No reason for euphoria

No reason for euphoria

After a historically poor year in 2022, capital markets got off to a furious start in 2023 with the best January performance of the EURO STOXX 50 since its launch in 1987. There were a number of reasons for the rally: The reopening of the Chinese economy after a...
No reason for euphoria

The End of Free Money

Capital markets are in for an eventful week. Today, U.S. inflation data for November will be published, before FED Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to announce the last interest rate hike of 2022 in the United States tomorrow. On Thursday this will be followed by...
No reason for euphoria

Attractive Bonds vs. Zombie-Companies

Since the Great Financial Crisis equities delivered significantly better returns than bonds. Nevertheless, bond prices also rose by an unusual extent. Bond yields fell to historically low levels in the wake of unprecedented interest rate cuts and central bank purchase...
No reason for euphoria

Vain hope of perfect timing

Hopes of a timely turnaround by the U.S. Central Bank in its monetary policy initially led to a strong recovery of the stock markets over the summer. But continued high consumer goods inflation, combined with even higher increases in industrial pre-acquisition prices,...
No reason for euphoria

Gas shortage in Germany

The flow has dried up. Russia has stopped supplying gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline on 31 August 2022. First, the delivery volumes were set back to 40 percent of the possible transport capacity, then to 20 percent and now to 0 percent. The...
No reason for euphoria

No fear of volatility

After the worst first six months of the year in stock market history, investors must continue to show strong nerves. The S&P 500 stock index lost a whopping 20 percent in the first half of 2022, only to stage a stellar recovery in July. The change in investor...
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