Everyone remembers the images picturing floods, hail storms, mudslides, tornadoes and other disasters that have swept Europe, Germany, France, and Belgium recently, but also those of other continents (America, Australia, and Canada, where huge fires are still raging in Alberta). The estimated damage is reported to be in billions of Euros: 1.4 billion estimated in France and several billion in Germany and Canada; Great Britain and Scandinavia have also been affected by similar phenomena lately (almost 2 billion Euros, if we tabulate all of them)…

Investments, trends and recommendations
. US interest rates: Who believes the story?
. ECB quantitative easing / interest rates: some time to wait still…
. Sterling Pound: Brexit or no Brexit?
. Oil: Cool headed…
. Gold: Golden times past times?

A small political anticipation calendar
Some dates to bear in mind for the next six months (new section)