste. The UN Environment Assembly undertook to put a legally binding agreement in place by 2024. The \u201cEnd Plastic Pollution\u201d resolution covers the entire life cycle of plastic \u2013 from design through production to disposal. We have already reported previously on this agreement. Now a first goal has been reached: negotiations on the specific wording of the plastics convention will start before the end of the year.","urlTitle":"recycling-swissquote","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/17c5ffb5-16b7-4794-a86e-73291a2b6e9b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-10-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Recycling industry: A multilayered growth market","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/17c5ffb5-16b7-4794-a86e-73291a2b6e9b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"At the end of September, the publishers Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess brought out a book on the history of the Swiss National Bank in Zurich. Entitled \u201cDie Schweizerische Nationalbank in Zürich, das Gebäude der Gebrüder Pfister 1922-2022\u201d, a read of this publication could be rewarding for fans of history and architecture especially. One hundred years after its headquarters was opened in the city on the banks of the Limmat, the SNB is again confronted with a major construction project, symbolically speaking.","urlTitle":"monetary-policy-saron","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a4f962d5-122c-4a05-a04a-c5679533458d/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-10-07T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Monetary policy: central banks on continuous standby","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a4f962d5-122c-4a05-a04a-c5679533458d/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The next UN climate conference will be held in Sharm El Sheikh from 7 to 18 November. The organisers expect more than 35,000 people to attend the event in the Egyptian seaside resort, where over 2,000 speakers will be wrestling with the issue of how implementation of the Paris Agreement \u2013 limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees \u2013 can be accelerated and clarified. Among those travelling to COP 27 from Switzerland will be federal president Ignazio Cassis.","urlTitle":"decarbonisation","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f651b5fc-6fcc-42ff-bf54-3cc872fd5b83/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-09-23T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Decarbonisation: a herculean task on a global scale and a modern investment trend","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f651b5fc-6fcc-42ff-bf54-3cc872fd5b83/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The energy crisis, fears of recession, galloping prices and a corona virus that continues to wreak havoc around the globe: the world is going through a time of transition, and businesses, politicians and central banks are faced with huge challenges. On the one hand they have to combat inflation, but on the other it is important not to stifle the already weakening economy even more.","urlTitle":"step-up-note","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1fb13c94-f6a3-46a6-bef3-ffc2576ddd37/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-09-09T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Interest rates: A return to normality","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1fb13c94-f6a3-46a6-bef3-ffc2576ddd37/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The \u201cNordic Hunter\u201d has travelled a long way since 11 August. Some 277 metres long and 48 metres wide, the tanker departed the Egyptian port of Suez heading for Le Havre. According to the VesselFinder portal, the ship should reach the port situated on the French side of the English Channel on 23 August (after we go to press). It was in the middle of July that the \u201cNordic Hunter\u201d embarked on its maiden journey in Yeosu, South Korea, where the tanker with a capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil was built and handed over to Nordic American Tankers (NAT).","urlTitle":"leonteq-select-tankers-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ed620838-8c3a-4e8f-b923-3a52b56b2c3f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-08-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil tankers: long distances with the black gold","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ed620838-8c3a-4e8f-b923-3a52b56b2c3f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The tenth anniversary of a remarkable event occurred recently. On the morning of 26 July 2012, the then ECB president Mario Draghi gave a speech in London. The Italian used an investment conference in the British metropolis to give a strong commitment to Europe in general and the single currency in particular. The European Central Bank would do whatever it took within its mandate to preserve the euro.","urlTitle":"inflation-double-no-touch-note","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/3dbb9953-a93e-4a18-a2a3-4ece5844e7cb/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-08-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"EUR/USD: Under the spell of the inflation and monetary policy","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/3dbb9953-a93e-4a18-a2a3-4ece5844e7cb/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Whether the mouth of the Elbe on the German North Sea coast, the Pacific between Asia and America or the Chinese Sea, the world\u2019s oceans are absolutely teeming. Tracking apps such as \u201cMarineTraffic\u201d, for example, vividly illustrate the global exchange of goods with symbols, including those for tankers and container ships. These applications also helped to visualise the most recent traffic jam at various nodal points of sea freight, when a long queue formed off Shanghai and Zhejiang in June.","urlTitle":"swissquote-logistics","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c01942b-3eb2-4c28-8770-057df66a5dd0/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-07-29T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Logistics: the pulse of global trade","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c01942b-3eb2-4c28-8770-057df66a5dd0/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Whether asset managers, analysts, strategists or private investors, for many stock market players the summer holidays are coming at just the right moment this year. It's time to take a breather and not have to think about inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitics for a few days. These three issues dominated the first half of 2022 and put the brakes on the years of upward travel on the stock markets.","urlTitle":"swissquote-global-inverse-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ad63c1bd-3c5c-4989-a0b9-0d3fe6c6a4ef/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-07-15T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Start to the second half: stock markets at the crossroads","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ad63c1bd-3c5c-4989-a0b9-0d3fe6c6a4ef/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Might there possibly be a connection between the Instagram post in the morning and the purchase of a pair of jeans from online trader Zalando just a few hours later? And can an analysis of a consumer\u2019s last credit card payment perhaps provide a clue to their state of health? At first sight these are, admittedly, rather curious questions, yet they are of increasing importance in the current age.","urlTitle":"morningstar-data-robotics","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/dd1ef708-6233-42ed-90e3-eccf537f9995/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-07-01T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Technological blockbusters of change","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/dd1ef708-6233-42ed-90e3-eccf537f9995/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The Fed has already done it twice, the Reserve Bank of Australia likewise, and the Bank of England leads the way with no less than four steps since the end of 2021. All the talk is of rises in interest rates. Where for years a policy of low interest rates had dominated in the major industrialised nations, now the currency guardians have done an about-turn. At its latest meeting even the European Central Bank (ECB), which had hesitated for a very long time, gave people in the eurozone the prospect of an end to negative interest rates, indicating their intention to raise the base rate by 0.25% in July.","urlTitle":"saron","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/47132563-5bce-45d6-a7d8-d440b96a79ef/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-06-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"A new era in the interest rate landscape","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/47132563-5bce-45d6-a7d8-d440b96a79ef/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Whether paying the baker quickly using your watch, settling an evening meal by wallet or