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Mohamed El-Erian


Mohamed El-Erian is President of Queens’ College, Cambridge University, an advisor to Allianz and Gramercy and a best selling author. He previously served as chief executive and co-chief investment officer of Pimco, deputy director of the IMF and president and CEO of Harvard Management Company. He is the Rene M. Kern Practice Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Markets InsightMonetary policy
    When is stimulus too much for markets?

    What is good for more inclusive economic growth may not be positive short-term for investors

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Markets InsightMarkets
    Market insouciance means the Reddit rebellion will be back

    As with many popular uprisings, the authorities have reasserted themselves but have not dealt with its causes

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Markets InsightUS politics & policy
    Crises facing Biden threaten to create vicious cycles

    New US president must combine agile political manoeuvring with smart economic policy

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    New Covid variant will increase stress on global economy and widen inequality

    Policymakers need to take more action to tackle rising risk that short-term problems will become embedded

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Markets InsightMarkets
    The risks that investors should prepare for in 2021

    After a liquidity-driven rally on markets, central bank largesse might not be sustainable

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Markets InsightMarkets
    Biden must break market’s codependency with White House

    Trump’s approach widened the disconnect between traders and the real economy

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    Markets InsightUS economy
    A divided electorate spells trouble for the US economy

    Country emerges from polls both unwilling and unable to tackle challenges that threaten this and future generations

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Capital markets
    What the shift on austerity means for markets

    Greater dispersion of returns likely for firms and countries as debt and deficits surge

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Markets InsightEquities
    The volatility wake-up call for investors

    Concerns over economy and Covid-19 have coincided with unsettling signals about Fed’s stimulus support

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  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Markets InsightUS equities
    Retail stock investors should note professionals’ caution

    Derivatives reflect risk of heavy selling that could overwhelm smaller players

  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
    Gold
    Gold’s evolution into a ‘must-have’ asset is storing up trouble

    Price rise is being driven by investors adding the metal to long-term portfolios

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Markets InsightCoronavirus economic impact
    Investors must prepare portfolios for Covid-19 debt crunch

    The recovery value of assets will soon come to the fore, demanding closer scrutiny

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Bad things happen when finance front-runs the economy

    Governments need to ensure durable growth that benefits more than the well-off in society

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2020
    Markets InsightMarkets
    Three key takeaways from the earnings season

    Coronavirus has left holes in balance sheets and reduced guidance for investors

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2020
    Markets InsightMarkets volatility
    Markets and economists are still too upbeat on coronavirus

    Sentiment is too bullish, judging by price-earnings ratios and credit spreads

  • Monday, 9 March, 2020
    Global Economy
    How this market crash is different from 2008, and the same

    The global economy’s banking nerve centre is not under threat 

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    Markets InsightCoronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus raises risk of trouble in corporate bonds

    Even the Fed’s rate cut cannot prevent economic ‘sudden stops’ that will hurt business

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Markets InsightEquities
    Coronavirus should snap investors out of ‘buy the dip’

    Viral outbreak highlights weak global growth and less effective central banks

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Investors rely on short-term supports at their peril

    A banner year has relied on positive news flow rather than fundamental change

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Two heavy clouds over global economic growth are lifting

    Investors should not get carried away with the UK election result and US-China trade pact

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Markets InsightAsset allocation
    Five market axioms that can no longer be relied upon

    Many economic, financial and political ‘unthinkables’ have become facts

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Markets InsightCurrencies
    Why dollar strength poses risks to global economy

    Appreciation in the greenback creates political and economic problems

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    German economy
    Germany must take care when throwing around stimulus

    Two speed economy means that any spending must be carefully tailored

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    Mohamed El-Erian joins Barclays as a non-executive director

    Former Pimco executive will start in January alongside the chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Markets reflect too much confidence in US-China trade deal

    Investors learn not to rely unduly on central banks, but still show undue optimism

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