Jeroen Blokland

Jeroen Blokland

Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
October 7, 2024

Chart of the Week: The ECB will sleep soundly

Inflation in the Eurozone has fallen to 1.8 percent. This marks the first time since June 2021 that…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
September 30, 2024

Gold soars, but who cares?

It can hardly have escaped your notice: gold is hot! The gold price is currently breaking record…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
September 23, 2024

China, a copy of the United States

Many investors mistakenly conclude that China and the United States are completely different due to…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
September 16, 2024

Madness

Former ECB president and prime minister of Italy, Mario Draghi, has written a report containing the…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
September 9, 2024

Surely this must be the end of the rally

The equity allocation of US households has risen to 60 percent. The last time stocks had this much…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
August 26, 2024

Chart of the Week: a chart that argues against a recession

A new (American) recession remains a hot topic. And it’s understandable because a significant series…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 19, 2024

Chart of the week: The great rebalancing

Government bonds have long enjoyed a special place in investors’ portfolios. Often seen as a…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 12, 2024

Unfortunately, this is not the end of the carry trade

The Bank of Japan unexpectedly raised interest rates, and for those who did expect it, the increase…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 5, 2024

Time to question the central bank herd mentality

Central bank analysis rarely goes beyond predicting the timing of the next interest rate step and…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
July 29, 2024

Trump 2.0

Donald Trump still leads in the polls. This has sparked a surge in so-called ‘Trump trades,’…
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Jeroen Blokland
July 22, 2024

Good news is ‘just’ good news again

We are at a crossroads when it comes to incoming macro data. While it was long hoped for some…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 15, 2024

Schade Deutschland, alles ist vorbei

Columnist Jeroen Blokland takes a look at persistently declining industrial production in Germany.
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
July 8, 2024

Ferrytales

It is high time for asset managers to reassess their private equity allocations, argues Jeroen…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
July 1, 2024

Will debt sink the American empire?

With the United States facing another daunting budget deficit of seven percent of GDP this year…
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