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Stock markets have recently recovered part of the territory lost after the arrival of the Omicron variant.

After a few weeks during which the market seemed calm and steady, its volatility has returned, and the reason for this is one that has now become familiar: the pandemic.

In the current scenario of rising inflation, what are fixed income managers doing? Several of them explained at a breakfast meeting organized by FundsPeople and sponsored by SPDR ETF of State Street Global Advisor (SSGA).

More and more countries are enacting new restrictions due to the increase in Covid cases. Some experts are already predicting an impact on the economy that will obviously be passed on to the markets.

The markets have been closely monitoring the development of inflation and the central banks’ response to it for months, an issue that raised its head once again this Monday with the announcement of Jerome Powell's re-election as chair of the US Federal Reserve.

An old friend of economists —who had been lurking around for some time— has become the main protagonist of the post-pandemic economic recovery: inflation. In recent months, the global economy has been characterized by upward pressure on prices that is more or less widespread, placing inflation above the target of central banks in many cases.

The IBEX 35 has not shown a clear direction in recent months and has been closing for some weeks in very narrow bands around 9,000 points, but by lifting our gaze a bit and observing the rest of the European trading floors, it can be estimated that it has a long way to go.

Eurostat data reveal GDP growth of 2.2% in the Eurozone in the third quarter. Good news for the economic bloc, though not for all countries that comprise it. While France and Italy lead the growth, Spain and Germany are downgrading their forecasts.

Searching for hidden assets or undervalued stocks are among these key elements, according to the American investor Jon Boyar, renowned value investing guru, who participated this week in the annual Substrate AI event (formerly called Zona Value).