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The Federal Reserve’s long-anticipated rate hike yesterday –its first in 10 years — came amid worry from some that moving the federal funds rate up from zero could slow U.S. economic growth. The U.S.’s underwhelming post-financial crisis recovery provides some support for that pessimism: nominal GDP growth has averaged just 3.75 percent despite the benefit of a near-zero interest rates, a long-depressed dollar and a dropping unemployment rate. Might the situation turn...

Discover Corrado Lopresto’s unrivaled collection of rare cars, prototypes and unique pieces from Italian constructors. In a personal interview Corrado Lopresto spoke with us about his fascination for vintage cars, design, and restoration. More information and images can be found on http://www.credit.suisse.com/classiccars

Need a loan? You can always go to a bank. Or you can try to borrow from your peers. Increasingly popular “peer-to-peer lending portals” allow borrowers and lenders to connect directly through online marketplaces, threatening to disintermediate traditional financial institutions in the process. But how do peer-to-peer sites assess the risk involved in the loans they make? What role will regulation play in their future? Will institutional investors get on board? Industry experts discussed...

Need a loan? You can always go to a bank. Or you can try to borrow from your peers. Increasingly popular “peer-to-peer lending portals” allow borrowers and lenders to connect directly through online marketplaces, threatening to disintermediate traditional financial institutions in the process. But how do peer-to-peer sites assess the risk involved in the loans they make? What role will regulation play in their future? Will institutional investors get on board? Industry experts discussed these...

Investors in emerging markets have underperformed their developed world peers for the past three years. After a particularly difficult year in 2015, due to the sharp depreciation many currencies experienced against the U.S. dollar, investors will need to be discerning in 2016, but Credit Suisse’s Investment Solutions & Products (IS&P) team expects economic growth to stabilize, opening opportunities to invest in select emerging market assets at attractive prices. What follows is Credit...

Our latest video from the Goodwood Revival tells the story of the “Goodwood Revival Night Race” which had its origins in the Goodwood Nine Hour Race of the 1950’s and was inspired by the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. Listen to racing legends Derek Bell and Jochen Mass, both racing in the Freddy March Memorial Trophy “Night Race” of 2015, as well as to our Credit Suisse racer Karsten Le Blanc and motorsport historian Doug Nye. More information and images can be found on...

This new series spotlights Credit Suisse thought leaders for unique market insights. Watch Howard Koh, Credit Suisse Head of Emerging Markets Greater China Trading share his views on the latest regulatory loan structure in China.

Enough talk already. The moment is finally here: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates today by 0.25 percent for the first time since June 2006. Credit Suisse doesn’t believe the small, well-anticipated hike will hurt the U.S. economy in and of itself. (What happens in rate-sensitive markets, especially high-yield bonds, is another story, and one that The Financialist will cover in the coming days.) More important to financial markets are the signals Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen...

While the European Central Bank announced tamer-than-expected quantitative easing measures this month, it also offered a bit of reassurance to those counting on a broader QE program: bank president Mario Draghi said that the ECB was prepared, if necessary, to implement further easing. But is more easing actually likely in the coming year? Credit Suisse believes the answer is “no.”   To understand why, it’s important to look at what might have prompted the bank to...

What central banks do – and how their policies diverge from one another – will continue to drive financial markets in 2016, impacting fixed income markets and creating opportunities for equity investors in places where policy is easing, according to the 2016 Investment Outlook from Credit Suisse’s Private Bank. The Federal Reserve seems almost certain to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006 in December – and, Credit Suisse believes it will raise them three more times in 2016....