Fears for emerging-markets stocks – a glimmer of hope!

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 24 August 2015
Posted in Special research

The monthly sentix Sentiment for emerging-markets shares collapses in August. It now stands at its weakest level ever and thus even below its readings from autumn 2008, the time after Lehman Brothers, an investment bank, failed. This is positive, indeed!

sentix ASR Essentials 34-2015

Written by Manfred Hübner | 23 August 2015
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Sentiment now polls apart on Equities and Bonds

The sharp reversal seen across global equity markets has been reflected in a notable divergence in near-term sentiment towards asset classes. In the case of equity indices, high investor neutrality on the near-term outlook has been replaced by deep pessimism on global mrkets. Indeed, sharply deteriorating sentiment towards Emerging Market Equities chimes with investors’ highly downbeat views on Commodities. On the opposite side of the sentiment divide, optimism on Bunds has reached the high-end of its historic range, while investors are taking more of a shine to Gold from both a near and medium-term perspective (see Charts 2-4, page 2).

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sentix Investmentmeinung 33-2015

Written by Manfred Hübner | 17 August 2015
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Selektive Wahrnehmung

Euroland-Aktien stehen bei den Anlegern noch immer relativ hoch in der Gunst. Zwar ist das Grundvertrauen geringer als im Frühjahr. Doch selbst ein Rückschlag um 7% im DAX binnen einer Woche scheint die Anleger nur mäßig zu beunruhigen. Ganz anders verhält es sich mit Aktien anderer Regionen. US-Aktien beispielsweise genießen bei weitem nicht dieses Maß an Zuversicht – und dies, obwohl sich die Märkte jenseits des Atlantiks weit besser schlagen. Eine so starke Diskrepanz in der Beurteilung von EU- und US-Aktien hat es selten gegeben. Man könnte darüber hinwegsehen, wären die Anleger nicht relativ hoch in Euro-Aktien investiert!

Geänderte Einschätzungen: EUR-USD, USD-JPY

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Automobile sentiment again heavily hit by China sorrows

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 17 August 2015
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sentix Sector Sentiment for European automobile stocks falls again in August. The mood among investors is now as bad as is it was for the last time in October 2014. While the sentiment indicator already is in contrarian territory, a chart-technical buying signal is still missing.

sentix ASR Essentials 33-2015

Written by Patrick Hussy | 16 August 2015
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Investors still on the Defensive

The latest sentix survey suggests that investors remain on a defensive footing in terms of their sector preferences. While pessimism on Basic Resources versus the market has receded a little in the past month, Energy remains deeply unloved. At the same time, survey participants continue to become less optimistic on cyclical sectors such as Autos, Chemicals and Industrial Goods & Services (Chart 2, page 2). This is in sharp contrast to improving sentiment towards defensive sectors such as Healthcare and Food & Beverage. Indeed, the past month has even seen investors become a little less pessimistic on Utilities (Chart 3). Investors’ equity sector preferences versus the market continue to be tilted away from cyclical sectors towards defensives.