Strategic Income Fund with solid development 2018 YtD – 1,86 % 2017 +4,66% 2016 +2,63% Since the mid-February sell-signal we invested our liquidity into the money market with a focus on capital preservation and a modest income stream. This year stock markets have been very volatile and we saw mainly FAANG stocks (Facebook, …
The investors seem to believe in the good deals that the US will achieve in the various negotiations. In May, the S & P500 rose + 2% while the SMI, ESTX50, NIKKEI 225, Hang Seng and IBOVESPA fell between -1% and -11%. The elections in Italy created additional uncertainty. The EUR lost almost 4% against …
We have got a sell signal on February 12th. Now 100 % of our assets are invested in the money market and therefore we are protected against price fluctuations. As our investments are in USD we get right now quite good interest rates. We were invested for almost the whole year 2017 and achieved after …
The financial sector is fighting in different areas right now. A huge wave of new regulations has to be implemented by January 2018. Promoted as protection for investors, it will result in a higher cost structures and in addition it will be a massive challenge for the operations of all financial services companies. At the …
«The Trend is your Friend» Equity markets started with a positive basic sentiment into 2017. Satisfying economic and company figures, which were mainly above expectation, and an interest environment, which gives nearly no alternatives to equities, are the basics for this positive trend. The US market led the trend during the first three months of …
Last week we saw some corrections. Equity prices came back from their partly historic highs and High Yield Bonds as well as Corporate Bonds showed also setbacks. The High Yield Corporate Bond Sector suffered 2,8 bn USD withdrawals in the week of March 8th. It looks like a sell-off. Meanwhile 7 bn USD were invested …
Last year financial markets were heavily politically influenced. BREXIT in June which surprised most investors led to tension in the market. The presidential election in the United States of America also showed an outcome which was not expected by most of the market participants. The forecasts of most analysts of a sharp market correction in …