Short DAX at 7740

Quote from ASusilovic:

Buying more put protection 5850.00. Ready for second gear in short covering rally.

Keeping these 5850.00 puts as a hedge. Let´s see whether bears have more to offer...
 
Quote from ASusilovic:

Clueless German fund managers leaving the brain work to the US. Boring action. At least there is some action in EUR / CHF...

They always do it. They do not have brains, courage, scared to put money in, don't know what to do, I don't know.
 
Quote from archimg77:

They always do it. They do not have brains, courage, scared to put money in, don't know what to do, I don't know.

If you speak to a typical German mutual fund manager you would be horrified as to the degree of pathetic addiction to US economic figures. Unbelievable. 15 years ago, I would understand, but today we have a massively changed situation. GDP is rising in so called "emerging markets" in double diggit % ( I don´t count BRIC countries anymore as "emerging"...).

Take a look at Germany´s export partners ( courtesy Deutsche Bank Research ) :

German-exports-2009--may042010.jpg

Table 1: Bilateral and regional German export performance -- Average volume per month in €bn, seasonally adjusted Source: Deutsche Bank Research
 
I know it is quite export driven but as you see 80% is exported into EU and other European countries.
I think it is the amouth of money from US that drives the market rather than economy.

As a fund manager you can build position and push it in your direction but here comes US with trilions of dollars and will squeeze your position where you capitulate or you risk that investors take money out (as one of bad options).
 
BERLIN—Sales of Mercedes-Benz cars rose 13% in June as strong demand for the premium brand in China and the U.S. helped drive growth, parent company Daimler AG said Monday.

Mercedes-Benz sold 113,300 cars world-wide last month, making it the best June performance in its history, Daimler said.
 
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