Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist, True Insights

Jeroen Blokland

All-round Multi-Asset investor. Former head of a EUR 5 billion multi-asset fund range. Speaker. Charts & Frameworks. Founder of True Insights, a provider of independent investment research, trade ideas & well-diversified portfolios.
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Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist

Weekly Market Monitor (10) - Central Banks Intervene to Fight Contagion Risks

Monetary Policy Update! Federal Reserve Unlikely to Hike Rates in March

Banks Vs. Market: A Closer Look at Equity Risk Premia and Other Valuation Measures

Equity Market Complacency? Why the VIX Index Is Trading Below 20

High Yield Bonds: Defaults Rising to 5.0% but Spreads in Lalaland

Money Market Funds – Bank Profitability Pressure and the Great Recession Delay

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Cross Asset Strategy

United kingdom & United states / Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>The (equity) risk premium for banks (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/spdr-s-p-bank-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32764:1" rel="noopener">SPDR S&amp;P Bank ETF (KBE US))</a> will go up while bank profitability will go down. There will be questions about smaller bank regulations.</li>
<li>Startups and smaller tech funds will struggle, potentially resulting in a lower valuation of the entire technology space (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-us-technology-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32856:1" rel="noopener">iShares US Technology ETF (IYW US)).</a>
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<li>Unless the Bank Term Funding Program does not solve the liquidity issues, the Federal Reserve must continue raising rates, forcing another standoff with markets (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/spdr-s-p-500-etf-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:763:1" rel="noopener">SPDR S&amp;P 500 (SPY US))</a> .</li>
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The (equity) risk premium for banks (SPDR S&amp;P Bank ETF (KBE US)) will go up while bank profitability will go down. There will be questions about smaller bank regulations.
Startups and smaller tech funds will struggle, potentially resulting in a lower valuation of the entire technology space (iShares US Technology ETF (IYW US)).

Unless the Bank Term Funding Program does not solve the liquidity issues, the Federal Reserve must continue raising rates, forcing another standoff with markets (SPDR S&amp;P 500 (SPY US)) .


Silicon Valley Bank: Some Observations on Contagion, Moral Hazard, and Monetary Policy