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Barbara Kasper

Barbara Kasper

Dr. Barbara Kasper is Lead Portfolio Manager at a Zurich multi-family office and a lecturer at SBS Swiss Business School, with 20+ years in banking and finance.

Sep 24, 2026

16:44
So Barbara, next question to you I would say is, um, when we look at the broader economy, [lips smack] uh, where do you think we are in kind of the macroeconomic cycle? And I, I'd say why does understanding these big macroeconomic cycles matter to long-term investing?
17:02
Well, um, I just mentioned it before.
17:05
We had a momentum run, really.
17:07
The, the rally we have seen, especially in IT, information technology, AI, that was just momentum-driven.
17:15
Uh, specifically also with the background of a lot of CapEx flowing into these companies engaged with AI.
17:23
And now it might be a bit of a slowdown, because what is really the CapEx cycle, it's really kind of, um, build up, intensifying, then overvalue it, coming to a peak, and then really digesting again.
17:38
But like I said, whenever a cycle is, is coming to a downturn, a new one will, uh, appear and, and investment will fly somewhere else into it.

23 MINS LATER

40:46
Um, maybe we could talk just on these kinda two alternatives just a little bit more to understand what kind of role they should have in an overall portfolio.

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