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🎙️ In this episode of UNLOCKED, Dominique Boehler from Société Générale draws on more than 20 years in finance to unpack structured and leveraged products. He explains why timing matters, how FOMO can influence even experienced investors, and why understanding the product is just as important as understanding the market. A conversation about flexibility, potential gains and possible losses, with a closer look at Swiss DOTS.

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Technology stocks rebound, but Nvidia misses the party as scrutiny surrounding Jensen Huang raises questions about leadership risk at the heart of the AI trade. Yet beyond the headlines, investors still face the same challenges: enormous capital spending, growing leverage, circular deals and uncertain returns.
Today’s CoreWeave earnings will offer another test of investor confidence. Meanwhile, US CPI takes centre stage as markets assess the likelihood of another Federal Reserve rate hike in December.

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Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010 in the structured products desk of the Swiss Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. She...

Strong US jobs data have lifted yields and the dollar, reinforcing expectations of another Fed hike in December. Can this week’s inflation report offer markets some relief? Meanwhile, CoreWeave and Nebius earnings will test confidence in the AI trade as investors scrutinise spending, cash flow and future projects. Strong quarterly results may no longer be enough: guidance and financing will matter. We look at why uncertainty surrounding AI expansion could weigh on chipmakers, data centres and the broader infrastructure complex, including copper, even as longer-term demand from electrification and expanding power grids continues to support the metal’s structural investment appeal....

Investors are rushing to the exit as the AI trade unravels. Nasdaq 100 plunged 6.36%, raising questions about buying opportunities, balance sheets and diversification. Meanwhile, the Bank of England delivers a hawkish rate hike, and US jobs data could reshape Federal Reserve expectations. Could gold emerge as a winner? Falling real yields, a softer dollar and continued central bank demand could support its recovery. Today, we explore the tech rout, the limits of diversification and the forces that could drive gold higher over the next year.

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Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010...