Equity markets went completely haywire, which can happen, but once again, we did not expect it to happen in 2026. Both the presidential election cycle, as well as the decennial cycle did not have such kind of behavior in the cards. Markets enjoyed two tailwinds: First, the US government is selling crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves like never before. The US spent 40+ years building the SPR to 700 million barrels as a buffer against exactly this kind of supply sho

During the past four weeks, the market celebrated a furious comeback, and the portfolio was caught off guard. While we argued that technology was running into trouble, the total opposite happened. We argued that big investors, primarily hedge funds, have been unloading tech stocks, which is partially true, but not to an extended degree. It took until mid-May to access all the data and to make sense of it. So, what have the biggest funds been doing during the past quarter? The

In the financial industry, the end of the quarter is an important event. For large U.S. funds managing more than $100 million, it is not necessary to provide public holding reports on a monthly basis, but on a quarterly basis. Whalewisdom, a website that provides data and enables clients to screen fund allocations, is currently tracking 4269 funds. The data clearly provides the fact that most are overweight technology, especially the Mag7 companies. The end of quarter trade h

We are pleased to announce that Francesco Galgano has joined Clavis Partners AG as a new intern. He is looking forward to further developing his interests and skills in wealth management and financial markets, gaining practical exposure to portfolio management, investment analysis and client advisory processes.

During the past four weeks, we have witnessed record inflows for European equities, pushing the already extended Stoxx 600 index to new record highs. Now the market looks even more exuberant, and we can’t change our view that such a setup will be difficult to stomach in the coming weeks. The S&P 500 remains in a trading range, and as previously mentioned, the outperforming sectors cannot fully compensate for the weakness we are seeing in large cap technology stocks as well as

Trusts are among the most widely used tools in private wealth planning.They are also among the most misunderstood. Too often, trusts are discussed primarily as legal structures or tax-driven solutions. In practice, however, their success or failure has far less to do with technical sophistication than with clarity of intent, quality of trusteeship, and an honest understanding of human behaviour over time. This observation sits at the heart of Trusts Unpacked , our new podcast