Most major equity market indices have fallen in April. As central banks on both sides of the Atlantic begin to raise interest rates to cool-off inflation, macro-economic growth projections have come-down. Moreover, the majority of S&P 500 companies having reported...

As market participants were uncertain about the global macro-economic consequences of Russia’s invasion, equity markets initially plunged before bottoming around March 7th/8th. Afterwards there has been a strong rally for stocks, albeit an unpopular one. On the 16th...

The month of February was highly volatile. US consumer price data (CPI) came in higher than expected at a headline rate of +7.5% (YoY). This was the highest level since February 1982. As 10-yr US treasury yields have risen to more than 2%, prospects for growth stocks...

High inflation rates and a strong labour market in the US led to increased concerns among investors that the US central bank may have to raise rates more aggressively than anticipated. 10-year US treasury yields have increased by around +25bps to 1.78%. At the same...

The threat of Omicron became a lesser concern to investors during the final month of December. Instead, investors have focussed on US monetary policy. During the last meeting on the 15th of December the FED was more hawkish than anticipated, with members forecasting...

Upon the discovery of the “Omicron” Variant equity markets have sold -off at the end of the month leaving most major indices in negative territory. The cyclical as well as small cap equity segments led the decline. Given investor concerns regarding renewed lock-down...

October lived up to its expectation as one of the most volatile months for markets. Despite supply-chain crunches and soaring input prices corporate earnings have surprised on the positive side. Major stock market indices had a strong month. The price of Brent oil...

On the 7th of October Seahawk Investments won the award "Top Innovator" for its Seahawk Equity Long Short fund in the segment of boutique investment firms with assets under management of less than EUR 1bn. Mein Geld Medien GmbH, Pro Boutiquenfonds GmbH und Aecon...

It was a choppy month of September for the major stock market indices. Debt concerns of China’s real estate developer Evergrande weighed on riskier assets. As inflation pressure continued to persist in the US, the FED had to deliver a more hawkish outlook on monetary...

With investors and banks not taking #ESG measures lightly, how might the future of responsible investing look like? Transport Capital had a quick chat with Hubertus Clausius, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of Seahawk Investments GmbH for his perspective....