Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Ipek Ozkardeskaya provides market analysis on FX, leading market indices, individual stocks, oil, commodities, bonds and interest rates.

She has begun her financial career in 2010 in the structured products desk of the Swiss Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. She worked in HSBC Private Bank in Geneva in relation to high and ultra-high net worth clients. In 2012, she started as FX Strategist in Swissquote Bank. She worked as Senior Market Analyst in London Capital Group in London and in Shanghai. She returned to Swissquote Bank as Senior Analyst in 2020.

She is passionate about the interaction between the economy and financial markets. She has been observing and analyzing a wide variety of relationships between the economic fundamentals and market behaviour over the past decade. She has been privileged to live and to work in the world's most exciting financial hubs including Geneva, London and Shanghai.

She has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Financial Engineering and Risk Management from the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne), Switzerland.

Author's articles

The Resilience of Equities and Bond Correlation: Fed Testimony, Inflation Pressures, and Housing Market Surprises

FOREX

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Central Banks, Mortgage Rates, and Market Volatility: Challenges Ahead

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Geopolitical Talks and Fed Uncertainty: Market Updates and Expectations for Rate Hikes

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Hawkish ECB Raises Rates Amidst Slowing Eurozone Growth and Surging Inflation Forecasts

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Fed's Rate Hike Guessing Game: Managing Market Expectations. Inflation Concerns and Tightening Credit Conditions: Fed's Decision and Market Reaction

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

US Inflation Eases, Fed Holds Rates; BoE Faces Dilemma Amid Strong Jobs Data; China Implements Stimulus Measures

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Chinese Manufacturing PMI: Accelerating Contraction Raises Concerns! What if Russia didn't follow OPEC's output cuts?

ECONOMY

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Would Federal Reserve (Fed) go for two more rate hikes this year? Non-voting Bullard say he would back such variant

FOREX

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Nasdaq Golden Dragon has underperformed Nasdaq since the start of the year

FOREX

Ipek Ozkardeskaya