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After failing to protect investors from higher inflation over the past two years, gold prices have been surging lately. Why now? We investigate this intriguing development. 

US assets have reigned supreme for several quarters, but a shift in global growth could lead to a more balanced market rally. 

What happens when markets price a no-landing scenario, but the macro data suggests otherwise? In Simply put, we explain why one of the two needs to give. 

We focus on normalisation in this quarterly issue of Simply put – of market and macro conditions, and correlations among risk premia.

How does the tone of central banks affect interest-rate expectations beyond data? Simply put listens in for a steer on future policy. 

Are European consumers making ‘size’ a fashionable equity factor again? We explain how rising consumption typically benefits domestic small- and mid-cap stocks.