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Shall I still buy equities or equity funds at this point?
Shall I still buy equities or equity funds at this point?

Shall I still buy equities or equity funds at this point?

The stock exchanges have gone through a rollercoaster ride of shedding 25% in value in March before rebounding sharply and even setting new highs, for example in the USA. In view of the difficult situation due to the corona virus and the resulting tense economic situation, many investors have asked themselves whether it might still pay off to buy after recent share price increases.

Historic decline in US equity markets – Update from the Investment Division
Historic decline in US equity markets – Update from the Investment Division
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Historic decline in US equity markets – Update from the Investment Division

What has occurred since yesterday (17.3.2020)? Yesterday´s update started with the advantages of the Bloomberg terminals and also today we used the huge data base. Yesterday we reported on the ten days where the American equity index S&P500 had its largest losses on the same day. These ten days occurred in six different years: 1929, […]

The equity bull market that no-one trusts
The equity bull market that no-one trusts
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The equity bull market that no-one trusts

Equities got off to a terrible start into 2016. At the end of February, a short but intense sell-off was triggered by the emergence of concerns over a slump of the global economy in connection with China. However, since mid-February the international indices have been on the rise without any significant breaks. Not even the […]

Are global equity markets too expensive?
Are global equity markets too expensive?
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Are global equity markets too expensive?

Interview with Peter Szopo, equity strategist Erste Asset Management (EAM) and Andreas Rieger, fund manager of ESPA STOCK GLOBAL ESPA STOCK GLOBAL is an actively managed equity fund that invests in selected single stocks from around the world. In the last year the fund gained 14.31%, over the last five years the annualized performance was […]

Emerging markets equities: no comeback at this point
Emerging markets equities: no comeback at this point
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Emerging markets equities: no comeback at this point

Based on earnings expectations emerging markets equities are currently valued 27% below the price/earnings ratio of developed markets equities. The long term average of this discount is 19%. Closing the gap is a question whether the confidence of the markets in the earnings expectations is solid enough to facilitate a re-(e)valuation.