Glencore plc is a British commodity trading and mining company. Marc Rich has founded the company 1974 which has its headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. Traded under tickers $GLEN at LSE and $GLNCY in US in form of ADRs, it is a component of the FTSE100 index. Glencore plc dominates the copper and zinc trading markets. […]

S&P/TSX Composite is a Canadian stock market index representing roughly 70% of the market capitalization on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Under the ticker $TSX, one can track the market value of 250 most important companies. From 2009 to 2020, TSX was a rather weak performer. While S&P500 has gained 410% during that period, TSX made an […]

CAC40 is a French stock market index representing a capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 most significant stocks on the Euronext Paris; the ticker is $PX1. The drop in indices in February-March 2020 which many still relate to COVID-19 events has marked most probably a significant low in world indices. It seems like CAC40 has also found […]

Banco Santander is the largest bank in Spain and the 5th largest bank in Europe. Traded under ticker $SAN at BMAD and NYSE, it is a component of the EuroStoxx50 and IBEX35 market indices. In particular, the weighting of 15% in the IBEX35 makes Santander the component to watch in strongly correlated markets. Indeed, IBEX35 […]

Wirecard AG is a german provider of financial services and payment processes. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Aschheim (Munich), Germany, the company is since 2018 a part of the DAX30 index. After a respectable rally towards 199.4 in September 2018, the shares plunged few months later in February 2019 towards 85.6. Some still believe, […]

SAP SE  is a multinational corporation which is well known as a producer of the enterprise software being used in managing business operations and customer relations. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, the company’s most famous product is the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The company is a part of both DAX30 and […]