The Collapse Of Europe's Top Stock Market
Stock-Markets / European Stock Markets Sep 13, 2011 - 09:23 AM GMTThe euro crisis isn't just hammering Germany's banks... it's hammering the "DAX" as well. And that's very, very bad...
You can think of the "DAX" as the Dow Jones Industrial Average of Germany. It consists of the biggest blue-chip German companies. Names you'll recognize here include BMW, Merck, Bayer, Adidas, Daimler, BASF, and Volkswagen. As you can see from today's chart, these blue chips are in crash mode. The DAX has fallen 31% in the past two months. This type of move is the mark of a region in crisis.
The seasoned investor expects the European countries of Greece and Italy to go through economic and political crises once every few decades. These countries have long histories of debt defaults, tax corruption, and political turmoil. They're not viewed as great investment destinations.
Germany, on the other hand, is the economic engine of Europe. It has low unemployment, an excellent manufacturing base, and a "top 10 in the world" credit rating. Only last year did China surpass "Deutschland" as the world's No. 1 exporter. That's what makes the awful chart of the DAX so worrisome...
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