Equity markets around the world reacted with doubts after US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell's speech to the US Congress, in which he did not rule out higher-than-expected interest rate hikes due to the strength of macroeconomic data.
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The asset management industry is increasingly egalitarian
Women's Day is celebrated on March 8, with the aim of further reducing the gender gap and achieving a much more egalitarian world, also in the investment world. In the asset management industry, demands include recognizing the work of women professionals, reducing the salary gap and reconciling work and family life. We talked to four MAPFRE AM professionals.
The consolidation of sustainable investment: new challenges and issues
During 2022, we saw how investing with sustainable criteria was affected by geopolitical factors, such as the invasion of Ukraine, or economic factors, such as rising inflation.
Persistent inflation dampens investor enthusiasm
The latest inflation data in the United States, which confirmed that the slowdown in price growth was going to be more gradual than expected, has caused investors to lose the enthusiasm that had marked the first weeks of 2023.
Fixed income funds: higher returns than direct investment in bonds
La inversión en Letras del Tesoro ha experimentado un ‘boom’ tras la normalización de tipos de interés por parte de los bancos centrales, que ha mejorado en gran medida su rentabilidad después de las caídas registradas en 2022.
Both alive and dead: the economic cycle and quantum superposition
The cycle usually follows a pattern in which the economy grows during the expansion phase, peaks and slows down during the contraction phase.
Funds leverage the best Stock Market start since 2001
European indices closed the first month of the year with a gain of more than 9%, which has boosted the performance of MAPFRE's funds. Are there reasons to remain optimistic?
ChatGPT and monetary policy
MAPFRE Economics analyzes where monetary policy is headed on both sides of the Atlantic, something that a chatbot is currently unable to predict.
The reasons behind the stock market’s continued rise
The improvement in growth expectations, the moderation of inflation and the positive impact of all this on company earnings are strong arguments for continued optimism in the market.