Dutch Market Moves? Paolo Maria Pavan Explains Why

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Why the Dutch Economy Is Quietly Bleeding While Everyone Pretends It’s a Bruise

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 1, 2025

The Clock Shows Red, Yet We Whisper in Beige Let’s not sugarcoat it: 12 of 13 indicators in the CBS Business Cycle Clock fell below their long-term trend in June 2025. That's not a “slight cooling” or...

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Jun 26, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: A Whisper of Doubt

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 26, 2025

Amsterdam’s AEX Index closed today with a clear dip, 910.69 , down 7.17 points or -0.78% . The mood was not dramatic, but distinctly alert, like a room where the air changes just enough to notice. Tod...

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Why Most CEOs Sleepwalk Into Economic Downturns And How the Business Cycle Clock Exposes Their Denial

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 26, 2025

The Illusion of Progress: Why “Waves” Matter More Than Numbers Let’s begin where most articles end: the business cycle is not a spreadsheet artifact or a journalist’s cliché. It is the heartbeat of ou...

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Jun 25, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: A measured descent

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 25, 2025

On June 25, 2025, the AEX Index closed at 917.86, marking a 0.73% decline from the previous day's close of 924.62. The index opened at 926.89, reached a high of 929.91, but gradually declined througho...

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Why GDP Growth Is Bullsh*t if Jobs Are Shrinking and People Are Just Tired of Waiting

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 25, 2025

Let’s Start With the Boring Number: +0.4% That’s the Dutch GDP growth in Q1 2025, according to CBS’s second estimate. Yawn? No. Because if you think that number is just a bland statistical revision, f...

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Jun 24, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: AEX Climbs Quietly

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 24, 2025

The Amsterdam AEX closed today at 924.62 , up +7.83 points (+0.85%) , in what appears, at first glance, to be a polite day of trading. But let’s not confuse manners with meekness. Markets don’t always...

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Why the Dutch Think They're Getting Richer (While Quietly Financing Their Own Misery)

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 24, 2025

Let’s Start with the Headline Everyone’s Clapping For “Household real disposable income rose by 2.2% in Q1 2025 compared to a year earlier.” The statisticians at CBS want us to nod approvingly. Politi...

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Why €90 Billion in Dutch Profits Should Worry You More Than Impress You

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 24, 2025

When Numbers Stop Whispering and Start Revealing Gross profit before tax for non-financial companies in the Netherlands rose to €90.1 billion in Q1 2025, €4.7 billion higher than in Q1 2024. Operating...

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Jun 23, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: A Gentle Ascent, Lightly Ignored

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 23, 2025

Today, the Amsterdam AEX Index closed at 916.79, a gain of 8.27 points, marking a +0.91% rise that was as composed as it was quietly unexpected. If you listened for drama, you’d be left in silence; th...

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Why Dutch CEOs Are Slamming the Brakes And What It Really Says About the Netherlands

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 23, 2025

The Numbers Don’t Lie, But They Rarely Tell the Whole Truth April 2025: investments in tangible fixed assets dropped 2.3% compared to a year earlier. That’s not just a stat, it’s a signal. And if you’...

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Dutch House Prices Skyrocket Again! Because No One Trusts Anything Else Anymore

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 23, 2025

Let me be clear from the start: house prices rising again is not news. It’s ritual. What matters now is not what has gone up, but why and why now . In May 2025, Dutch owner-occupied homes were on aver...

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Jun 20, 2025 | Amsterdam Stock Exchange: Under the Quiet Radar

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 20, 2025

The AEX closed at ~929.5 today, retreating 0.5 % , and bringing the weekly drop to nearly 1.3 % . It was a subdued, corrective cadence, steady without turning bearish, but not confident enough to recl...

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