Die Vergreisung

Written by Manfred Hübner | 27 January 2015
Posted in Woolly thoughts (blog)

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Die Demographie ist ein gewichter Faktor für die Wirtschaft. Wie viele Menschen leben und wie alt diese sind bestimmt in hohem Maße die konjunkturelle Dynamik. Dieser Umstand ist weithin bekannt. Weniger bekannt dürfte sein, dass auch Bankbilanzen vergreisen können. Und die EZB trägt mit ihrer Geldpolitik erheblich dazu bei. Auch diese "demographische Änderung" kann erhebliche Folgen haben - für die Wirtschaft, aber vor allem für die Bankkunden!

Investors are nervous, but not really worried

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 26 January 2015
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

In January, the sentix Euro Break-up Index (EBI) increases by 4.4 percentage points to now 24.3%, its highest reading since April 2013. It is still the situation in Greece which drives the indicator. But interestingly, investors barely see a risk of contagion anymore – an environment which makes government bonds of the periphery vulnerable.

sentix ASR Essentials 04-2015

Written by Patrick Hussy | 25 January 2015
Posted in sentix Weekly

Near-term optimism on DAX and ESTOXX hits the heights

Last week’s ECB announcement appears to have bolstered already high optimism towards European equity indices such as the DAX and EuroSTOXX. The latest sentix survey indicates that near-term sentiment towards both indices is now not far from historic highs (see Chart 2, page 2), while readings based on participants’ mediumterm strategic bias are also heading ever-higher. Indeed, monthly questions covering investors’ positioning also indicate there has been a sharp increase in overinvestment in equities versus the longer-term average level. In short, optimism on eurozone equities has reached the high-end of the historic range, with Sentix Neutrality indicators suggesting there is also little uncertainty among survey respondents on the near and medium-term outlook.

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Dividend is the new interest

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 19 January 2015
Posted in Special research

While interest rates continue their fall, the trend that investors buy stocks because of their dividend payments is getting stronger. In January, the sentix index which measures these investor preferences reaches a new extreme. Dividends thus become in an increasingly pronounced manner a substitute for interest rates.

sentix ASR Essentials 03-2015

Written by Patrick Hussy | 18 January 2015
Posted in sentix Weekly

Commodities and Emerging Markets Sentiment still closely linked

The latest sentix survey indicates that while investors remain upbeat on the Chinese equity market, they remain cautious on the medium-term outlook for Emerging Equity Markets as an asset class. This chimes with their pessimism on Commodities, though survey respondents are less downbeat than they were in Q4 last year. Indeed, this is also evident in weekly survey readings on Crude and Gold, which continue to indicate a marked improvement in participants' medium-term strategic bias for both markets. A notable development, given sentiment towards Commodities and Emerging Markets remains closely linked (see Chart 3, page 2).