booking a holiday on the credit card, digital payment has long been part and parcel of everyday life. Coronavirus has also played its part: according to a study by the University of St. Gallen and Zurich University of Applied Sciences, the pandemic brought about a huge shift in payment habits.","urlTitle":"swissquote-digital-payments","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7cbdedeb-c509-4d14-809b-37d74af193ed/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-06-03T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Digital payment: The future of money","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7cbdedeb-c509-4d14-809b-37d74af193ed/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The dictionary defines a \u201cjack of all trades\u201d as someone who has a wide array of gifts and is to be admired accordingly. The term fits Elon Musk perfectly. Whether as co-founder and CEO of electric car pioneer Tesla, with his aerospace firm SpaceX or lately as a major shareholder and potential buyer of the messaging service Twitter, the 50-year-old can certainly juggle many balls at once.","urlTitle":"battery-supply-chain","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/832e7e7d-cbaf-4aad-af5c-02558ffefe60/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-05-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"E-Mobility: supply of raw materials the key to success","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/832e7e7d-cbaf-4aad-af5c-02558ffefe60/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The word inflation triggers an automatic negative reaction among many people. Immediately terms such as devaluation and loss of purchase power start swimming around in their head. And rightly so, because a look at any economics textbook will show that inflation, by definition, represents the increase in prices over the period of a year or a month, which means nothing other than that money is losing value.","urlTitle":"inflation-us-consumer-price-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/956e83ae-5e23-443a-aba0-5abbdf213cd4/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-05-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Inflation: Galloping upwards","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/956e83ae-5e23-443a-aba0-5abbdf213cd4/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The Swiss National Bank celebrated its 115th birthday this year. Based in Zurich and Berne, this institution has been shaping Switzerland\u2019s economic policy since 1907. Its overriding goal is clearly defined: the SNB is to ensure price stability, while taking due account of economic developments.","urlTitle":"interest-rates-turnaround","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/82b55467-2c3f-4e8b-a358-95f351637dfc/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-04-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Markets in turmoil: the interest rate turnaround and its consequences","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/82b55467-2c3f-4e8b-a358-95f351637dfc/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"For thousands of years now, people have been shaking hands to confirm an agreement. If an arrangement becomes more extensive or specific, written contracts are drawn up and signed at the end. Is that still the best way of doing things in the 21st century, though? Not necessarily. Analogue contracts have to be archived, and these archives must in turn be maintained.","urlTitle":"smart-contracts","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/27777b95-c3b6-40bd-a65b-13434fd6c982/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-04-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Smart contracts: Contracts 2.0","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/27777b95-c3b6-40bd-a65b-13434fd6c982/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Most people associate the term \u201csustainability\u201d first and foremost with environmental protection and the fight against climate change. This concept, though, which is omnipresent in politics, business and society, extends far beyond ecological issues. The United Nations has defined a total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SFGs for short.","urlTitle":"swissquote-genderequality","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bfef3a47-c925-4312-a14a-0edbf7623c87/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-03-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gender equality: a goal with social and economic benefits","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bfef3a47-c925-4312-a14a-0edbf7623c87/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"Inflation is when wallets are getting bigger and shopping bags are getting smaller.\" These were the simple words once used by the 1927-born US author and comic Robert Orben to explain inflation. The proposition behind them is that rising prices reduce the value of money. Where this can lead is demonstrated by extreme periods of hyperinflation, such as those seen in the 1920s, when money presses were fired up and more and more money came into circulation.","urlTitle":"swissquote-inflation-new","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d52848eb-7ced-48e0-a68b-6a502a98191e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-03-23T10:47","adHoc":false,"headline":"Inflation: Pressure keeps building up","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d52848eb-7ced-48e0-a68b-6a502a98191e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It's far from easy to find positive news in these turbulent times. On 2 March 2022, though, genuinely good news came out of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, where the international community agreed to take a common approach to the fight against plastic waste.","urlTitle":"swissquote-recycling","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/15061e65-9f63-405f-964e-8ec352a7dccb/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-03-11T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The recycling industry: tackling rubbish tips together","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/15061e65-9f63-405f-964e-8ec352a7dccb/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Switzerland entered a new age on 17 February when, after two years of coronavirus, its parliament lifted almost all measures taken to combat the pandemic. By doing so, the government believes that it has laid the foundations for a speedy normalisation of social and business life.","urlTitle":"freedom-day","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/169d2b8a-d473-4a57-8204-ee0f04b17695/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-02-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"\"Freedom Day\": opportunities for returns thanks to reopening","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/169d2b8a-d473-4a57-8204-ee0f04b17695/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The 2022 stock market year is not even six weeks old, yet this short period has supplied enough material for discussion to last several months. At first equity markets seemed to be operating on the \"same old, same old\" principle, with the SMI etc. starting the year at new all-time highs. Around Epiphany, though, the mood turned.","urlTitle":"interest-rates","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9faea9c6-6362-4844-84b3-2ab684da7729/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-02-11T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Change of track in monetary policy: central banks trigger sector rotation","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9faea9c6-6362-4844-84b3-2ab684da7729/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"The stock market is not a one-way street\" is an important maxim on the capital markets. It doesn't just apply to equities, though: bonds, commodities and currencies also go through lively ups and downs from time to time. The still young crypto market cannot escape such cycles either.","urlTitle":"leonteq-crypto-market-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b7d9062b-8aaf-4857-aa24-e4981e71d150/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-01-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Crypto assets: young, innovative and highly promising","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b7d9062b-8aaf-4857-aa24-e4981e71d150/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The 55th anniversary of a turning point in technology is almost upon us: it was on 25 August 1967 that the then German Vice-Chancellor, Willy Brandt, inaugurated the age of the colour television by pressing a button at the International Radio Exhibition in Berlin. With this sea change in technology, demand for rare earths mushroomed.","urlTitle":"rare-earths","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ca9c221a-d258-48a4-ba5d-2a81cf0ab1b2/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2022-01-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Rare Earths: raw materials for the