sentix Survey results (37-2024)

Written by Manfred Hübner | 15 September 2024
Posted in sentix Weekly

Bullish sentiment reflex in equities

Confidence is increasingly spreading on the stock market. After the fear reflex of the previous week, share sentiment is jumping upwards just as reflexively. And basic confidence is also on the march. Is this the best of all worlds or a dangerous displacement mode? We see parallels in the sentiment picture from a year ago. Back then, investors were confident and a good fourth quarter followed. Is history repeating itself?

Further results

• Equities: Basic strategic confidence surprisingly strong
• Gold: The air is getting thinner
• sentix sector sentiment

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Germany chaos

Written by Manfred Hübner | 09 September 2024
Posted in sentix Economic News

The drama surrounding the German economy is heading for another climax in September. The situation values plummeted by a whopping 5.3 points to -48 points. The recession is raging ever stronger. Tragically, the expectation values are also falling, demonstrating the hopelessness of investors looking at the EU heavyweight. Although the overall eurozone index is not immune in this context, the decline is comparatively small at -1.5 points. Nevertheless, the eurozone is struggling with dangerous recessionary tendencies ‘thanks to Germany’. The situation in the rest of the world is also weakening, but investors here are somewhat more optimistic in their expectations.

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sentix Survey results (36-2024)

Written by Patrick Hussy | 08 September 2024
Posted in sentix Weekly

Fast fear reflex, slow portfolio adjustment

The fear reflex comes back very quickly: share sentiment rushes back into the pessimism zone from its recent neutral levels. This is where we were 5 weeks ago. As there is no doubt in the investor bias that the stock markets will continue to rise in the medium term, the TD Index also reacts significantly. Such low values have their own significance, especially as portfolio trading shows only moderate pressure to adjust. Things could therefore get rough again over the next three weeks.

Further results

• Equities: Average profile shows short term ‘rough path’
• Bonds: Bund future bias shows first flaw
• sentix Economic Index: Monday, 09th Sept. 2024 at 10:30 AM CET

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sentix Survey results (35-2024)

Written by Patrick Hussy | 01 September 2024
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Overconfidence with the DAX

Sentiment on the stock market is neutral, basic confidence is stable. There are special signals in terms of overconfidence: this is high for the DAX and diametrically low for the CSI 300. There are more striking changes in the bond bias and in precious metals: The signs of tiredness in the bias of gold and silver should be taken seriously, as long positioning continues to grow. In the case of US bonds, on the other hand, the rise in institutional bias is convincing.

Further results

• Equities: China with anti-cyclical buy signals
• Bonds: Convincing institutional judgement
• Precious metals: signs of fatigue are progressing

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Massive global slump

Written by Patrick Hussy | 04 August 2024
Posted in sentix Economic News

Following the severe setback of the "first mover" in the previous month, there is now another, more pronounced economic slump in August. The global recovery comes to a halt. The sentix economic index for the eurozone fell by a whopping 6.6 points. The overall index now stands at -13.9 points, the lowest level since January 2024, with expectations falling even more sharply by 10.3 points. Germany in particular is in a nosedive. The overall index lost a whopping 12.0 points. The current assessment even deteriorated to -42.8 points, the worst value since June 2020! The expectations component plummeted to -18.5 points. The recession bells are ringing once again in Germany. Signs of fatigue are also evident in the USA: The overall index loses 9.0 points for the fourth time in a row. Expectations also indicate an accelerated slowdown. The rest of the world, including the Asian region, is lagging behind.

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