Max Severijns

Max Severijns

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Investing
May 20, 2025

Critics say continuation funds risk Ponzi dynamics

Continuation funds, once a post-crisis workaround for expiring vehicles in weak exit markets, are…
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Investing
May 13, 2025

Geneva Truce might not be enough to undo economic damage, investors say

Markets are celebrating the news that the United States and China have agreed on Monday to sharply…
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Investing
May 8, 2025

Tears in Omaha

Buffettologists Pieter Slegers and Ansgar John Brenninkmeijer traveled to what may have been their…
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Asset Allocation
May 5, 2025

Euro rally exposes compounding risks in unhedged portfolios

European investors face steep losses as a falling dollar and surging euro squeeze returns on…
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Blackrock-CEO Larry Fink wordt klaargemaakt voor een interview op de New York Stock Exchange. Bron: AP Photo/Richard Drew
Investing
April 28, 2025

Doubt grows among fund giants, yet US stocks remain core portfolio holding

Billions are evaporating from the US markets. The world’s largest asset managers are divided in…
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De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump groet opperrechter John Roberts van het Hooggerechtshof. Foto: Saul Loeb / AFP
News
April 18, 2025

Trump wants Powell out. The supreme court might offer a way

President Donald Trump believes Jerome Powell is standing in his way. He has repeatedly threatened…
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Asset Allocation
April 9, 2025

Wealth managers revisit small crypto allocations in portfolios

Bitcoin’s persistent popularity is reigniting portfolio debates among European wealth managers.
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Asset Allocation
April 7, 2025

Trade war triggers rift among Trump loyalists

Even those expected to back Trump’s tariff move are responding with unease. Over the weekend, that…
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American economist Paul Samuelson (1915-2009) won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences in 1970. Photo: Wikimedia.
Asset Allocation
April 2, 2025

‘Liberation Day’ reignites a classic trade debate

Trump’s tariff push revives an old trade theory — and investors should pay attention to what…
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Investing
March 28, 2025

Investors await ‘Liberation Day’: Selling US stocks now is ‘unwise’

US equities have calmed after a turbulent start to the year, but the mood is far from euphoric. With…
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Mohamed El-Erian aan het woord tijdens de conferentie. Foto: Digital Asset Summit 2025
Investing
March 25, 2025

El-Erian: ‘Yields won’t drop further without a recession’

The probability of a U.S. recession is rising, but it is not yet the base case for markets, former…
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Asset Allocation
March 20, 2025

Benelux investors keep their cool as Wall Street wobbles

Wall Street wobbles, nerves fray—European investors stay cool, filter the noise, and focus on long…
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Asset Allocation
March 17, 2025

Bund yield rises further as Berlin struggles with budget deal

The German Bund yield continues to rise as Berlin struggles with Friedrich Merz’s planned budget…
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Investing
March 5, 2025

A trade tariff is no picnic in the park, ‘but won’t derail European outperformance’

The import tariff proposed by Donald Trump on goods from the EU may inject some volatility into…
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