future","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ca9c221a-d258-48a4-ba5d-2a81cf0ab1b2/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2021,"articles":[{"summary":"Gone are the days when we had to cart furniture, televisions or drinks all the way home from the shopping centre ourselves. Now all it takes is a click and the goods are delivered conveniently right to our front doors. E-commerce is the name of the game that has been making our everyday lives easier for more than two decades now.","urlTitle":"ecommerce-giants","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/51828888-1f56-48d4-95b9-2ad4732be99f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-12-17T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"E-commerce: non-stop shopping spree","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/51828888-1f56-48d4-95b9-2ad4732be99f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The world of digital currencies is penetrating ever deeper into real life. El Salvador, for instance, since the middle of the year the first country in the world to allow Bitcoin as a legal means of payment, has just doubled down on its bet on the cyber currency. The government is planning to build \"Bitcoin City\", a metropolis that is to appear from the air like a Bitcoin symbol.","urlTitle":"crypto-evolution","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ef20f72b-a255-4ef4-bb3e-fbbc3c929c38/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-12-03T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The crypto evolution advances","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ef20f72b-a255-4ef4-bb3e-fbbc3c929c38/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The digital parallel universe has been the idea of the moment not least since Facebook announced its new strategic orientation towards the \"metaverse\" a few weeks ago alongside a simultaneous change of name to Meta Platforms. The next big thing currently being brought to life in the technology strongholds around the globe is all about virtual reality.","urlTitle":"metaverse","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d745ba9d-1984-43fa-84ec-6cbd836c33f6/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-11-19T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Metaverse: The idea of the moment","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d745ba9d-1984-43fa-84ec-6cbd836c33f6/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Inflation is one of the major issues on capital markets at the moment, with prices rising sharply across the world. In the eurozone, the year-on-year inflation rate reached 4.1% in October \u2013 the biggest jump since 2008. Whether Switzerland continues to remain relatively unscathed by this phenomenon was revealed on 2 November (after we went to press).","urlTitle":"ether","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e51e0d8a-8bf7-41dc-b0c6-d86499a5bebd/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-11-05T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Ethereum: the Gap to the Crypto Giant is narrowing","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e51e0d8a-8bf7-41dc-b0c6-d86499a5bebd/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"On 10 December 2016 the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) made a historic announcement from its headquarters in Vienna. At its press conference, it disclosed that it had just reached an agreement with eleven other oil-producing states, chief among them Russia, that daily oil production was to be cut to around 1.8 million barrels from January 2017.","urlTitle":"oil-market","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/46c357f1-8bce-47b5-9043-d58b199a7818/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-10-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil market: the perfect storm","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/46c357f1-8bce-47b5-9043-d58b199a7818/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Dividends have become the yield driver of capital investments, not least since the phase of negative interest rates heralded by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) in January 2015. It was as far back as the 1930s that the economic scientist Benjamin Graham, regarded as the father of fundamental securities analysis, recognised the important role of profit distributions.","urlTitle":"divadel","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/265338c2-f2ba-413e-be68-c2e0722a0cbe/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-10-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Dividends: An Attractive Revenue Stream","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/265338c2-f2ba-413e-be68-c2e0722a0cbe/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"Inflation is when wallets are getting bigger and shopping bags are getting smaller.\" These were the simple words once used by the 1927-born US author and comic Robert Orben to explain inflation. The proposition behind them is that rising prices reduce the value of money. Where this can lead is demonstrated by extreme periods of hyperinflation, such as those seen in the 1920s, when money presses were fired up and more and more money came into circulation.","urlTitle":"swissquote-inflation","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d52848eb-7ced-48e0-a68b-6a502a98191e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-09-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Inflation: Pressure is building up","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d52848eb-7ced-48e0-a68b-6a502a98191e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It will all kick off again on 24 September, the date for which \"Fridays for Future\" has called a global climate strike. This will see hundreds of thousands of mainly young people taking to the streets across the world. The movement initiated by the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will likely have chosen this date deliberately, with German parliamentary elections coming two days after the planned demonstrations and the 26th UN Global Climate Conference beginning in Glasgow a good five weeks later.","urlTitle":"green-energy","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/75dcad8d-e7de-46c4-92d8-1bafc52562ba/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-09-10T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Green Energy: The Future is Renewable","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/75dcad8d-e7de-46c4-92d8-1bafc52562ba/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Cryptocurrencies are one of the trending themes of our time. They are seen as transparent, safe from manipulation and not subject to state control. But what is actually behind these cyber-currencies? The digital coins are generally based on something called blockchain technology.","urlTitle":"blockchain","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4532b2c9-dbf2-4230-b9e8-d721ad370b24/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-08-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Blockchain: Strong-growth digital chains","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4532b2c9-dbf2-4230-b9e8-d721ad370b24/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Over the last few weeks crypto investors have had their hands full trying to keep pace with developments on the market. This can best be seen by the movement of the price of Bitcoin. The oldest and most important cybercurrency in the world crashed from over USD 60,000 to less than USD 30,000 between mid-April and mid-July. The reasons for this are many and varied.","urlTitle":"crypto-market","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/65e94bb7-5427-481c-966a-c4d2f9978624/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-08-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Cryptocurrencies \u2013 a market worth billions","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/65e94bb7-5427-481c-966a-c4d2f9978624/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Glasses will be raised high again on 1 August, when Switzerland celebrates its national holiday. According to legend, in 1291 the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden swore what is known as the \"Rütlischwur\" oath to provide each other with mutual assistance, thereby laying the foundation for the Swiss Confederation.","urlTitle":"benefaktor-swiss","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b6c5cf1f-6f54-4c57-9377-40936fb7ed01/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-07-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"1848: The starting signal for a successful future","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b6c5cf1f-6f54-4c57-9377-40936fb7ed01/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"They were images that the world had not seen for a long time: 60,000 spectators following a football match, tightly packed together and without face masks. UEFA was able to fill Wembley Stadium in London to 75% of its capacity for the two semi-finals and the final of the European