Utilities – investors are getting cold feet again

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

sentix Sector Sentiment for European utilities stocks experiences a significant setback in March. It is now the worst among all 19 Stoxx segments. The deterioration is rather remarkable as absolute and relative performances of utilities stocks have been rising over the past weeks. For contrarian investors this is a clear opportunity.

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Sentiment for emerging-markets stocks close to all-time low

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

In March, sentix Emerging Markets Equity Sentiment falls markedly and now stands closely to its all-time low recorded just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an investment bank, in 2008. Contrarian investors may see this as an investment opportunity. But we remain cautious so far. Firstly, the indicator has a significant lead on the actual developments of emerging-markets stocks which means that there is no need to hurry at the current juncture. And secondly, investors might become even more pessimistic in the weeks ahead.

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Robust, but heterogeneous

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 10 March 2014
Posted in sentix Economic News

The sentix economic index (composite index) for the euro zone rises again in March and climbs from 13.3 to 13.9 points. This development is driven by investors' assessments of the current situation, while 6-month expecta-tions fall for the first time since September. For Germany, expectations decline for the third month in a row. Nevertheless, the composite index still signals that the German economy is in the middle of boom.

In the rest of the world things look rather mixed: Against the background of the Crimean crisis the sentix eco-nomic index for Eastern Europe drops strongly. But it rises for the two other emerging-markets regions, Asia ex Japan and Latin America. For the US, investors' opinions remain almost unchanged, while for Japan sentiment worsens further. The composite index for the global aggregate stays at a constant level, but the relatively high heterogeneity between countries and regions points to an increased uncertainty among investors and blurs the overall picture. 

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New Italian government does not receive a warm welcome

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 03 March 2014
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

The sentix Euro Break-up Index (EBI) for February falls to a new all-time low of 11.7%, coming from 13.3% at the year's start. The reading of the sentix EBI shows that currently less than one in eight investors expects at least one country to leave the euro area within the next twelve months.

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Neuer Kompendiumsbeitrag: sentix Sektor Sentiment

Written by Manfred Hübner | 02 March 2014
Posted in Database news

Wir haben den Kompendiumsbeitrag zum sentix Sektor Sentiment überarbeitet und erweitert. Klicken Sie hier für die aktuelle Version.