Bassanese Bites: Wet lettuce – June 30 2025
Global week in review Global stocks bounced back last week due to a Middle East ceasefire and lingering hopes of US rate cuts later this year. Most notably, the S&P 500 touched a new record high, fully unwinding the tariff-related slump earlier this year. Iran’s limited response The …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – June 23 2025
In today's Weekly Insights: Ten Years Of All-Weather Model Portfolio By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor A few weeks ago I was asked to provide some performance statistics for stocks held in the FNArena-Vested Equities All-Weather Model Portfolio. Revisiting the early days of the Portfolio back in 2015 proved quite …
Bassanese Bites: Three strikes and you’re out – June 23 2025
Due to travel commitments, this week’s Bites is a shortened version without the usual charts. Global week in review It was a fairly quiet week in global financial markets despite simmering concerns over the Israel-Iran conflict. Markets were on tenterhooks, wondering whether US President Donald Trump …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – June 16 2025
In today's Weekly Insights: -Macquarie Technology's Integrated Data Centre Services -FNArena Talks By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Small cap stocks in the US are on their worst performance relative to large-cap stocks in over twenty years with the Russell2000 index only up 24% since the beginning of 2020. The gap with …
Bassanese Bites: Wall of worry – June 16 2025
Global markets Global stocks were generally edging higher last week before Israel’s attack on Iran caused an understandable sell-off on Friday. Israel-Iran conflict appears contained My early thoughts on the Israel-Iran tit-for-tat remain the same. Markets won’t much care if they keep exchanging missiles, provided it does not …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – June 10 2025
In today's Weekly Insights: The AI Promise Is Broadening By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor The race to become the world's largest company by market capitalisation is now decided by day-to-day share price fluctuations between Microsoft and Nvidia, two of the leading global beneficiaries of our modern day revolution that …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – June 02 2025
In today's Weekly Insights: In today's Weekly Insights: How Expensive Is Expensive? By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Equity markets look "expensive". There's virtually nobody around who will fiercely dispute that statement, but does this by definition mean we should all worry about the next sell-off forthcoming? Recent client conversations by analysts at Morgan …
Bassanese Bites: The TACO trade – June 02 2025
Global markets Global stocks rebounded last week, helped by a bounce in US consumer confidence as well as US President Trump’s decision to delay a 50% tariff on European imports. Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff saga continues Markets were whipsawed again last week after US President Trump threatened to …
FNArena’s Weekly Insights – May 26 2025
In today's Weekly Insights: How Do We Value The Future? By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor Invest in the future is an oft provided free piece of advice to investors, including by yours truly. After all, when major technological changes descend upon society, it's better to own the manufacturer of the …
Bassanese Bites: Big beautiful debt – May 26 2025
Global markets Global stocks pulled back last week, likely reflecting some profit-taking after recent strong gains. But there are also concerns around US debt levels and Trump’s renewed tariff threats. Market jitters return The passing of a budget bill by the US House of Representatives mid-last week was …