Championship.","urlTitle":"swissquote-pharma","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/672aa8b5-1851-448a-b865-de7ae10ecc22/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-07-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Pharmaceutical industry: innovative, flexible, full of opportunity","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/672aa8b5-1851-448a-b865-de7ae10ecc22/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Last Friday the bell on the floor of the Frankfurt stock exchange rang out again for the first time this year. It was struck by Andres Martin-Birner, CEO of Bike24. The boss of the online bicycle retailer was taking advantage of the current boom in two-wheelers for a listing worth millions of euros.","urlTitle":"benefaktor-bike","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1286765b-2b54-4d84-934c-1dcef1a8437c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-07-02T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Biking: The world goes biking mad","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1286765b-2b54-4d84-934c-1dcef1a8437c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Modern portfolio theory consists of two key elements: risk and opportunity. Day after day, asset managers across the world search for the optimum mix of these two factors. In an age dominated by the fight against climate change, social upheaval and, not least, the coronavirus pandemic, more and more investors are broadening their investment horizon.","urlTitle":"benefaktor-no-animal-testing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cb88c7a2-41eb-45ba-8db2-d9e0afd5732c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-06-18T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"BeneFaktorIndex®: a symbiosis of impact investing and philantropy","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cb88c7a2-41eb-45ba-8db2-d9e0afd5732c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The morning of 12 May 2021 saw the spectre of inflation finally return to Wall Street. As most investors and analysts were probably just making their way to the office, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published its latest consumer price index (CPI) for the USA. Released exactly one hour before the start of trading in New York, the figures caused a scare when it sank in that consumer prices in April had shot up 4.2% on the figure for the same month the previous year, meaning the USA had recorded its highest inflation rate since 2008.","urlTitle":"xau","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6c8e1e84-697b-477e-8889-63c8642ffa6f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-06-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold: New lustre for a precious metal","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/6c8e1e84-697b-477e-8889-63c8642ffa6f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The ball will start rolling in eleven cities on 11 June. UEFA, European football's governing body, is sticking with its original plan of staging the European Football  Championship in more than one country. The idea of marking the 60th year of its existence by spreading the matches across twelve different countries had been mooted long before the pandemic struck. More than five billion people are anticipated to watch the live broadcasts.","urlTitle":"uefa","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cb31b9f9-a346-4859-bb80-5b2c2a914b7f/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-05-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"European Football Championship: Top event and billion-euro business","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cb31b9f9-a346-4859-bb80-5b2c2a914b7f/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Like many other English terms, the word \"copper\" comes from the Latin. The Romans called the metal \"aes cyprium\", which translates as \"ore from Cyprus\". People had discovered the usefulness of copper long before the Roman Empire, though. Today the metal with the typical red lustre is more in demand than ever. Properties such as its outstanding electrical and thermal conductivity and particular resistance to corrosion make the industrial metal an indispensable raw material.","urlTitle":"copper","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9c3e2d6d-bcf9-4841-a488-296ca39c4d38/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-05-07T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Copper: the indispensable metal","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9c3e2d6d-bcf9-4841-a488-296ca39c4d38/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Six decades after the launch of manned space flight, the pull of space remains unbroken. At the end of February, the \"NASA Perseverance\" touched down on Mars after a flight of six and a half months covering more than 470 million kilometres. Since then the high-tech rover has been sending pin-sharp images from the red planet. Perseverance has 2.7 million followers on the Twitter messaging service.","urlTitle":"space","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e03dc116-58f5-4f65-86bb-66a4ee0175db/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-04-23T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Space Economy: On the road to a trillion-dollar industry","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e03dc116-58f5-4f65-86bb-66a4ee0175db/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Cryptocurrencies are riding high at the moment \u2013 in two senses of the word. Not only is Bitcoin (BTC), for instance, the oldest and by far the most popular cyber currency, rushing from one record to the next, but it has now also attracted unprecedented attention across all social strata. Indeed, Bitcoin is increasingly being talked of as a substitute for gold.","urlTitle":"multi-crypto","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ae01945d-4315-4585-a88e-1224869be923/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-04-09T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Cyber currencies conquer the world","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ae01945d-4315-4585-a88e-1224869be923/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"At the moment there are two prevailing views on capital markets as to how the economy will continue to develop. Pessimists see only stuttering improvement due to the restrictions necessitated by the ongoing pandemic, while those of a cheerful disposition are counting on a rapid revival caused by the introduction of vaccines and fiscal policy support.","urlTitle":"pandemic-recovery","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1dd83acb-3a44-464f-bb9e-6c2b69c293e2/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-03-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"\"Reboot System Now\": Crisis-hit industries in recovery mode","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1dd83acb-3a44-464f-bb9e-6c2b69c293e2/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Coronavirus has been dominating both social and political life and events on the capital markets for more or less the last twelve months. At around the time Covid reached its sad first anniversary, stock markets received a further shock when the spectre of inflation, long thought vanished, ghosted across trading floors again.","urlTitle":"inflation","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5e9a8f4c-781d-4459-a3a8-ea015813f199/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-03-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Inflation: a stock market nightmare returns","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5e9a8f4c-781d-4459-a3a8-ea015813f199/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"There has been much to read about cannabis in the media over the last few weeks. First, a billion-dollar merger caused a stir in the sector, then shortly afterwards the Reddit community discovered the drug made from hemp on its WallStreetBets forum.","urlTitle":"cannabis2","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/435f3b90-a317-4b64-afa2-150a4485eeca/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-02-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Cannabis: From high to mega-trend","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/435f3b90-a317-4b64-afa2-150a4485eeca/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"One man, one word: on the very first day of his term in office, new US president Joe Biden backed up the promise he gave during the election campaign to lead the USA into a green future by rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement. The US economy is to be carbon-neutral by 2050. The EU Commission has committed itself to the same target, while China, the country with the world's highest greenhouse gas emissions, wants to achieve neutrality in 2060.","urlTitle":"clean-energy","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e0e0b172-cf54-4b4d-b52e-510a98bb31a0/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-02-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Trillion-euro energy transition","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e0e0b172-cf54-4b4d-b52e-510a98bb31a0/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Social