German stocks as measured by the benchmark DAX Index have entered a bull market last week. In this post lets review a few points about the DAX index and German equities in general. The year-to-date return of the DAX: Click to enlarge The 5-year return of the DAX: Note: Data shown are as of Aug …
Germany produces more than one-third of its electricity from renewable energy sources. This is a huge rise from year 2000 when just 6% of electricity came from renewable sources. Click to enlarge Source: Sea change to Germany’s energy transition as it throws renewables to the open market, DW The Energiewende program that the country implemented a few …
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German stocks have performed worse so far this year relative to other developed markets. For instance, the FTSE 100 is down just 1.38% compared to the DAX’s decline of 7.70%. The actual loss is even more since the DAX returns includes dividends when other indices do not. From a May 20th article in the WSJ on …
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The U.S. was Germany’s largest trading partner in 2015 according to a report by De Statis. The major trading partners of Germany in 2015 are shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source:De Statis Goods worth 173.2 billion euros in exports and imports were traded between Germany and USA. The next major trade partner was France …
The media and the certain sections of public generally focus on macro economic indicators such as GDP in order to discuss the well-being of a country. But how do all the over-hyped figures such as the GDP, GDP Growth Rate, etc. impact the average person on Main Street is important. For instance, the US economy is the largest …
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