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A dummy bear market

A dummy bear market

We’re currently seeing a similar situation to that of early 2008. The market sentiment and stock prices have recovered for the past few weeks. Since mid Dec. the DAX index has gained ca. 7% and in this time window, the SentiTrade Team made 2 important observations: Read more

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Momentum strategies for SentiTrade

Momentum strategies for SentiTrade

Since last week the DAX lost about 700 points, same with the DJIA. Could SentiTrade predict that this was about to happen? Our commentary over the last weeks gave plenty of clues and we’re pleased to note that our fully automated momentum strategies followed through. They apply a combination of the concept previously discussed, namely high/low marks from the SentiTrade indicator (trigger points) and momentum calculations of how quickly the sentiment is changing. Read more

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Closing in on market sentiment trigger point?

Closing in on market sentiment trigger point?

The past 5 days we saw a gradual decline in market sentiment from 0.67 on June 30th to 0.55 on July 6th. In itself, the range between 0.67 and 0.55 is unspectacular because these values are close to a neutral range. Our review of more than 1.2 million news items over the past 6 years, identifies the average market sentiment value at 0.62 (financial journalists writing to a “long” oriented audience). Read more

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Behavioral Finance Indicator at Finanztreff.de

Behavioral Finance Indicator at Finanztreff.de

Last week, SentiTrade’s behavioral finance indicator was integrated at Finanztreff.de, one of the most most important German financial news portals. Finanztreff is owned by the vwd group, a leading European provider of customized information, communications and technology solutions for the securities market. It offers innovative solutions for financial service providers, corporates, media and private clients.
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DAX Index securities

DAX Index securities

Being the largest European economy, the German DAX index rank among the most important markets in Europe. Trading takes place on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and being fairly volatile, it is a popular certificate, options, futures and derivatives trading.  Also, a variety of index funds are available for short as well as long term investments. A DAX Index fund typically consists of widely-traded, high quality securities that are considered to be representative of the stock market as a whole. Read more

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