distancing and a quiet night instead of thronging at the bar and ear-splitting fireworks \u2013 with these or similar impressions, New Year's Eve 2020 will remain long in the memory. On the other hand, New Year's resolutions should be roughly in line with what it was in the pre-Covid era.","urlTitle":"food","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d4ef942c-2ad2-48cb-9ce7-e26fe9b24eb8/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-01-29T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Food: a revolution on the refrigerated shelves","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d4ef942c-2ad2-48cb-9ce7-e26fe9b24eb8/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"Records are there to be broken\", the saying goes. But this doesn't apply equally for all the best performances. The latest data recorded by Copernicus, the land monitoring service, for instance, give cause for concern: not only was a global temperature record reached last year, but greenhouse gas concentrations rose to a new high in 2020.","urlTitle":"hydrogen","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/50fdcaa4-94c4-4bdc-b1af-f9aaa815a291/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2021-01-15T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"A green future with hydrogen","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/50fdcaa4-94c4-4bdc-b1af-f9aaa815a291/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2020,"articles":[{"summary":"For hundreds of years man has ensured continual progress through technological advances. While at the end of the 18th century it was the first mechanical loom that turned the textile industry on its head, now it is digitalisation that is revolutionising a wide range of sectors. This phenomenon is aptly described by the term \"disruptive technologies\".","urlTitle":"innovation","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eb8dd364-8926-4bfe-a5da-0d36749250b0/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-12-14T14:51","adHoc":false,"headline":"Into the future with pioneering innovations","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eb8dd364-8926-4bfe-a5da-0d36749250b0/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"For many gamers, Christmas this year falls as early as 4 December. That is the day on which Electronic Arts releases \"FIFA 21\" for the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S, as the US games developer combines a gaming blockbuster with the next generation of consoles.","urlTitle":"gaming","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/44fbdffa-987a-41d5-b30b-b717c18f28e0/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-12-04T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gaming: a billion-Euro market with high entertainment value","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/44fbdffa-987a-41d5-b30b-b717c18f28e0/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"E-mobility plays an important role in the ambitious decarbonization plans of the president-elect, and the Biden team has identified charging infrastructure as one of the barriers to the spread of this technology. More than 500,000 new public charging stations are therefore to be built in the USA by the end of 2030.","urlTitle":"e-mobility","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5f8cc52d-6796-480a-b9d6-c94751b3c4ef/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-11-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"E-mobility: a fast-moving megatrend","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5f8cc52d-6796-480a-b9d6-c94751b3c4ef/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Few countries could have shaken off the negative effects produced by the Covid-19 crisis as rapidly as China. While the majority of countries had to suffer significant downturns in the second quarter of the year, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Middle Kingdom grew by 3.2%.","urlTitle":"china","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7ea88c4e-8a75-4543-982f-46434ce1eb37/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-11-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"China: On a new route","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7ea88c4e-8a75-4543-982f-46434ce1eb37/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In the next weeks it will be that time again when the obligatory reviews of the year gradually appear in the media. It is already obvious that the coronavirus pandemic will be the dominant theme in all retrospectives. The same applies for the outlook: when banks and research companies begin to offer their assessments of the year ahead, Covid-19 is certain to have a prevailing influence on the forecasts.","urlTitle":"dividendenadel-rebalancing","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7d0c853c-414f-4506-8dce-d28d99d9b627/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-10-23T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Dividends: Payouts on the test bench","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7d0c853c-414f-4506-8dce-d28d99d9b627/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It was more than half a century ago that the starship Enterprise first started exploring the final frontier on our TV screens. The following, decades-long journey across countless Star Trek films held millions of fans in thrall, while titles such as \"The Future Begins\" from 2009 offered a visionary glimpse of how the world in the 23rd century could look.","urlTitle":"ark","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c3c2f63-1bc0-45f1-939f-4780ff732bb1/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-10-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"ARK Invest: The future has begun","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c3c2f63-1bc0-45f1-939f-4780ff732bb1/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The coronavirus pandemic has shown how quickly the boundaries between real and digital life can become blurred. The social distancing rules introduced in many places during and after the lockdown have led to society having to reorganise itself. Since then communication has increasingly taken to video, education has been provided through e-learning and the daily trip to the supermarket has been replaced with online shopping.","urlTitle":"digitallifestyle","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/20a5b56d-a970-43e3-9780-a0223810c33c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-09-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Participating in digital change","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/20a5b56d-a970-43e3-9780-a0223810c33c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Gold is one of the most successful investment classes in 2020, its value per ounce (around 31 grams) having risen by just under 30% since the turn of the year. The price constantly hit new record highs during its ascent, even cracking the magic USD 2,000 barrier for the first time at the beginning of August.","urlTitle":"juniorminers","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eccf4b29-377b-4a22-840c-d67ed38639e8/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-09-10T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gold mines in glittering form","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/eccf4b29-377b-4a22-840c-d67ed38639e8/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Incredible 6,510 cryptocurrencies with a market capitalisation of EURbn 309 are in use around the globe at the moment. By far the most popular cyber currency is bitcoin (BTC), developed by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.","urlTitle":"bitcoinactive","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/8a1b2fcd-c3c3-45ce-8b0a-6abe47a77fd6/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-08-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin \u2013 the most important cyber currency in the world","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/8a1b2fcd-c3c3-45ce-8b0a-6abe47a77fd6/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"On 3 November the USA will elect its president for the next four years. The rumblings in American politics have doubtless contributed at least in part to the tremors that have recently shaken the currency markets. At the centre has been the US dollar index.","urlTitle":"usd","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/fbbe54c8-7a3e-40a3-8eba-c2c18bcb4211/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-08-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"US-Dollar: the greenback comes under enormous pressure","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/fbbe54c8-7a3e-40a3-8eba-c2c18bcb4211/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Securities which perform particularly well stay in front for a longer time. It was this recognition that gave birth to the momentum strategy. Leonteq has been turning the popular stock market saying \"The trend is your friend\" into reality with an in-house solution