Markus Allenspach, Head Fixed Income Research, discusses with Damien Ng the impact of geopolitics on interest-rate decisions, why the euro is strong against the Swiss franc, and whether it is time to buy gold.

Christian Gattiker, Head of Research & Investment Solutions, discusses the expected bumper earnings season, higher oil prices and a regime change in US Treasury yields.

In this interview, Carsten Menke, Commodity analyst, explains why the US is so much focusing on China with regards to the ongoing trade quarrels.

Janwillem Acket, Chief Economist, discusses with Damien Ng why is the Swiss franc weaker, what can investors expect from the US refinancing situation in the near term, and what is the impact of Facebook's data breaches on the US and Chinese IT sectors?

Philipp Lienhardt, our Head of Equity Single Titles, talks to Helen Freer, Investment Writer, about the risks of a trade war, the Brexit transition period and the rising LIBOR rate.

In this interview, Norbert Rücker, Head Macro & Commodities, shares his view on further interest rate hikes in the US, how Europe intends to deal with non-performing loans and why he believes that the sentiment cycle in commodities is peaking.

David Kohl, Deputy Chief Economist, elaborates on the planned US tariffs and their potential consequences on Asian economies and the global car sector.

Patrik Lang, Head of Equity Research, discusses with Damien Ng on the implications of the Italian elections, as well as the probability of a US-led trade war and its impact on the global economy.

Economics was never meant to be used for forecasting, which is why whenever you ask economists about the next financial crisis, they open their financial history books. While others already started predicting the next financial crisis, we would like to define its historical nature and timeline. We share the view that financial crises will happen in the future just as they have happened in the past, but we think that a 2008-like meltdown or worse is quite unlikely anytime soon.

Markus Allenspach, Head of Fixed Income Research, talks to Helen Freer, Investment Writer, about Jerome Powell's testimony, China and the Italian elections.