Germany is the largest economy in Europe and many German firms hold leadership positions at the global level in their respective fields. So when I came across an article that was way off on German stocks, I had to clarify a few issues. Fund manager and author Sven Carlin wrote a piece titled The Case Against International …
German equities declined swiftly in recent weeks due to the slowing economic growth in China.However some of the concerns regarding China’s impact on German firms may be over-estimated by investors. From an article in the WSJ last month: The DAX has had a wild ride this year. It was up 26.2% by April 10, but …
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Germany’s benchmark DAX Index has been swinging wildly in the past few weeks like an emerging market index such as the Bovespa or Sensex. I haven’t seen DAX so volatile in the past. However times have changed. The DAX has become highly volatile among major global developed indices since China’s economy is in a slowdown and …
The S&P 500 is the widely followed benchmark index of the U.S. equity market. It is generally considered as the barometer of the economy as all the major industries are represented in the index. The DAX Index is the major benchmark index of the German stock market. Similarly to the S&P 500, it contains representative …
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