The benchmark stock market index of Germany is the DAX Index. The index is comprised of 30 blue-chip German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The index was created in 1988. Any investor looking to invest in European companies have to firs consider the German market since the country is the economic powerhouse of …
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The DAX Index is the German equity market’s benchmark index. The index is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in that it is comprised of 30 blue-chip companies traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. DAX had a base value of 1,000 as of Dec 31, 1987. Yesterday it closed at 9,497.84. The chart below shows …
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Two of the largest German electric utility stocks E.ON AG(EONGY) and RWE AG(RWEOY) were on a downtrend trend for a few years now and seemed to be stuck in neutral this year.The end of the Federal elections recently has also not yet brought changes to highly controversial German energy policies. The main reason for the poor …
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The German economy is the largest in Europe with a GDP size of about 2.6 Trillion Euros in 2012. As an export-driven economy, Germany consistently runs an export surplus. The following chart shows Germany’s major trading partners in 2012: Click to enlarge Source: De Statis Some interesting facts about Germany’s trade: Germany’s most important trade …
The Germany economy recovered quickly from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and continues to remain strong despite the ongoing fiscal crises in other parts of Europe. The largest economy in Europe is also highly export-oriented. Hence many German companies especially the larger ones depend more on overseas markets than their domestic and European markets. Even …
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