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Weekly Market Outlook April 26, 2015

Weekly Market Outlook: Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – The markets are caught in a sideways pattern. We wait patiently for more confirmation on what direction is eventually chosen. We reiterate that the upward movements in the S&P 500 over the past few months are less powerful than the downside. Market participants are more selective and are looking for […]

Buffer Blues

Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – It was former CFO Bert Bruggink of the Rabobank who at the start of this year managed to rock the boat. For the market leader in Dutch mortgage to preach about how higher capital requirements ultimately lead to structurally more expensive mortgages is transparency at its best. But the public went […]

Buffer Blues

Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – Het was voormalig CFO Bert Bruggink van de Rabobank die begin dit jaar de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooide. Om als marktleider in Nederlandse hypotheken te prediken dat hogere kapitaaleisen uiteindelijk tot een structureel duurdere hypotheek zullen leiden, is transparantie in optima forma. Maar de algemene publieke opinie reageerde als door […]