FRANKFURT (DEUTSCHE-BOERSE AG) – Despite geopolitical headlines, DAX stocks remain in a sideways trend. Investors are taking profits or hedging their positions. Goldberg considers this a good starting point for the coming days.
August 21, 2025. FRANKFURT (Goldberg & Goldberg). Given the many important political events that have taken place since our last sentiment survey, one might have expected more volatility on the stock market. However, the meeting between the US and Russian presidents in Alaska and the subsequent summit between the US and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European heads of state and government provided some optimism for the DAX, at least temporarily. In the end, however, the stock market barometer produced a trading range of just over 1.5 percent – the last time sentiment was this narrow was around Christmas last year.
Of course, one could argue that this was due to the holiday season, when…