since the end of 2018. The Leonteq Multi Asset Index differs from the bulk of existing trend-following approaches in two central aspects.","urlTitle":"momentumII","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/86d8680a-4ae9-4cc6-aa6f-90ded0921fb5/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-07-31T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Momentum strategy: systematically focusing on the top performers","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/86d8680a-4ae9-4cc6-aa6f-90ded0921fb5/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Companies should promote the influence of women not simply in order to take account of the ever-louder parity debate or in response to political pressure, but because having more women in power also stimulates economic success. According to the WEF, there is a correlation between the gender gap and the competitiveness of a company.","urlTitle":"gendergap","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9f9cea00-f615-42db-961c-423a358703e9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-07-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Gender Gap: The gap that needs to be closed","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/9f9cea00-f615-42db-961c-423a358703e9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"There was certainly no lack of drama on the German equity market in the first half of the 2020 stock market year, with the coronavirus pandemic causing long unseen ups and downs on the DAX as well on the other international benchmarks. As if that were not enough, a major accounting scandal shook Germany's reputation as a financial centre shortly before the middle of the year.","urlTitle":"digitalpayment","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/662b1370-2ab7-4bd1-858c-7ce7a2ac9948/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-07-03T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Digital payment: in the ascendancy despite scandal","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/662b1370-2ab7-4bd1-858c-7ce7a2ac9948/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"According to the \u201cDelivering the Power of Parity\u201d study published by consultancy firm McKinsey in 2015, the equal treatment of women in business and society clearly pays off. The larger talent base that equality would deliver could safeguard the welfare standards achieved to date for future generations as well.","urlTitle":"rainbow","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/acc7c122-0934-48b2-85a2-f6a2a66d612c/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-06-19T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Profiting from the aspiration for diversity","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/acc7c122-0934-48b2-85a2-f6a2a66d612c/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"\"A brand like a friend\": that's what every company wants. A strong label is a particular advantage in the commercial sector. Groups with well-known brands generally don't just profit from their good reputation when the economy is booming, though \u2013 they also suffer less than others when times are hard.","urlTitle":"commercialbrands","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/20a152df-0a9c-4f13-bbaf-c44a578da06b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-06-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Commercial groups: It's all in the brand","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/20a152df-0a9c-4f13-bbaf-c44a578da06b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"To what extent will the coronavirus pandemic change our lives in the long term? This question has been the subject of intense debate for weeks. Among the sectors to which the disruption is delivering a significant boost is commerce. Online businesses have been absolutely run off their feet with orders.","urlTitle":"ecommerce","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bec2bc9d-e165-461b-b2b9-afb5310231de/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-05-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The Corona economy: Profiting from the new world","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bec2bc9d-e165-461b-b2b9-afb5310231de/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It is not only in Switzerland that the fight against the novel corona virus continues unabated, though, but across the world. The pharmaceutical industry will play a key role in containing the pandemic. The sector is supplying Covid-19 tests while at the same time looking for drugs and vaccines.","urlTitle":"pharmatracker","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/779cd5a9-3f15-4e00-9aac-f07bb3b250ed/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-05-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Pharmaceutical industry: at the interface to the future","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/779cd5a9-3f15-4e00-9aac-f07bb3b250ed/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Professional life currently takes place mainly on the Internet. Communication, online commerce, video games and home office, the world is becoming even more digital with the pandemic. There is no way around the cloud to cope with the flood of data.","urlTitle":"cloud","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c1c3bbd-6b5a-42b4-b37e-0b6ee694de41/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-04-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The world in a cloud","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7c1c3bbd-6b5a-42b4-b37e-0b6ee694de41/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"London is actually pulsating in the Easter period. However, this weekend the hot spots should remain relatively quiet. Like many other countries the UK is hoping to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic with far-reaching stay-at-home restrictions.","urlTitle":"ukreits","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/963fd55f-6963-4cfd-8336-6af087e14680/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-04-09T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The British property market: Corona shock meets substance","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/963fd55f-6963-4cfd-8336-6af087e14680/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"It\u2019s possible that the world of work is now at a turning-point when it comes to \u2018home office\u2019, with the current situation forcing companies to send their workers home. It is hardly surprising that companies which supply solutions for the home office have trended comparatively robustly in the current stock market fire sale.","urlTitle":"homeoffice","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5ff2bb91-b2d0-4d9c-85a2-f3b98f654104/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-03-29T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Homeoffice: Heading into a new world of work","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5ff2bb91-b2d0-4d9c-85a2-f3b98f654104/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A single letter is currently electrifying stock markets around world: \"H\". It represents hydrogen, the lightest and most commonly found element in the universe. Companies across the world are carrying out research and working with the first element in the periodic table \u2013 and the trend is upwards.","urlTitle":"h2","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b6032482-1fc6-4335-9d61-ad6e6ad41d5e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-03-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Multitalented H2: A molecule conquers the world","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b6032482-1fc6-4335-9d61-ad6e6ad41d5e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"China's transformation is particularly evident in the area of digitalization. For more and more Chinese, mobile payment, for example, is part of everyday life. However, US players such as Visa and Mastercard have long been putting out feelers into the Middle Kingdom.","urlTitle":"kreditkarten","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bdc9af75-463e-4853-8b13-9ad14e655a80/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-02-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Credit card providers: on the threshold of a trillion-euro market","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bdc9af75-463e-4853-8b13-9ad14e655a80/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"At the beginning of March, a raft of financial companies will have cause to celebrate. That marks the 30th anniversary of the listing of the first exchange traded fund (ETF). The industry has stepped up the pace right on time for the anniversary.","urlTitle":"etf","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0965d757-97e2-47a7-8492-d960ac070263/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-02-14T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"ETF Industry: A rather passive growth market","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/0965d757-97e2-47a7-8492-d960ac070263/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Varta