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The sales season has prices on the way down, but is that also the case for the markets?

Every summer, consumers take to the streets to find the best deals. It is summer sales season, probably the first entirely normal one after two years of restrictions due to the pandemic.

Raquel Arteaga: “The figure of the risk director is key in the current context”

Raquel Arteaga, MAPFRE AM's new risk director, is the next guest in the series of interviews with professionals from the Group's asset management unit.

Record inflation, slower growth, and higher interest rates: a dangerous cocktail

Echoing the famous statement that Draghi made during the 2012 financial crisis, where he announced that the European Central Bank would do everything in its power “to save the euro,” Christine Lagarde has taken over at a time that won't be easy for the European economy.

U.S. companies in the spotlight: Uber, Disney, Warner Bros., and Berkshire Hathaway

There are many ways to approach value investing. One, according to Boyar Value Group CEO Jonathan Boyar, is through the search for high-quality companies that “sell at a significant discount to what a buyer pays and have a catalyst for capital appreciation.”

Are there symptoms of a possible recession scenario?

It is nothing new that experts are placing all their cards on the table and shuffling through all types of macroeconomic scenarios in their analyses, including the most pessimistic.

Two MAPFRE AM funds recognized with the Rating FundsPeople award

At a time of increasing asset diversification whose negative backdrop—brought on by the geopolitical crisis—is altering investment decisions, experts are faced with the arduous task of finding opportunities in assets that can adapt to the ups and downs of the market in a climate of uncertainty.

Stock markets have officially entered a bear market

On May 6, Boyar Value Group shared their thoughts on the recent stock market volatility, noting that the selloff was likely driven by many different investor concerns.

What is the VIX and why is it so important for the markets?

The climate of uncertainty has not changed so far this year. The main risks, which are global in scope (the war in Ukraine, the supply crisis, and rising energy costs), have kept investors in an aura of doubt and fear from which it is not easy to emerge.

MAPFRE Economics’ reading on the latest central bank meetings

In the interest of controlling the level of inflation, central banks have been forced to step in. Both the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve held meetings in the past week.