1.0Stichting Pensioenfonds IBM Nederlandhttps://spin.nl/en/Hanny Broerehttps://spin.nl/en/author/hanny-broere/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dX3psWLziC"><a href="https://spin.nl/en/page/market-developments-march-2024/">Market Developments March 2024</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spin.nl/en/page/market-developments-march-2024/embed/#?secret=dX3psWLziC" width="600" height="338" title="“Market Developments March 2024” — Stichting Pensioenfonds IBM Nederland" data-secret="dX3psWLziC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://spin.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://spin.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/619652f74626b7860f8b7243_Aandelen-tech-e1542284144902.jpg572330Still the financial markets were in good spirits in March. This ended the first quarter on a very positive note, especially for equities. Although commodities and expected inflation rose, influenced in part by flaring unrest in the Middle East, government bond yields fell. Interest rates on German and Dutch government bonds rose faster than European...