Published: 01 April 2021

Please find hereafter some brief comments on this event.

Note that we do not yet know all the details surrounding the events at the time of this writing.

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Published: 10 March 2021

Although the media continue to closely monitor developments of the covid-19 pandemic, financial markets have found another source of concern: interest rates. Indeed, investors have long been accustomed to low interest rates by central banks. In 2021, the bond markets experienced strong shocks that financiers were no longer used to. Since January 1, ten-year rates have climbed 0.63% in the United States, 0.80% in Canada and 0.53% in the United Kingdom. Even in Switzerland, Confederation rates jumped 0.30%.

The consequences have been quite different depending on the nature of the asset.

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