Germany is the economic powerhouse of Europe and so easily beats Eurozone in GDP growth. But Germany lags behind the US as the chart shows below. Germany consistently runs a trade surplus since it exports more than imports. Click to enlarge Source: Investing in Germany, FT Special Reports Related ETF: iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG) US …
The German economy is the largest in Europe and the DAX Index is one of the top performing indices in the world over the long term. However despite the excellent returns of German stocks over many years, Germans are highly conservative and their participation in the equity market is very low relative to other developed …
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The benchmark DAX Index closed at 9545.27 yesterday. With a decline of 11.1% so far, the index is down more than most other developed European markets year-to-date. The following chart shows the two-year return of the DAX: Source: Yahoo Finance DAX reached a record high of over 12,390 early last year. From that peak, it has …
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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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