Jeroen Blokland

Jeroen Blokland

Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 19, 2025

Chart of the week: The weakest link

Remember that BBC quiz show with the notoriously blunt Anne Robinson, who ended each round with the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 12, 2025

Chart of the week: Mar-a-Lago: pressure, predicament, and drama

President Trump had it all envisioned. A copy-paste “Plaza Accord” that would enshrine him and the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 5, 2025

Chart of the week: a realistic look at bonds

I remain endlessly amazed by how traditional investors continue to cling to outdated assumptions and…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
April 22, 2025

Chart of the week: roulette policy

Whether you walk away believing that President Trump will make the world “fairer,” dream of Trumpian…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
April 14, 2025

Chart of the week: coverage ratio drama? It’s not the stocks

The markets crashed this week, so it’s only a matter of time before juicy headlines start popping up…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
April 7, 2025

Chart of the week: generation gap

This week marked the 22nd edition of the Mining Forum Europe in Zurich. For a long time, it was an…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 31, 2025

Chart of the week: stuck in fixed income

“The total value of Dutch securities holdings reached nearly 3,500 billion euros in 2024.” It’s one…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 24, 2025

Chart of the week: is Dr. Copper still relevant?

Since the beginning of this year, the price of copper has risen by over 20 percent. So, Dr. Copper…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 17, 2025

Chart of the week: short-term pain

In recent weeks, an old-fashioned “self-fulfilling prophecy” appears to be taking shape. To ensure…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 10, 2025

Chart of the week: stagflation stress

The markets were already on edge, and there seems to be little sign of that changing any time soon…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 3, 2025

Chart of the week: Mixed feelings

The German elections have resulted in a victory for the CDU/CSU. That was not entirely unexpected…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
February 17, 2025

Chart of the week: Powell vs Trump, interest versus rhetoric

A beneficial side effect of President Trump is that we can trash all incoming macro figures without…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
February 10, 2025

Chart of the week: call that dumb!

Investing is rarely straightforward. And with an unpredictable individual at the helm of the world’s…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
February 3, 2025

‘Seeking’ productivity growth

A Chinese AI disruptor shakes up Big Tech—DeepSeek challenges the AI status quo, promising cheaper…
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