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November 2024

Michael Laskin

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Stalling car auction sales suggest broader consumer weakness

The popularity of online car auctions has created a unique two-way market dataset that is liquid and representative of all the US. Alongside wider income and expenditure data, we can see consumer pressures rising up the wealth ladder.
November 2024

Michael Laskin

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Stalling car auction sales suggest broader consumer weakness

The popularity of online car auctions has created a unique two-way market dataset that is liquid and representative of all the US. Alongside wider income and expenditure data, we can see consumer pressures rising up the wealth ladder.

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20 November 2024

Michael Laskin

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Stalling car auction sales suggest broader consumer weakness

The popularity of online car auctions has created a unique two-way market dataset that is liquid and representative of all the US. Alongside wider income and expenditure data, we can see consumer pressures rising up the wealth ladder.
19 November 2024

Fixed Income Desk

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In Credit Weekly Snapshot – November 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
19 November 2024

Melda Mergen

Global Head of Equities

2025 Equity Outlook: Will lower rates and strong earnings be enough to keep markets up?

Going into 2025, strong company fundamentals and trends in innovation could be outweighed by increased geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty.
18 November 2024

Christopher Mahon

Head of Dynamic Real Return, Multi-asset

Lifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions

Why too much derisking – the accepted orthodoxy in UK defined contribution pensions – is a bad thing.
15 November 2024

Gene Tannuzzo

Global Head of Fixed Income

2025 Fixed Income Outlook: A year of opportunity amid economic uncertainty?

Soft landing supports bond performance – but will it last?
15 November 2024

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 15 November 2024

Stock markets around the world enjoyed contrasting fortunes this week, with Donald Trump’s success in the US presidential race threatening to create fault lines in the global economy.
12 November 2024

Vicki Bakhshi

Director, Responsible Investment

COP29: Will it deliver on climate finance?

With mitigation and adaptation needs running into hundreds of billions of dollars, and public finances stretched, the private sector will need to deliver much of the necessary ‘climate finance’.
11 November 2024

Paul Doyle

Head of Europe ex-UK Equities

European reform must wait as the US continues to advance

The continent is struggling with competitiveness and needs to cut interest rates faster – but even that may not be enough.
11 November 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Will trade wars end the Equity Bull market?

Assessing the impact of Trump-era trade tariffs.

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