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...
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,...
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 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...
