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KW 43/2021 | Week with standstill. Is it getting better? Despite Evotec, Steinhoff, Nel, Daimler, Encavis, NIKOLA, Biofrontera, MuM and others reports ()
Attempt to break out last week, slowed down and back to the beginning at the end. Nothing burned, but also not taken off. While most quarterly reports were initially able to surprise positively or at least the companies were able to live up to their expectations,
After the close of trading on Thursday, the two tech giants Apple and Amazon gave rather sobering numbers. Heavy mortgage for a “year-end rally”. Starbucks also had to pay tribute to China. In Germany it was rather vain: forecast increases, record sales and a pinch of takeover speculation at Qiagen on Friday. So far, supply bottlenecks have had little impact on companies’ quarterly results, but the warnings are getting louder. And what next? Anything is possible: the real estate crisis in China could “land softly”. At least hope is increasing after Evergrande was able to make some interest payments recently. Inflation concerns remain and the associated fear of “too brutal intervention” by the central banks. This contrasts with the previous communication between the most important central bank managers. Who believes in corrections:
Monday started at 15,580.58 points and on Friday the market closed at 15,688.77 points. The bottom line was little change – the music was playing in America – the big techs reported. They took off earlier in the week, but on Thursday Amazon and Apple delivered more of a cold shower. And so it stays that way: The stock markets are slowly facing a directional decision: The big issues remain. And here are some predetermined breaking points for a further unchecked price increase. On the other hand, there is currently a relatively great deal of caution in the market. Even if some have already consulted the statistics and see further price increases by the end of the year, you can also hear the warning voices. The valuation ratios of the – larger – DAX are historically very high. Of course, this is also due to the newcomers who “pushed the numbers up”. It probably depends on whether the next news on the fronts of “real estate developer China”, tapering, inflation, the US infrastructure package and quarterly figures are viewed positively or negatively. Purchasing power is on the market, but the pure buy the dip and “don’t want to miss anything” are no longer the only things that shape it. So: