Investors want dividends, dividends, dividends

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 24 November 2014
Posted in Special research

Investors' preferences for dividends are as strong as never before. At the same time stocks are currently barely bought for the motive of price increases. This is what the results of the latest sentix Global Investors Survey show.

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Energy shares sentiment at a low

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 17 November 2014
Posted in Special research

Facing a weak performance, investors lose hope for European energy shares in November: sentix Sector Sentiment for the industry's stocks – polled via the latest sentix Global Investor Survey – drops sharply and now stands close to an all-time low. But this does not automatically mean that the downtrend in the sector's share prices is stopped by now.

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sentix IPO Sentiment: Das tat weh

Written by Manfred Hübner | 20 October 2014
Posted in Special research

Die enttäuschenden Börsengänge am deutschen Aktienmarkt haben die IPO Stimmung der Anleger massiv gedrückt. Das sentix IPO Sentiment kippt um 20,25 Punkte ab und notiert nun mit -39,75 Punkten auf dem niedrigsten Stand seit Juni 2012! Damit haben Rocket Internet und Zalando ihren potentiellen Emissionsnachfolgern einen echten Bärendienst erwiesen.

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Chemicals shares lose their status as darlings

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 14 October 2014
Posted in Special research

In October, the sentix Sector Sentiment which was polled via the latest sentix Global Investor Survey sends a clear message: investors increasingly like shares of defensive sectors and turn their backs at cyclical stocks. Among these, chemicals shares experience a particularly strong setback in sentiment this month. They now have finally lost their status as "darlings" among investors, but their disenchantment is set to continue.

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Draghi electrifies bank shareholders

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 22 September 2014
Posted in Special research

In September, a very strong increase can be observed for the sentix Sector Sentiment for European bank stocks. This comes after a negative extreme in the previous months. Investors are now celebrating the new ABS-buying programme of the European Central Bank (ECB). But as the enthusiasm has by far not reached all market participants yet, bank stocks should continue to benefit from this turn in investors' perception over the weeks to come.

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