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Laurens Swinkels
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Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Executive Director at Robeco Asset Management. www.laurensswinkels.com #FinSky #EconSky

📍Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 5d
Record numbers of Americans relocating to the Netherlands this year!
6,690 Americans apply to move to the Netherlands this year, highest in a decade
Record 6,690 Americans applied for Dutch work, family, or study permits through November, the highest number in at least a decade, according to Immigration and Naturalisation Service data analyzed by ...
nltimes.nl

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 7d
BlackRock loses second Dutch pension fund over sustainable investing concerns.

#Investing #Finance #Sustainability #ESG #Netherlands
BlackRock loses second Dutch pension fund over sustainable investing concerns
€5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group
giftarticle.ft.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 11d
Just came across an interesting data provider on tokenized real world assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities (gold!) and investment funds: app.rwa.xyz

#tokenization #bitcoin #data #finance #investing #crypto
RWA.xyz | Analytics on Tokenized Real-World Assets
RWA.xyz provides analytics on Tokenized Real-World Assets
app.rwa.xyz

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 20d
Submit your papers to this conference and see the midnight sun in Finland 🇫🇮 next August

#Climate #Academic #Conference #Accounting #Finance #ClimateChange #Finland
Vaasa Accounting and Accountability for Climate Change – Accounting and Accountability for Climate Change
sites.uwasa.fi

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 21d
He lasted 6 years, which isn’t short either. New people, new policies.

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 21d
Crypto is becoming mainstream.

#Investing #Finance #Bitcoin #Crypto #FinSky
Vanguard Will Now Allow Crypto ETFs on Its Platform
Vanguard Group, the world’s second-largest asset manager, has decided to allow ETFs and mutual funds that primarily hold cryptocurrencies to be traded on its platform, reversing a longstanding positio...
www.bloomberg.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 21d
Interesting study on Payment-In-Kind Debt.

Link to paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

#Investing #Bonds #FinSky #EconSky #Finance

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 22d
Free databases on global capital allocation!! Great stuff for macro finance researchers and students to explore!

#EconSky #FinSky #Investing #Macro #Finance #Data
Data — The Global Capital Allocation Project
www.globalcapitalallocation.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 29d
Great interview with Antti Ilmanen about investing on the Meb Faber Show!

#Investing #Finance #FinSky #EconSky
The U.S. Market Is Overpriced — What Could Happen Next Based On History
YouTube video by The Meb Faber Show
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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · 29d
Copying Harvard or shorting bitcoin? 😀

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 23
Harvard Management Company allocating a substantial amount to Bitcoin/crypto

#investing #finance #bitcoin #crypto #etf
Harvard now owns nearly half a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin, filings show | Fortune
The Ivy League school invested more than 20% of its U.S.-listed public equity holdings in a crypto ETF.
fortune.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 22
It is not my paper, but from three other professors.

As far as I understand, it is not only about returns, but also about low correlation with other assets.

And if you believe that btc will go to zero, you should be short, not hold zero.

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 21
The cryptocurrency elephant in the room... why own exactly zero percent crypto is a puzzle

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1093/rof/...

#EconSky #FinSky #Bitcoin #Crypto #Investing #Academic

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 18
“Just a test” 😀🔥

#bitcoin #gold #crypto #currency #czechia #finsky #econsky #finance #banking
www.reuters.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 17
Great article on asset allocation, read in one go!

Reposted by Laurens Swinkels

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · Nov 17
Banger post on the buzziest (but fuzziest) phenomenon in institutional investing, from @tobyn.bsky.social naturally. on.ft.com/47MeI73
The hot new investment trend is the ‘Total Portfolio Approach’. Does it work?
Exploring the buzzy but fuzzy new phenomenon in asset allocation
on.ft.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 11
A new working paper on "The Viability of Bitcoin as a Central Bank Reserve Asset" concludes that Bitcoin lacks stability and liquidity, but could still play a role in central bank management.

Link to paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

#EconSky #FinSky #Finance #Bitcoin #Academic

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer , and 6 more

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Nov 10
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

Reposted by Caroline Fohlin

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Nov 6
My paper just published *open access* in the Journal of International Money and Finance "The risk and reward of investing" doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

Short video clip about the content on www.laurensswinkels.com, where you can also find the data.

#EconSky #FinSky #Academic #Investing #Finance

Reposted by Laurens Swinkels

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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · Oct 31
Big shed, funky bond.

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A closer look at the record-smashing ‘Hyperion’ corporate bond sale
[FREE TO READ] Buckle up, fixed income nerds
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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 30
Angels or Sinners? Exploring the halo effect in ESG investing in Indian equities url: www.emerald.com/sajbs/articl...

#sustainability #esg #finance #investing #india
Angels or Sinners? Exploring the halo effect in ESG investing in Indian equities
Purpose. This study examines whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores influence portfolio performance, risk and market valuation in the Indian equity market, specifically exploring wh...
www.emerald.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 29
New working paper on Gold and Bitcoin

Link to paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

#Gold #Bitcoin #Investing #FinSky #EconSKy #Safehaven

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 26
"The main lesson is that a country can reduce its debt without resorting to sovereign default or high inflation. Sensible, credible reforms can achieve both debt reduction and economic stability."

Rangvid's blogpost: blog.rangvid.com/2025/10/26/h...

#EconSky #Denmark #Debt #InterestRates #Book
How low interest rates change Denmark – Rangvid’s Blog
blog.rangvid.com

Reposted by Laurens Swinkels, John Hogan

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · Oct 24
🚨What’s up with private credit ratings? on.ft.com/47sTNV9
What’s up with private credit ratings?
Could this be a film we’ve seen before?
on.ft.com

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 23
Gained -4%, does that mean lost 4%?

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 20
The economic consequences of war

Link to paper: www.nber.org/papers/w34389

#EconSky #War #Economy #Academic #HistorySky

Reposted by Laurens Swinkels

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Oct 20
"Although pass-through at the border was incomplete, our estimates indicate that U.S. consumers paid more than the government received in tariff revenue, because domestic markups amplified downstream price effects." www.nber.org/papers/w34392

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 16
New paper on how to best reduce carbon emissions.

#Climate #Carbon #Investing #Assets #EconSky

Link to paper: www.nber.org/papers/w34342

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 15
New paper comparing investment in gold with investment in gold miners.

#Investing #Gold #Stocks #FinSky

Link to paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Laurens Swinkels @lswinkels.bsky.social · Oct 10
Just published a new paper on investing in emerging markets debt in the Journal of Asset Management. Free to download from the link below.

#EMD #EmergingMarkets #Investing #FinSky #EconSky #Academic
Exploring emerging markets debt: Bond voyage?
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