has already had cause to celebrate sensational success in its more than 130-year history. It's silver technology delivered a quantum leap forward in battery power and in 2018 the company won an award for the \"stock market listing of 2017\".","urlTitle":"varta","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ff185dbd-3d5b-47e1-a0f3-c76d22c4922b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-01-31T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Varta","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/ff185dbd-3d5b-47e1-a0f3-c76d22c4922b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"2020 dividends move into the focus of investors. On his platform \"DividendenAdel\", expert Christian W. Röhl provides strategies for a long-term positioning in high-yielding equities. The approach he takes now forms the basis for diversified dividend indices.","urlTitle":"dividendenadel","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7d0c853c-414f-4506-8dce-d28d99d9b627/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2020-01-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Dividends: A lucrative income stream for equity investors","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/7d0c853c-414f-4506-8dce-d28d99d9b627/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2019,"articles":[{"summary":"For the Star Wars fan community, the wait will soon be over: on 31 March 2020, the brand-new streaming service of US entertainment giant Walt Disney will also be launching in many European countries. The competition is not sleeping, however.","urlTitle":"streaming","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/dd8b86dd-bf8d-4d72-b7d8-399b86344003/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-12-20T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Streaming: non-stop good entertainment","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/dd8b86dd-bf8d-4d72-b7d8-399b86344003/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Christmas and New Year are the high season for beverage producers, with high-proof drinks in particular selling well over this period. It is not just in the festive season that alcohol is drunk, though: beer, schnapps and the like are enjoying increasing demand throughout the year.","urlTitle":"drinks","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/007dbb87-9acb-4d2e-856a-8045790da3d1/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-12-06T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The beverage industry: Acquiring a taste for it","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/007dbb87-9acb-4d2e-856a-8045790da3d1/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The Advent period is upon us. The most popular gifts last year in Switzerland were food items, especially chocolate treats. Books and toys followed in second and third place. The average budget for the presents reached a new record high. The markets for toys and sweets are growing worldwide.","urlTitle":"christmas","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4d3cff02-9190-4e52-9972-c4a158d0eb54/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-11-22T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The tills never ring more sweetly","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/4d3cff02-9190-4e52-9972-c4a158d0eb54/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Mario Draghi\u2019s \"whatever it takes\" statement marked the turning point in the Euro crisis. More or less simultaneously with this promise, the ECB cut its base rate to less than 1% for the first time. In further steps the central bank pushed the rate down to the zero mark \u2013 where it has stubbornly remained.","urlTitle":"negativ-zinsen","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/33a843cf-055a-4d28-be56-308f38b0a0fa/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-11-08T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES: LONG INCONCEIVABLE, NOW BECOMING REALITY","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/33a843cf-055a-4d28-be56-308f38b0a0fa/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A large number of factors are stoking fears on the international financial markets at the moment. As the saying puts it so beautifully, though, \u201cone man\u2019s meat is another man\u2019s poison.\u201d The issues of the moment are making gold an attractive investment again.","urlTitle":"goldminers","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a8f49f65-f7d9-4885-8eeb-c8db368157dc/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-10-25T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"A coveted precious metal: gold takes flight","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/a8f49f65-f7d9-4885-8eeb-c8db368157dc/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"A delicious cervelat sausage, fine carpaccio of beef, braised lamb shank \u2013 the list of speciality sausages and meats could be extended ad infinitum. There is a vast range of products in the refrigerated section of food retailers and on restaurant menus. However, there are increasing numbers of people whose mouths do not, or no longer, water at the prospect of such classic dishes; they deliberately forego meat and sausages.","urlTitle":"veggy","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bd243916-3d2f-4ef0-8b56-0902aaf7f268/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-10-10T12:56","adHoc":false,"headline":"Vegetarianism: A growth market with a special flavour","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/bd243916-3d2f-4ef0-8b56-0902aaf7f268/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Humanity is declaring war on global warming. This impression has recently been confirmed again by the global climate strike and at the special UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Despite all the efforts to promote renewable sources of energy such as sun, wind and water, there is still no way around oil.","urlTitle":"oil","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e6ceabdc-ca6e-44da-821f-3c735dd1bc22/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-09-27T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Oil market: Volatility in the market for black gold","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/e6ceabdc-ca6e-44da-821f-3c735dd1bc22/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Both in real life and in the virtual world, there\u2019s no way to escape them today: we meet well-known brands everywhere we go. Brand Finance specialises in determining brand value.","urlTitle":"brands","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5fcd8232-6ead-4b44-8fbb-1277ebcdbef1/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-09-13T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Top Brands: Familiar the world over, and worth billions","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5fcd8232-6ead-4b44-8fbb-1277ebcdbef1/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"With the FuW Value Portfolio, \u201cFinanz und Wirtschaft\u201d (FuW) is following in the steps of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. Focussing on Europe and North America, the experts seek out international pearls of value.","urlTitle":"fuw-value-index","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f2ae34b3-96e1-4404-a91e-7101a72d3f48/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-08-30T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Value-Investing: A timeless investment style","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f2ae34b3-96e1-4404-a91e-7101a72d3f48/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The move away from nuclear energy, bans on diesel, and now even a ban on plastic bags - the Germans lead the world when it comes to the environment. The EU is banning single-use cups, straws, cotton buds and other disposable plastic products from 2021.","urlTitle":"plastik","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/92457be9-b8ef-44ba-8691-fadcfe9c8500/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-08-16T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The world declares war on plastic","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/92457be9-b8ef-44ba-8691-fadcfe9c8500/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Once a year, the whole country is united: National Day on 1 August. Similarly strong together are the three Swiss global enterprises Nestlé, Novartis and Roche, whose roots likewise extend back over 100 years.","urlTitle":"big3","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5df88567-4736-47e0-aadb-b3ee923581c9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-08-02T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"The big 3: achieving success together","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/5df88567-4736-47e0-aadb-b3ee923581c9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Over many decades the \u201cGuinness Book of Records\u201d has been dominated by outstanding human performances. Huge progress in computer power and perfected algorithms, however, are resulting in ever more