Last week, equity performance resulted mixed after major indices tested a technical support and after US put/call volatility spiked up, testifying a short term surge in risk aversion. The MSCI World index's total return fell by 0.6% (S&P 500 -1.4%) but the EMU index overperformed at +1.1%.

People are drawing parallels with the Crimean annexation and sanctions put in place then - which heavily impacted the Russian market. But the macroeconomic Russian situation is very different today - it is much better...

According to Cyrille Geneslay, fund manager at CPR Asset Management, Donald Trump's stock is disrupting investors and this is capturing the rebound potential of the stock market. It says it has reduced its exposure to Japanese equities and European equities in the CPR Growth Reactive Fund ...

According to Valérie Quesada and Christophe Dehondt, Rate & Inflation Manager at CPR Asset Management, 2018 is the year of the return of inflation. It returns from the United States and will be transmitted to the Euro Zone. We should see 10-year inflation expectations at 2.4% in the United States and 1.5% in Europe ...

Trump's bark is worse than his bite and despite the recent headlines, the likelihood of a full-blown trade war with China is slim, says Ross Teverson, manager of the Jupiter Global Emerging Markets Fund. Despite the protectionist rhetoric, a sensible agreement on trade between the two nations will eventually prevail, he adds.