FRANKFURT (DEUTSCHE-BOERSE AG) – Last week’s bulls only made a brief interlude on the DAX.
April 17, 2025. The bullish majority that we identified in our last sentiment survey among the investors we surveyed has now been hit hard. On the same day, there was a dramatic change in US trade policy when US President Donald Trump lowered tariffs that had just come into force. As a result, stock prices also shot up dramatically in this country – the best-case scenario of a nearly 10% gain was an ideal scenario for bargain hunters and dip buyers. But even compared to the previous survey date, there was still a gain of 5.5%.
In the meantime, however, the high volatility of stock prices has subsided somewhat, but one commentator described the current market situation as “nervous calm.” Although the markets have calmed down somewhat due to a certain habituation effect with regard to new tariff news from the US, the Bank of America…