robots being added to the list of high achievers.","urlTitle":"ki-robotics","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cadb1835-f353-488a-ae88-f2fe36c0f657/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-07-17T11:37","adHoc":false,"headline":"Robots and AI \u2013 two digital megatrends","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/cadb1835-f353-488a-ae88-f2fe36c0f657/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The new 5G mobile phone standard is spreading rapidly across the world \u2013 and Switzerland is right at the forefront. In fact, all regions should already be able to enjoy ultrafast mobile communications by the end of the year.","urlTitle":"FiveG","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c7b5e351-4896-465a-94a5-6a04afe36c9a/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-07-05T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"5G \u2013 The world starts up the data turbo","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/c7b5e351-4896-465a-94a5-6a04afe36c9a/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"If the stock market offered a tournament comparable to that of a soccer event, Switzerland would have a shot at victory in 2019. As the end of the first half of the year approaches, the SMI appears set to end the period 17% higher than at this time last year.","urlTitle":"schweizer-markt","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b7183857-7aae-4d45-a9f8-fd71d1ac5ec9/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-06-21T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Swiss stock market: six months of superlatives","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b7183857-7aae-4d45-a9f8-fd71d1ac5ec9/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Crypto-currencies have been enjoying a comeback. Bitcoin is the best known of this innovative form of money, and the biggest representative. Compared with the US dollar, the crypto-currency has got just under 80% more expensive in the year to date.","urlTitle":"crypto-comeback","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/47b9970b-f01f-4a88-92df-f1d92eb463d7/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-05-24T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Bitcoin & Friends: Return of the crypto-currencies","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/47b9970b-f01f-4a88-92df-f1d92eb463d7/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The catalyst currently driving the stock markets is global reporting on first-quarter results. The financial sector is particularly impressive. This sector has shown the greatest improvement in earnings growth since the end of the first quarter, increasing from -3.4% to -0.5%.","urlTitle":"us-banks","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2a57d607-a6d6-4fef-b443-f53df52ed75e/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-04-26T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"US Banks show positive results","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2a57d607-a6d6-4fef-b443-f53df52ed75e/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Roger Federer once again has momentum on his side. The tennis superstar won the 101<sup>st<\/sup> ATP tournament of his career in Miami. It is not only in sport that the term \u201cmomentum\u201d is widely used, though: it is also part and parcel of capital investments.","urlTitle":"multi-asset","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/050e2711-6209-476a-86fb-8ec0bcaecd3b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-04-12T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Momentum Strategy: Turning the focus onto the strongest investments","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/050e2711-6209-476a-86fb-8ec0bcaecd3b/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Dragons are powerful symbols in Chinese culture. Of late, though, there has been little to be seen of this thousand-year-old legend \u2013 at least when it comes to the economy. Cracks have recently developed in the notion of China as an eternal engine of economic growth.","urlTitle":"china-dragon","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2641be0f-5a5f-463e-b177-7daa1566d15a/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-03-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"China: The dragon returns","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/2641be0f-5a5f-463e-b177-7daa1566d15a/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"The 89<sup>th<\/sup> Geneva International Motor Show will be ending on 17 March. Until then visitors can gaze in awe at more than 900 vehicles, including over 150 making their European or world débuts. The highly regarded trade fair also offers a peek into the future of mobility.","urlTitle":"rare-earth","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/83bc951f-43f7-4ab0-a06c-5db3c8e5cbfd/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-03-14T16:47","adHoc":false,"headline":"Rare earths: the beating heart of technological change","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/83bc951f-43f7-4ab0-a06c-5db3c8e5cbfd/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"In February every year, Munich city centre experiences a weekend in lockdown: it is then that the Munich Security Conference, or MSC for short, is held in the luxury Bayerischer Hof hotel.","urlTitle":"defense","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/38d7392d-eb8e-4849-aeab-4fe0df348fd6/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-02-28T00:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"Global defence: geopolitical risks stimulate growth","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/38d7392d-eb8e-4849-aeab-4fe0df348fd6/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"At the end of January, 17 of the 19 central banks in the eurozone ceased printing the 500 euro note; the remaining two countries, Germany and Austria, are set to bid a final farewell to the violet banknote at the end of April.","urlTitle":"digital-payment","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d11afdce-db7a-4c1f-8fae-0b0aa8a2a7de/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2019-02-14T16:33","adHoc":false,"headline":"Digital payment: the breakthrough is close","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/d11afdce-db7a-4c1f-8fae-0b0aa8a2a7de/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2018,"articles":[{"summary":"For many people, salmon is now an essential part of their culinary experience. It's hardly surprising, then, that salmon dominates the fish market in Switzerland, with retailers selling more than 3,200 tonnes in 2017.","urlTitle":"lachs","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/16f8b270-feb8-4e88-94ff-4c25c7671772/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2018-10-11T14:11","adHoc":false,"headline":"Norwegian farmed salmon: a tasty treat for consumers and investors","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/16f8b270-feb8-4e88-94ff-4c25c7671772/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"Fujiyama is one of the major sights in Japan. What few of them may know is that not far from the peak \u2013 affectionately known by the locals as \u201cMount Fuji\u201d \u2013 lies the home of Fanuc, a true pioneer in the field of industrial automation.","urlTitle":"robotics","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f94e8528-24da-47f5-ac56-c91ae3341543/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2018-05-08T12:33","adHoc":false,"headline":"Industrial robots and automation: The future has long since started","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/f94e8528-24da-47f5-ac56-c91ae3341543/fileAsset/w/770"},{"summary":"New games, new consoles, new opportunities for growth: there\u2019s a lot going on in the e-gaming market right now. At the \u201cElectronic Entertainment Expo\u201d there was a surprise: after a decades-long absence, the voice of industry pioneer Atari was heard again.","urlTitle":"egaming","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1a4178cc-3ab5-4112-9dc9-e9f55bbcaf5b/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2018-01-04T01:00","adHoc":false,"headline":"E-Gaming: much more than just a \u201cgame\u201d","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/1a4178cc-3ab5-4112-9dc9-e9f55bbcaf5b/fileAsset/w/770"}]},{"year":2017,"articles":[{"summary":"Right in the middle of the greatest crisis of confidence in the financial markets in recent decades, a revolutionary technological system was born: bitcoin. 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This app provides relationship managers and investors with a simple and comprehensible tool to illustrate the added value of structured products in the portfolio.","urlTitle":"sp-portfolio-optimizer-app","imageSmall":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b9f6de90-193a-4bf2-b6b4-4c2240417d22/fileAsset/w/568","articleDate":"2017-02-03T17:34","adHoc":false,"headline":"«SP Portfolio Optimizer» App","imageThumbnail":"/contentAsset/resize-image/b9f6de90-193a-4bf2-b6b4-4c2240417d22/fileAsset/w/770"}]}]}