{"id":5386,"date":"2025-03-17T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/?p=5386"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:50:58","slug":"minimum-volatility-why-its-outperforming-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/minimum-volatility-why-its-outperforming-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Volatility: why it\u2019s outperforming in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/833px-PDF_file_icon.svg_.png\" alt=\"\"> Minimum Volatility: why it&#8217;s outperforming in 2025 \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/PDF\/2025-03-17_chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Chart of the week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-cb9e37ca-178e-4e0f-9e9c-43e52a89eb0f\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/833px-PDF_file_icon.svg_.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;The Market Place \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/PDF\/2025-03-17_marketplace.pdf\">Download Market Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US financial markets experienced significant volatility, attributed to President Trump&#8217;s back and forth on tariff policies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described this correction as &#8220;healthy&#8221; for previously &#8220;euphoric&#8221; markets, however investors remain cautious.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UK financial markets experienced volatility. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.6% on Friday, led by mining and defence stocks, but recorded a 1% weekly decline. UK GDP contracted by 0.1% in January, adding to economic concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Eurozone financial markets experienced notable movements. The Euro Stoxx 50 index rose over 2%. The euro strengthened 0.5% against the dollar, Germany&#8217;s 10-year bond yield increased to 2.93%. Investors remain attentive to geopolitical developments and economic indicators.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asian financial markets experienced notable movements. China unveiled plans to boost consumption, stabilising stock and real estate markets. Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 rose 0.93%, driven by gains in technology and defence stocks. Investors remain attentive to US Federal Reserve policy decisions and global trade tensions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we saw significant volatility in global stock markets, primarily driven by escalating trade tensions and concerns over potential economic slowdowns. This underscores the interconnectedness of global economies and the sensitivity of financial markets to geopolitical developments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"customLink\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/minimum-volatility-why-its-outperforming-in-2025\/\">\u66f4\u591a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5392,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions\/5392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bis.hk\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}