FRANKFURT (DEUTSCHE-BOERSE AG) – In a comparatively quiet market, both professionals and private investors are closing their short positions – apparently to get out with as little loss as possible, as Goldberg suspects. Could the increasingly positive market sentiment already be under pressure?
March 26, 2025 FRANKFURT (Goldberg & Goldberg). Since our last sentiment survey, the DAX has had a turbulent week, but ultimately the trading range was only around 2.8% (below average for this year). The fact that there were repeated volatile phases in between may also be due to Donald Trump, who announced comprehensive tariffs on April 2 under the name “Liberation Day”, particularly for trading partners that he accuses of “ripping off” the USA. On the other hand, the scope and nature of these tariffs are repeatedly put into perspective by the US President: At one point there should be more, then again, as was recently heard, as few…


